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TSSDR Affiliate Tech Reviews for July 9, 2013

Summer is truly here!  We just returned from a motorcycle ride out to the hills of West Virginia.  While we didn’t go totally without our electronics, we did give ourselves a ‘time-out’ to enjoy our friends and a beautiful technology free wedding. That being said, back to reality and the fact that we love our electronics and sharing information with you. …

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VR-Zone Update — More Intel SSD 5Q Roadmap Info Published

As TSSDR reported a couple of days ago, Chinese site VR-Zone published Intel’s latest SSD roadmap.  This roadmap indicates a pending 530 model release, along with M.2 NGFF form factor and mSATA series.  VR-Zone has now posted an updated model chart related to the roadmap. The model chart indicates that the 530 series will be offered in M.2 form factor …

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SanDisk’s Enterprise Portfolio Strengthens Yet Again With Acquisition Of SMART Storage Systems

SanDisk Corporation, a worldwide provider of flash memory storage, is announcing that it has agreed to acquire SMART Storage Systems.  SMART is a developer and producer of enterprise-grade SATA and SAS solid state drives (SSDs).  SMART Storage Systems has been experiencing rapid growth in its own right, with approximately $25 million in revenue in the latest business quarter that ended …

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BIWIN Announces H6201 Half-Slim Embedded SSD For Digital Signage

BIWIN, a global leader in NAND flash memory technology, is announcing the H6201, a half-slim business grade SSD that is being targeted for digital sign usage.  Digital signage is a fast-growing field that is seeing more and more applications and uses.  With digital signs appearing in both indoor and outdoor orientations, use of reliable, scalable and efficient components is vital …

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Western Digital Acquires sTec To Expand HGST’s Enterprise SSD Presence

Western Digital Corp. has announced that wholly-owned subsidiary HGST (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) has acquired sTec, Inc. for around $340 million in cash.  sTec’s enterprise SSD engineering expertise, application acceleration software experience and intellectual property will complement that of HGST. With enterprise being the other growth market for SSDs (beside mobile devices), HGST will now be able to more …

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Monster Digital OverDrive 3.0 1TB External SSD Review – Unheard of SSD Portable Capacity at an Amazing Price

Last week we saw the first review of the Monster Digital OverDrive 3.0 512GB External SSD, only to be followed by a wicked review of the lightning fast Angelbird SSD2GO External SSD this past weekend. Today, the external SSD saga continues. The Monster Digital OverDrive 3.0 1TB Portable SSD that we are looking at today comes in as the largest …

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LSI Announces Expansion Of Nytro PCIe Flash Adapter Product Offerings — Up to 3.2TB And Industry-First PCIe 3.0 Interface

LSI Corporation is announcing that it is expanding its product portfolio of Nytro PCIe Flash Adapters for Big Data / datacenter application acceleration.  The new product offerings will include a high capacity 3.2TB Nytro WarpDrive flash adapter card.  This latest LSI Nytro product expansion also includes increased capacity, connectivity and software features in their Nytro MegaRaid series of PCIe flash …

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