SSD News

It was only a few days back that we broke the news of Biwin’s introduction of the NuvoDrive NX SSD which used a new to market controller by NovaChips designated as the Bugatti NVS3600A. Today at Computex we were able to speak with Joe James, VP of Worldwide Marketing, Biwin America, who walked us through a few benchmarks and also …

Word of an OEM disk caching solution has been the talk for some time and we had to wonder who would be the first and when, until today that is. The opportunity to purchase a laptop with both the power of an SSD and the storage capacity of a hard drive has been some time in the making and, unexpectedly, …

It has been some time in the making but there is a new kid on the block in the SSD controller world. This controller is the LM87800 6Gb/s SSD controller from Link A Media Devices (LAMD) and, judging by initial performance specs, Corsair made a very smart move grabbing the exclusive on its introduction to the consumer SSD market. The …

If timing is everything, I have to hand it to Sandisk on this one.  For some unknown reason, I just woke up at 2:30am just before Day One at Computex in Taipei to find that Sandisk sent out notification of their new Lightning PCI-Express Solid State Accelerator (SSA) Cards. The Lightning PCIe is available in capacities of  200GB and 400GB …

One of the first Computex announcements couldn’t wait and it just so happens to be a SATA 3 SSD first!  If you remember back a few months, we were one of the first to let you in on a company called Novachips who were about to release a new SATA 3 controller into the SSD world. Fast forward to today …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …