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While visiting Avant early this morning at Flash Memory Summit, our friend Brian Flood showed off Mushkin’s new Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD.  Not only is the Scorpion Deluxe capable of 2.1GB/s read and 1.9GB/s write performance with over 100,000 IOPS but also, this form factor can be configured in as high as a 2TB form factor. Here is a shot …

ADATA Technology, a global producer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash storage devices, is announcing the launch of their new Premier Pro SP310 mSATA solid state drive (SSD).  Geared toward users who are seeking a more economical means to upgrade to SATAIII (6 Gb/s) specifications, the SP310 can also be used as a caching SSD paired with a traditional HDD via its support for Intel …

Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., a global leader in memory technology, has announced the introduction of the world’s first solid state drive (SSD) based on their new 3D V-NAND technology.  The new V-NAND SSD is targeted toward enterprise server and data center usage scenarios, and was revealed during a keynote presentation at the Flash Memory Summit 2013 in San Jose, California. …

If you don’t know the name Avant and you are relatively fluid in the SSD world, there is a reason.  Avant Technology has been in business for some 27 years and in the SSD game since day one.  In fact, they were working with SandForce even before SandForce came out of stealth mode.  Since the first consumer SSD release back …

Just out of our meeting with Toshiba and thought I would see if I could get another behind the scenes look into the FMS Dusplay before its grand opening. Click on any of the hotos for a larger and higher resolution image. TOSHIBA MICRON VIKING HYPERSTONE MUSHKIN That’s it for now with the FMS Displays about to open to the …

  As you can see by this shot, the wrappings aren’t even off of the Flash Memory Summit 2013 display case yet and we have  some great shots to give a bit of an idea what we are in for this year. Get ready for it folks because the world of flash technology is about to explode!  Here are a …

SanDisk Corporation, a world leading provider of flash memory storage, is announcing the addition of the SanDisk X210 SSD to its lineup of SATA business SSD offerings.  the X210 is an exceptionally fast and power-efficient SSD that is a great solution for maximizing data center performance, or to enhance the responsiveness of business PCs and notebooks.  The new X210 will …

Skyera Incorporated has announced the skyEagle™ Series, the first all-flash enterprise storage arrays with the reliability, performance and capacity to handle mission critical data center applications below the price per gigabyte of legacy disk-based arrays. Based on Skyera’s third-generation solid-state platform, the skyEagle series builds on the breakthrough innovations introduced last year in the skyHawk™ array, adding active/active high availability, …

On a whim, I hopped on a plane and flew to San Jose, CA, enroute to spend the day in San Francisco. If you have never been you should go, but bring a sweater. The scenery was breathtaking and the history seemed so familiar from all the movies I have seen about or within the city.  If you are lucky …

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, a world leader in design and production of NAND Flash controllers for solid-state storage devices, is announcing its new SM2246EN SSD controller for client solid-state drives (SSDs) and NAND-cache SSD products.  Sampling is underway of the ultra high-performance and low power consumption SM2246EN SATA revision 3.1 (6 Gb/s) SSD controller. Independent testing results confirm that the …

SMART Storage Systems today announced ULLtraDIMM™, the industry’s first enterprise-class ultra-low latency (ULL) SSD. Connecting NAND flash directly to the memory channel via an innovative DIMM form factor design, the ULLtraDIMM SSD is a cost-effective storage device that achieves DRAM-like performance and crosses the final frontier of storage latency. The ULLtraDIMM establishes an all-new ULL SSD tier for enterprise servers …

Micron has the fastest Flash devices available, but they’re also the best-kept secret in storage. We think that should change. Why are their devices rumored to be selling poorly? Although Micron isn’t releasing individual product sales numbers, all industry insiders say Micron sales haven’t reached expectations. Aerospike’s testing shows Micron PCIe devices blow away the competition, and our customers who …

Plextor is slated to give a sneak preview of their new M6 SSD at the Flash Memory Summit and Exhibition to be held August 13-15 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The M6 features the next generation of Plextor’s proprietary TrueSpeed technology that works in tandem with the Marvell 88SS9187 controller for enhanced performance and reliability. …

Charlotte, NC-based Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP, one of the region’s premier law firms, has installed two of Tegile Systems’ Zebi hybrid storage arrays to meet its expanding capacity and virtualization needs. As Hedrick Gardner increasingly moved to a virtual infrastructure, it reached the capacity limits with its existing HP iSCSI SAN arrays, encompassing 4TB of capacity across two …

eASIC. a leading developer of new ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) devices, has announced that Seagate Technology has made an equity investment in their operations.  It is anticipated that this will enhance opportunities for the two companies to jointly develop customized solid-state drives (SSDs) to add to Seagate’s portfolio. The ongoing rapid evolution of Flash memory from 2-bits-per-cell (MLC) (1Xnm architecture) …