The world got its first look at Intel’s new 1500 Pro M.2 SSD today at Storage Visions, along with another Intel SSD with definite unknown origins. The 1500 Pro story is relatively new with this SSD being designed as a client solution for business. It will be available in capacities of 80-480GB and has performance specs of 540MB/s throughput and …
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Kingston ‘LSI SandForce’ M.2 SSD Discovered Hidden Away At SATA-IO Booth – Storage Visions 2014 Update
Finding SSDs at Storage Visions 2014 was definitely reminiscent to a Easter Egg Hunt as some of the best finds were not found at manufacturer’s booths, many manufacturers not even present at Storage Visions. Such is the case with a Kingston ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ M.2 SSD we found buried within the literature at the SATA-IO Display. As much as we …
Read More »SanDisk Displays A110, X110 and U110 SATA M.2 NGFF SSDs – Storage Visions 2014 Update
If anybody had any doubt with respect to this being the year of the M.2 SSD, it was put to rest at Storage Visions 2014 this morning. Several manufacturers’ M.2 SSDs were on display for the first time (wait for it) and SanDisk led the way with three variations, two of which are definitely tried and true configurations, only in …
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 »KingSpec SATA M.2 NGFF Ultrabook SSD Review (128GB)
Only a few hours before we hit the hustle and bustle of the 2014 Consumer Electronic Show and our friends at KingSpec threw in a loop with the ok to go ahead and post our review on their newest M.2 ultrabook SSD. Add to that the fact that I am writing this at 6:30 am and a Northern Canadian snow …
Read More »Mach Xtreme Technology Announces Postage-Stamp-Sized SATA DOM SSDs
Mach Xtreme Technology, a global producer of innovative PC components, is announcing its new DIY series of SATAII SSD. The tiny-as-a-postage-stamp MX-DIY SATAII DOM (disk-on-module) offers energy efficiency and robust performance, and elminates the need for a SATA data cable. MX Technology’s new DIY series of SSD creates a new standard for compact-sized boot drives. At 1/10th the size and …
Read More »Western Digital Black2 Dual Drive Review (1TB HDD/120GB SSD) – Combining SSD Performance with HDD Capacity
Recent designs in the laptop market are now seeing the availability of both an mSATA connector for SSDs, as well as the typical SATA connector for hard drives; the Lenovo Thinkpad is a great example of this. With the demand for additional capacity, we had also seen adapters which allowed for the swapping of optical drives for an additional hard …
Read More »Samsung 840 EVO mSATA SSD Review – 1TB mSATA SSD Capacity Along With TurboWrite and Great Security Features
There is no doubt in anyones mind that 2014 will be the year of the M.2/NGFF SSD, however, Samsung is about to release an SSD that is guaranteed to rock the SSD community like few others have. This SSD is the Samsung 840 EVO 1TB mSATA SSD and it, not only is the one and only mSATA SSD capable of …
Read More »Worlds Largest SSD Giveaway Still Has Items Valued at Nearly $10K to be Given Away!
Closing off our first giveaway yesterday with three lucky people winning 240, 480 and 1TB Crucial M500 SSDs, one couldn’t think we could beat that but we can! The SSD Review has teamed up with such great companies as LSI and Adaptec this holiday season and we have three items to be giveaway that we don’t ever think can be …
Read More »Crucial M500 M.2 NGFF SATA 3 SSD Review (480GB) – High Capacity and Power Loss Data Protection
It has been almost a year since Crucial/Micron introduced their new M500 family and, with that, came the news of what we then termed as a new Crucial M500 NGFF SSD that would be introduced to retail consumers. Today, many are now searching for high-capacity M.2 SSDs both for their purchase and upgrade of new M.2 SSD contained systems, and …
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