To anyone not familiar with SSDs, our title might not seem that striking, but it represents a huge step forward in storage technology within a very short time. It also speaks highly of ASRock for again leading the way in advancing storage, as they are the only to incorporate a new SSD innovation into their Extreme 6 motherboard; this of …
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Samsung Announces Mass Production of Industry’s First 3-bits-per-cell (MLC) NAND-based SSDs For Data Centers
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leading producer of memory products, is announcing that it has begun mass production of the industry’s first high-performance SSDs utilizing three-bits-per-cell (MLC) NAND that is geared toward servers and data centers. This new SSD will allow IT pros to better manage workloads that are related to e-mail, web browsing and social networking, helping to …
Read More »OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe SSD Review (480GB) – LSI SandForce Driven Once Again
OCZ was the first to introduce a PCIe SSD solution to the consumer with their original RevoDrive PCIe SSD way back in 2010, this updated by the RevoDrive X2 PCIe SSD the following June and the RevoDrive 3×2 a few months later. There was no question that OCZ had struck gold with the RevoDrive 3×2 PCIe SSD as it was …
Read More »Samsung Self-Encrypting Drive Technology — Storage Visions 2014 Update
This morning finds us at the opening of Storage Visions 2014. Our first visit of the day is with the fine folks at Samsung, where they are featuring their 840 Evo series of SSDs, which we previously reviewed here, and the mSATA version here, and their latest self-encrypting SSD technology. It is almost weekly that we hear of another major data …
Read More »Samsung 840 Pro SSDs now RAPID Compatible and Benched at 1GB/s Speeds – Samsung Magician Free Download
On release of the Samsung 840 EVO SSD earlier this year, Samsung introduced a new ‘caching’ technology called RAPID Mode, a technology that could increase Samsung EVO SSD transfer speeds up to 1.2GB/s with absolutely AMAZING low 4K random write speeds as well. RAPID Mode could be enabled through the free download of Samsung’s SSD Magician and the initial release …
Read More »TSSDR Top SSD Recommendations For May 2013 – Samsung TLC Dethrones the SanDisk SSD Family
Top Selling SSD Recommendations It’s official! After an unprecedented time as the top selling SSD at Amazon and other similar retailers, the SanDisk Extreme and Ultra Series SSDs have been knocked off their perch by the Samsung 840 TLC SSD. Typically , this position is held by the lowest price SSD and reflective of those migrating to SSDs, however, the …
Read More »Samsung Begins Mass Producing 128GBPS MLC NAND Chips Using Sub-20 nm Architecture
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., A global force in NAND technology, is announcing mass production of a 128Gb, 3-bit multi-level-cell (MLC) NAND chip. Now breaking the 20nm barrier, this new architecture is classified as 10 nanometer (nm)-class process technology. These advanced, high density memory chips will enable even larger capacities for embedded NAND storage, and especially for solid state drives (SSDs). …
Read More »Buy The Samsung 840 Pro SSD Now and Get Assassin’s Creed III Free – Limited Time Only
The good news is that that Samsung has finally been able to get stock in to retailers of both the new Samsung 840 and 840 Pro SSDs, but thats not all! For a limited time only, all 128, 256 and 512GB Samsung 840 Pro purchases will include a code for a downloadable full retail copy of Assassin’s Creed III by …
Read More »Top Cyber Monday SSD Deals 2014
Don’t miss out on a chance to upgrade your PC on the cheap. If this Thanksgiving and Black Friday wasn’t enough, there is still time to get some great deals on new SSDs this Cyber Monday. SSDs speed up everything from system boot time, to application loading. We’ve seen dramatic differences in old systems with just a simple SSD upgrade. …
Read More »Top SSD Thanksgiving Sales 2014
It’s that time of the year again, when online retailers are dropping prices on products left and right. Over the past few days there have been some okay deals when it comes to SSDs in anticipation of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. However, today there are some very good deals on drives from all the big boys in the industry, …
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