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In response to our readers requests, we attended the Rosewill Suite at The Mirage for CES this year to take a look at their award winning products. This was not a difficult decision as Chinny Chuang, Rosewill Marketing Manager, happens to be a long time friend and one of the best people you could ever know. We were pleasantly surprised …

For those thinking that the Consumer Electronics Show is for PC Geeks only think again!  The name of the game is electronics and there is no shortage of what can be done in the electrical engineering of todays automobiles. Just about every big name one can think of has a display at CES and, well, this year, I simply couldn’t …

Although not SSD related, the overwhelming response from last years CES Booth Babe edition , and then that of Computex, has encouraged our posting of a few of the highlights of CES 2012 again this year. For those who are not fortunate enough to attend this event as it is not open to the public, lets just say that companies …

To those wondering what this might have to do with SSDs whatsoever, these pictures were taken at the Intel MSI Patriot Party at the Palms Hardwood Suite, The Palms, Las Vegas. The party was hosted by absolutely gorgeous ‘referee’ hostesses as well as a few stunning Playboy Bunnies who were also in attendance.  As much as we were going to …

DigiSAFE DiskCrypt is an innovate device, and it shows, Winning the International CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for the second time! The first time this prestigious award was bestowed upon this innovative product was in 2010, and the commission has seen fit to grant the award again. Certainly a popular product for ST Electronics, the DiskCrypt is …

With some of the recent bugs that have plagued certain SSDs, users are more sensitive to the safety of their data now more than ever. In order for SSDs to move into the mainstream the adoption of the technology by new users needs to be as pain free and simple as possible. Mix that with some peace of mind, and …

Many would think that we are nuts putting 8 x Micron C400 6Gb/s SSDs on a small, budget minded RAID controller card. However, that is exactly what we did with the HighPoint 2720SGL Controller, and amazingly it performed very admirably! The review has been extremely popular on our site, and after being bombarded with e-mail from other users, we figured …

Did you ever wonder where the term ‘flash’ in NAND flash memory originated? The answer it seems is directly tied into Toshiba, a company who’s name is synonymous with NAND flash memory as they have a very long history in flash memory, developing it since the 1980’s. As funny as it may seem, a Toshiba engineer is actually credited with …

We stopped by the PQI booth today to see the new developments that are headed our way this year. PQI wisely sees the emerging mSATA market as a great place to expand, and has plans for a 256 GB SSD in the future. With a great mix of both consumer and enterprise drives, PQI is continuing solid growth into the …

We ran acrost something rather unexpected at the Dane-Elec booth as they showcased their first entries into the consumer SSD space, one in which contained a SATA 2 controller that hasn’t been seen in many mainstream SSDs to date. Displaying both SATA 2 and SATA 3 SSDs, the test results of their SATA 3 drives were reflective of the LSI …