The biggest roadblock in moving mainstream consumers from hard drives to SSDs is that of migration. It seems like such a difficult process when one has to do anything related to opening up a PC and switching out a hard drive for a SSD, never mind having to understand the instructions to migrate the system in the first place. We …
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Phison Displays 2.7GB/s Throughput NVMe M.2 SSD – Computex 2015 Update
As much as the common theme with SSD manufacturers has been to ‘wait for the Flash Memory Summit’ at Computex 2015 this year, Phison seems to be ready to make serious position play in the SSD space, displaying a number of SSD designs at their suite. First and foremost, we were more than happy to see two NVMe SSDs based …
Read More »OCZ Trion100 To Be Released as Value SSD Solution – Computex 2015 Update
Considering the path OCZ has taken throughout the years from saturating the market space with several different options in their SSD line, right up to their purchase by Toshiba and change of focus to premium SSD releases, most wouldn’t expect an entry level release any time soon. They would be wrong and, although they may be describing this as an …
Read More »OCZ Prepares New RevoDrive 400 M.2 NVMe SSD For Retail Release – Computex 2015 Update
To date, there is not a M.2 NVMe SSD on the market for retail purchase. In fact, one would still be hard pressed to find PCIe X4 M.2 SSDs available at the retail level, but for 3rd party sales of the Samsung XP941 and newest SM951 series M.2 SSDs. OCZ hopes to change this soon enough and reserved this news …
Read More »Samsung SM951 M.2 SSD RAID Review – Over 4GB/s and 300K IOPS A Consumer Option
I could write a book on the leaps forward we have seen in flash technology within the past few years. Many might argue that it is one of the fastest segments of technology growth today. It touches all of our lives. Without SSDs, or flash technology, the world of cell phones might revert back to flip phones, ultrabooks to 5lb …
Read More »Innodisk Announces 3ME3 Series of DRAM-less SSDs With High IOPS in Multiple Form Factors
Innodisk, a Taiwanese producer of flash storage devices, is announcing the launch of its 3ME3 series of DRAM-less SSDs for enterprise, embedded and industrial usage. The 3ME3 series of SSDs utilize custom firmware paired with synchronous NAND to deliver robust real world performance in random and sequential I/O. The absence of DRAM in the design of the 3ME3 series means …
Read More »Patriot Memory Announces Addition of Ignite M.2 Series of SSDs
Patriot, a top producer of computing memory, SSDs, USB flash drives and mobile accessories, is announcing the launch of their latest additions to their Ignite solid-state drive (SSD) lineup, now available in the M.2 form factor. The compact M.2 form factor is ideal for use in portable computing devices, including notebooks, ultrabooks, and ultra-compact PCs, where they can deliver greatly …
Read More »Intel 750 PCIe SSD Review (1.2TB) – 1st Consumer 2.4GB/s NVMe SSD Set To Change The Industry
You know how we said in previous reviews that the enthusiast market hasn’t had much action and is just starting to take off? Well, right when we thought we were starting to see some fast PCIe SSDs, Intel decides to step in and release a beast. “A beast you say?” Yes, a fast, high capacity, NVMe, PCIe lane destroying beast! …
Read More »Stockplop Pure Plop Superspeed USB 3.0 SSD Enclosure Review – The SSD Quick Switch
It is not often that we write about products that aren’t at least on their way to reality in the SSD arena, but we had to chuckle just a bit when we received this new device, called a ‘Pure Plop’ of all things. The truth is that we had to laugh at the simplicity of this device, just as much …
Read More »Silicon Motion SM2256 Controller with Samsung TLC NAND Review
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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