Controllers are the heart and soul of every SSD. Without one, an SSD would be a useless PCB with some components slapped on it. It is responsible for everything from garbage collection and wear leveling to error correction and hardware encryption. In simple terms, all these operations can be quite complicated to implement as well as expensive to develop. This …
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Crucial MX200 SSD Review (500GB/1TB)
The Crucial MX200 is yet another in the many steps that Crucial has taken on over the past few generations, their SSD lines building slowly upon the last since their first release so long ago. Replacing their M4, the M500 introduced a plethora of new features such as hardware encryption, data path protection, and power loss protection. The higher performing …
Read More »PNY CS2111 XLR8 SSD Review (480GB)
If you have been into computers any time over the past few decades, you probably know of PNY. They are an American company that manufactures graphics cards as well as all things flash. Over the past few years they have joined in on the SSD industry, offering some very competitive products. Today, we have one of their latest creations on …
Read More »Patriot Ignite SSD Review (480GB) – Async Flash Takes On a Whole New Look
Up until recently, Patriot Memory seemed to have moved back from the SSD scene and become focused on phone accessories and portable devices for their retail makeup. Today is a new day, however, and Patriot enters the SSD arena once again. Read on as we put the new 480GB Patriot Ignite to the test in our first review of a …
Read More »ADATA Premier Pro SP900 M.2 6Gbps SSD Review (256GB)
While we are awaiting next gen SSDs featuring SF-3700 controllers, we are still seeing some SF-2200 based SSDs released in the market. A few years ago, SandForce SSDs saturated the marketplace as they were the go to for most companies, however as of late, this has changed. A lot more options are out there for companies to choose from. Companies …
Read More »SanDisk Announces Automotive Grade Flash Storage For Vehicle Infotainment Systems
SanDisk Corporation, a world-leading producer of flash storage devices, is announcing a new family of automotive grade NAND flash solutions that are geared towards next-generation ‘connected cars’ and their vehicle infotainment systems. SanDisk’s latest automotive NAND storage devices are optimized to provide high-performance, reliable and durable storage to a wide variety of in-vehicle usage applications. These applications include entertainment systems, …
Read More »Samsung T1 Portable SSD Review (1TB) – Price, Speed, Capacity and Security
So I am holding this Samsung Portable T1 1TB SSD in my hand and thinking how far we have come to make possible the actual storage of a quarter million songs, 200,000 pictures, 1 million e-books or 500 hours of video on a device 3/4 the size of a business card and 30 grams in weight. To put that weight …
Read More »Super Talent DuraDrive AT7 SSD Review (1TB) – In Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) System SSDs
Every now and then, we are fortunate to have SSDs reach our bench that one might not normally find within every day PC systems or servers. Our review today of the Super Talent DuraDrive AT7 SSD is just that; a SSD fully intended for the automobile industry, and more specifically In-vehicle Infotainment Systems. Unlike other examples that we have reviewed …
Read More »SATA-IO Readies SATA Express For Prime Time — Storage Visions 2015 Update
Day two at Storage Visions finds us visiting the SATA-IO booth and talking to Paul Wassenberg. Paul is the Director of Product Marketing for Marvell, and also a SATA-IO board member. The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) is an independent, non-profit organization developed by and for leading industry companies for the purpose of providing the industry with guidance and support for …
Read More »SanDisk Intros Very Low Priced SSDPlus SSD – Storage Visions 2015 Update
Today at Storage Visions 2015, we met with Siobhan Lyons, Sr. SanDisk PR Manager, and Brian Cos, Sr. Director of SanDisk Enterprise Storage Solutions, both of who had some great SSD news!. Today SanDisk announces a new affordable SSD line option to customers, the SanDisk SSD Plus. They are also announcing an additional mSATA form factor to the SanDisk Ultra …
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