It wasn’t so long ago that OCZ released the Agility 3 Series of solid state drives in effort to fill the space held by the typical consumer looking for a high performing, value oriented solution for their SSD needs. OCZ stepped out once again today by announcing release of their new Agility 4 to stand beside the Vertex 4, the …
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RunCore Announces New MacBook Air Compatible SSDs
RunCore’s latest offerings are of a slightly different nature. As of late, the Chinese firm has been focusing more on ruggedized SSDs for demanding applications like military deployment. Their new Rocket Air SSD goes in a different direction. Compatible with Mid-2011 MacBook Air laptops, the new RunCore is a “bubblegum” or “blade” style SSD. RunCore’s Rocket utilizes a mini-PCIe style …
Read More »SSD Prices Continue To Drop Making This Storage Solution Inevitable
The Crucial M4 has recently been the poster child for high performance at low prices. We’ve been following the M4’s pricing for a while now, and recent sales have been dropping the Crucial well below the 1GB/$ range. Yesterday, the 128GB variant was selling for a mere $99, which works out to around $0.83 cents per usable GB. The 256GB …
Read More »RunCore Introduces Xapear SSD with Remote Data-Deletion and RFID Protection
About a week ago, RunCore announced their InVincible self-destructing SSD, taking user-data security to a whole new level. Unsatisfied, they decided to add another exclusive hallmark. If frying circuitry isn’t your thing, it seems as though the Chinese-based company is tackling the security issue at a different angle, this time creating an SSD offering remote data-destruction via text messaging. I can’t decide which method …
Read More »Pure Storage Shows that Enterprise Flash Can Actually Be Funny
Pure Storage is known for their all flash enterprise storage arrays, but it also looks like they have a talent for getting the gist across with a hilarious video on YouTube. Their ‘You Know You Want Flash, Right?’ video is more comedy than informative, but it’s certainly worth a watch for people who dig flash in all it’s glory. Their YouTube …
Read More »Axtremex Announces External SSD With USB 3.0 And 1 TB Capacity
Axtremex Technology, a global supplier of high performance memory solutions, has announced the release of their 1TB USB 3.0 SSD. Weighing in at only 45 grams, the new drive will deliver read/write performance of 240 MB/s and 150 MB/s respectively. Axtremex’s new product will no doubt be very successful at winning over those who have heavy duty external storage requirements …
Read More »Dane-Elec Introduces mySSD O-Series Of Solid State Drives
Dane-Elec, one of the largest manufacturers of flash memory products, storage and consumer electronic devices, has launched their mySSD O-Series family of solid state drives. Designed for mobile, server, embedded, and outdoor computing, the 1.8″ SATA 3Gb/s SSD drives are built for the most grueling, high-threat and unpredictable environments. Of particular interest, however, is the fact that this SSD is one of …
Read More »RunCore InVincible SSD Can Destroy Your Flash for the Ultimate in Data Security
RunCore has a solution for your SSD data security needs: physically destroying the flash. It’s an extreme solution, but one that may be necessary for military and sensitive deployments. It has a less drastic secure erase and overwrite option too, but that may not be good enough for some defense needs or may take longer than physical destruction. RunCore claims …
Read More »Cadence Design Systems Develops New IP As NVMExpress Comes Into Its Own
NVM Express, seen by many in the SSD industry as the perfect replacement for SATA, will soon be implemented in silicon for the first time. Cadence Design Systems, a provider of logic design solutions, has announced that they will be delivering NVM Express IP to anybody interested in devoloping a PCIe SSD. Seeing as NVM Express is viewed by many …
Read More »LSI Announces DataBolt Technology to Accelerate Datacenter Performance
LSI Corporation is announcing its new DataBolt technology for bandwidth optimization in datacenter applications. This unique performance acceleration feature for LSI’s 12 GB/s SAS products is designed to allow users to take advantage of 12 GB/s speeds with their existing 6 GB/s drive infrastructure. This technology will deliver up to a 2X increase in throughput performance for 6 GB/s systems. It …
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