SSD News

Skyera Incorporated has announced the skyEagle™ Series, the first all-flash enterprise storage arrays with the reliability, performance and capacity to handle mission critical data center applications below the price per gigabyte of legacy disk-based arrays. Based on Skyera’s third-generation solid-state platform, the skyEagle series builds on the breakthrough innovations introduced last year in the skyHawk™ array, adding active/active high availability, …

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, a world leader in design and production of NAND Flash controllers for solid-state storage devices, is announcing its new SM2246EN SSD controller for client solid-state drives (SSDs) and NAND-cache SSD products.  Sampling is underway of the ultra high-performance and low power consumption SM2246EN SATA revision 3.1 (6 Gb/s) SSD controller. Independent testing results confirm that the …

Micron has the fastest Flash devices available, but they’re also the best-kept secret in storage. We think that should change. Why are their devices rumored to be selling poorly? Although Micron isn’t releasing individual product sales numbers, all industry insiders say Micron sales haven’t reached expectations. Aerospike’s testing shows Micron PCIe devices blow away the competition, and our customers who …

eASIC. a leading developer of new ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) devices, has announced that Seagate Technology has made an equity investment in their operations.  It is anticipated that this will enhance opportunities for the two companies to jointly develop customized solid-state drives (SSDs) to add to Seagate’s portfolio. The ongoing rapid evolution of Flash memory from 2-bits-per-cell (MLC) (1Xnm architecture) …

sTec, a world leader in enterprise solid-state storage products (and in the process of being acquired by Western Digital),  is announcing general availability of the industry’s first Micro SAS solid-state drive (SSD).  The new Micro SAS SSD is an expansion of sTec’s s800 series of Serial Attached Storage (SAS) SSDs.  The new 1.8″ small form factor Micro SAS SSD will …

Diablo Technologies has introduced Memory Channel Storage™ (MCS™), a transformational new storage and system memory solution, resetting the bar for latency and throughput for enterprise applications. Diablo leveraged its extensive experience in advanced memory channel interfaces and protocols to deliver a superior system architecture that directly attaches persistent memory to the host processors of a server or storage array. This …

Greenliant Systems, a leading producer of high-security and energy-efficient solid-sate storage devices, is announcing its entry into the removable solid-state drive (SSD) market.  Greenliant is sampling its new mSATA ArmourDrive GLS86 product series.  The mSATA ArmourDrive is designed toward usage scenarios requiring industrial temperature capabilities, higher reliability and long-life data storage and retrieval. The mSATA ArmourDrive has an operating temperature …

ASUS ROG (Republic Of Gamers) is announcing the RAIDR Epxress, a PCIe-based SSD that features support for both older (legacy) BIOS motherboards; as well as for modern UEFI BIOS boards.  The RAIDR Express is targeted to serious gamers and PC power users who demand speed and durability from their systems.  The red and black design, including two-sided metal shields, is …

Intel is announcing its newest generation of solid-state drives (SSDs), the Intel SSD 530 series.  Utilizing multiple small form factors, higher performance and low idle power, Intel is referring to the 530 series as the next evolution of Intel SSDs. Image credit:  pcper.com With the introduction of the latest M.2 form factor, Intel shrinks the total storage area dramatically versus …

OCZ Technology Group, Inc. is announcing availability of its new ZD-XL SQL Accelerator.  The ZD-XL was first featured live at Interop 2013, and won a Best of Show Award in the Data Center and Storage segment.  By closely integrating OCZ’s high-performance PCIe solid-state drive (SSD) hardware with an enterprise software suite, users will see significant acceleration and optimization of their …