EXCEEMO has launched the Platinum Series SATA III SSD in capacities ranging from 32GB to 512GB with an unheard of 30 year warranty. The Platinum Series provides maximum sequential read/write and IOPS speeds of up to 555/530 and 67,000/81,000, respectively, and contains the LSI Sandforce SF-2281 flash storage processor. Exceemo offers two primary variations, a standard operating temperature commercial model (0 deg C …
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Silicon Power Launches The Ultrabook Friendly Slim S50 SSD Series
SP (Silicon Power) has launched the 7mm thick Slim S50 SSD series in capacities from 32GB to 256GB with maximum sequential read/write speeds up to 530MB/s and 200MB/s respectively. The slim height is important as it opens up the range of devices it may be installed into from ultrabooks to desktops. The Slim S50 SSD features a SATA III 6Gbp/s with NAND flash. SP is …
Read More »TSSDR Samsung 840 Pro 512GB SSD Giveaway (CLOSED-WINNER Gary SMITH From Quebec, Canada)
Thanks to the kindness of Samsung and the SSD Angels, The SSD Review is giving away a HUGE 512GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD and it can be yours! We nabbed the 840 Pro while in sunny Las Vegas waited and for just the right moment to enjoy posting this contest to the world. As many know, our home base is …
Read More »Foremay Launches World’s First 2TB SATA 2.5″ SSD
Foremay has announced the world’s first SATA interface 2TB SSD in the 2.5″ form factor and has made available these characteristics in both their the SC199 and TC166 SSD families. The SC199 version targets military, aerospace, medical, and other mission critical applications with enhanced vibration, shock, drop resistance, and wide temperature tolerances as much as -40 ~ +85°C or wider (depending upon customer requirement). The …
Read More »STEC Announces 2TB SAS And PCIe Enterprise SSDs and a New Version of EnhanceIO
STEC has announced two new entries to the SSD world in the form of 2TB SAS and PCIE enterprise level SSDs, as well as a new version of their caching software. The SSDs are called the STEC 2TB s840 SAS SSD and 2TB s1120 PCIe Accelerator SSD, respectively. The s1120 will reach 1.4GB/s performance with 165,000 IOPS while the s840 will reach …
Read More »Seagate Sinks 40 Mil into Virident In Order to Offer OEM and Distribution Partners PCIe Flash Solutions
It has been some time now since the rumor mill started where Seagate was in search of a flash storage solution partner, all rumors coming to fruition this afternoon with Seagates strategic partnership with flash storage vendor Viradent Systems Inc. In exchange for a 40 million dollar investment (again very close to previous rumors of what they were willing to …
Read More »Plextor Releases M5 Pro Xtreme SSD In The US Also Aiming At Enterprise
Plextor has unleashed the Marvell 88SS9187 enterprise-grade controller based M5 Pro Xtreme SSD in the United States. This new revision of the M5 Pro promises random read and random write performance of 100,000/88,000 IOPS (meaning it is FAST), 256 bit AES encryption (meaning your data is safe IF you decide to make use of this feature), a MTBF of 2.4 million …
Read More »Intel Floods SSD Arena with Intel 525 Series mSATA SSDs of all Sizes
Intel this morning announced their new 525 Series SATA 3 mSATA SSD family making available more capacities than we think we have ever seen from any other similar release. The new Intel Series 525 mSATA SSD will be available in capacities of 30, 60, 90, 120, 180 and 240GB and performance is listed as 550MB/s read, 520MB/s write and 80,000 …
Read More »Micron Announces Availability of P400m Enterprise SSD Capable of Up To 7PB Endurance
Micron today introduces the new P400m Enterprise SATA 3 SSD that is a high endurance SSD and capable of up to 7PB lifetime data writes. The P400m enterprise SSD is available in capacities of 100, 200 and 400GB and SATA 3 performance is expected to be 350MB/s read and 300MB/s write with up to 55,000 IOPS read and 17,000 IOPS …
Read More »Mushkin Atlas 480GB SSD Now Largest mSATA SSD Available
Mushkin pushed out another first recently and announced the first consumer availability of a mSATA SSD in the 480GB capacity, these SSDs now selling out in retailers nationwide. The Mushkin Atlas 480GB SSD is a LSI SandForce Driven device that consists of modules of Micron NAND flash memory, each being 64GB in capacity. The highlight of this announcement, though, comes …
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