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Big data is BIG. We create billions of gigabytes of data on a daily basis, from uploading a photo to Facebook or emailing a new project document, all this data is stored in data centers across the globe. Big data is usually divided between high performance and storage. While SSDs are much faster and help to greatly accelerate the analytics …

Ever the innovator, ASRock is announcing two unique products to add additional connectivity to your computer’s motherboard and/or case. ASRock is the world’s first in offering a front panel that supports front Type-A and Type-C USB 3.1 ports. Their new U.2 Kit is an add-on card that supports the latest and fastest Intel SSD 750 series of SSDs. The latest …

ADATA Technology, a world-leading producer or high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash devices, is announcing the XPG SX930 2.5” SATA 6Gb/s Gaming SSD for professional gamers and overclockers. The SX930 features a JMicron controller, paired with Enterprise-grade synchronous MLC plus NAND Flash memory. This creates an SSD that offers excellent performance and durability for gaming systems and workstations. ADATA’s tagline …

SanDisk Corporation, a world-leading producer of flash storage devices, is announcing its latest entry to its mobile storage lineup – the SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick. This new device simplifies transferring, sharing and accessing of videos and photos between various mobile devices and computers. The SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick adds to the award-winning SanDisk Connect Wireless family of devices, and features …

SanDisk Corporation, a world-leading producer of flash storage devices, is announcing the iNAND 7232 storage solution. This advanced embedded flash drive (EFD) is optimized to provide best-in-class performance for imaging, and superior storage capacity for use in today’s flagship mobile devices. Offered in capacities of up to 128GB, the iNAND 7232 allows OEMs to create smartphones, tablets and other connected …

Just as the consumer market is starting to flood with many lower cost value based SSDs, we are starting to see more and more low cost read-centric SSDs in the enterprise market. These SSDs are targeted towards Web 2.0 and cloud storage use case scenarios and are typically much cheaper than mission critical storage options due to lower performance and …

SK Hynix, Inc., a world-leading producer of NAND flash solutions, is announcing development of a UFS (Universal Flash Storage) 2.0 solution that is based on their own 16nm NAND Flash memory, as well as a proprietary controller and in-house firmware. This new UFS 2.0 solution offers a groundbreaking increase in performance, enabling the High-Speed Gear 3 Interface (up to 5.8 …

Not four months after launching their flagship consumer SSD, the Vector 180, OCZ is launching a new value-oriented TLC SSD named the Trion 100. Our first look at the Trion 100 was at Computex 2015 where we saw that, while it is a value offering, its performance will be anything but. Thanks to OCZ’s acquisition by Toshiba, they are able …

As you know, many people buy SSDs to not only speed up their computing experience, but also speed up the boot time of their machines. SSDs will sometimes cut minutes off boot times when compared to hard drives, however, more often than not, many people do not know how to properly configure, or even know that it is possible to …

If you look back over the past several years, there have always been three constants that needed to be addressed in order for SSDs to become a viable consumer solution to storage; value, reliability and capacity.  One of our first SSD reviews was on an MTron 32GB SSD with a whopping price tag of more than $1500…and they sold!  Both …

For the SSD of the Week today we have a relatively new competitor among the SSD marketplace. Eluktronics has just started dabbling with SSDs last year and was formed only 4 years ago. We have tested the Eluktro Pro Performance SSDs which are their higher tiered line among the two that they currently have. We see with their SSDs that …

ADATA Technology, a leading producer of high performance DRAM modules and NAND flash devices, is announcing their latest SSD offering – the Premier SP600NS34 M.2 2242 SATA 6Gb/s SSD for Ultrabooks and Desktop PCs. Users of this latest platform have expectations of “slimmer, faster, and power-saving”, and ADATA’s Premier SP600NS34 M.2 provides multiple features that enhance efficiency, including DEVSLP (device …

They are adding a simple second to our day today. Will we even notice, I think not. Although, previous additions have been known to cause problems with technology, there is no anticipated reason for worry. Enjoy your second while you can. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW AMD A8 7650K APU Review @ Technology X Oftentimes we will get people asking us about building …

Lite-On Technology Corp., a world-leading producer of enterprise Solid-State Drives (SSDs), is announcing its low-latency EP1 series for I/O intensive workloads.  The EP1 series was recently chosen by one of the largest cloud service providers for use in their storage deployments.  Lite-On’s in-house firmware development allows it to maximize the EP1’s performance for read-intensive and mixed-usage scenarios, and deliver SSDs with …

It is said that 2015 will be the year of the M.2 SSD form factor and, by all indications, this assumption seems to be correct.  This is a very big plus for the SSD industry, as well as a very clear demonstration of the progress we have made in flash technology within the last few years.  For instance, our Patriot …