My obsession first appeared in the CES Press Lobby last January as I wrote a story on my PC laptop. I’de glance over the screen to catch a glimpse of a Mac loyalist staring me down with this unmistakable grin as it seemed I was the only press member not in possession of a Mac of some sort. That same …
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New SATA 6Gb/s SSD from ADATA Smashes Performance Bottlenecks
Taipei, Taiwan – May 16 2011 – ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, today announced the release the S511 Solid State Drive (SSD), which employs the latest SATA 6Gb/s specification. With this cutting edge implementation of the latest data transfer standard, the performance of this SSD has been dramatically raised over conventional …
Read More »OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Max IOPS SATA 3 SSD Review – The Vertex 3 and V3 Max IOPS Compared
Today we received an e-mail from Jessica Luken, Global Marketing Director of OCZ Technology stating that a new Vertex 3 Max IOPS SSD was en route and, if you would believe it, we received the package not 20 minutes later. I will have to admit that I was a bit unprepared and stood there wondering what the difference was between …
Read More »Patriot Torqx 2 128GB SATA 2.0 SSD Review
Every now and then it is refreshing to see a company that believes that rushing into the dog race of technological advance might not be as business smart as simply understanding customer needs. This is definitely the case with Patriot and their new Torqx 2 SSD that not only remains to be a SATA 2.0 drive, but also, is definitely …
Read More »We Are Heading To Computex in Taipei!
What a day!!! Its been a long haul to get this confirmation but today we started our day with confirmation that we are heading to Computex Taipei and will be skeleton crew here from 29May to 6 Jun 2011. That was just the start as we also received a few SSD samples in the mail for review to include the …
Read More »Intel Releases Larson Creek SLC SSD For New Z68 Motherboards
The race just doesnt seem to be slowing in the world of SSDs these days. Just when we wonder if Intel has finished with their complement of SSD releases, a new 20GB slc SSD, codenamed Larson Creek, is released to pair up with new Z68 motherboards. New Z68 motherboard contain a new ssd caching ability known as Smart Response Technology …
Read More »OCZ Talos SSDs Offer Highest Capacity 6Gbps SAS Drive on the Market Today at up to 960GB
OCZ Technology announces the Talos series, a line of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SSDs designed for enterprise applications that require ultra-fast, high capacity solutions equipped with multi-level cell (MLC) NAND. Talos brings new strength to the Company’s storage lineup by expanding the availability of OCZ’s proprietary Virtualized Controller Architecture (VCA) technology to storage OEMs. . “We have experienced considerable demand …
Read More »Military Grade SSD Self-Destructs with the Push of a Button
Emphase, a trusted provider of Industrial and Military solid state storage for embedded systems, has launched a new series of rugged Military-grade storage with MIL-STD-810F compliance. The new Emphase MIL-SPEC S5 Series SSD is engineered to withstand the severe conditions encountered in the line of duty while delivering comprehensive data protection. An SLC flash device available in a 2.5 footprint …
Read More »Icy Dock SSD 4 in 1 SSD RAID Cages and SSD Conversion Kits – A Quick Look
It was some time ago that we were putting our Test Bench together and we were contacted by a company called Icy Dock. As coincidence had it, Jeff Sung, Sales and Marketing Manager of Icy Dock USA, thought we might be interested in their 4 in 1 SAS/SATA Backplane RAID Cage for our new system. Today, we find ourselves with …
Read More »OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB SSD Review – 500MB/s Sets The New Standard
Perhaps one of 2011’s most memorable technology accolades will be the introduction of SATA 6Gbps to the computing environment and the flurry of activity as companies jump in feet first to stay abreast of the change. In the SSD world, early entries were seen by Crucial and Intel with their Marvell 9174 controllers while the SandForce SF-2200 series was seen …
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