Tag Archives: SSD

If you’ve been hanging around TSSDR or Technology X lately, you will have noticed that Apple shipped us a brand smacking new MBA, complete with a Samsung 256GB NGFF PCIe SSD that spits out performance as high as 825MB/s. Since our initial MBA reports, we have had the opportunity to do what we do best and install Windows 7 on the …

BIWIN, a global leader in NAND flash memory technology, is announcing the H6201, a half-slim business grade SSD that is being targeted for digital sign usage.  Digital signage is a fast-growing field that is seeing more and more applications and uses.  With digital signs appearing in both indoor and outdoor orientations, use of reliable, scalable and efficient components is vital …

In baseball, there is a ‘sweet spot’ on the bat that everyone strives to hit when they strike the ball. It is the spot that home runs are made of and finding it means that the baseball will rebound  with velocity never seen through contact with any other part of the bat. If the performance of the new SanDisk Extreme …

Western Digital Corp. has announced that wholly-owned subsidiary HGST (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) has acquired sTec, Inc. for around $340 million in cash.  sTec’s enterprise SSD engineering expertise, application acceleration software experience and intellectual property will complement that of HGST. With enterprise being the other growth market for SSDs (beside mobile devices), HGST will now be able to more …

Last week we saw the first review of the Monster Digital OverDrive 3.0 512GB External SSD, only to be followed by a wicked review of the lightning fast Angelbird SSD2GO External SSD this past weekend. Today, the external SSD saga continues. The Monster Digital OverDrive 3.0 1TB Portable SSD that we are looking at today comes in as the largest …

Up on our Test Bench early this morning are three of the most colorful SSDs we have ever seen, these being the Angelbird SSD2Go External USB 3.0 SSDs. Don’t let their good looks alone fool you; these drives are among the best built we have ever seen, scream out LSI SandForce performance at above 460MB/s and are as at home …

Toshiba Electronics Europe is announcing the launch of their next generation of solid state hybrid drive (SSHD) that combines the large capacities of an HDD with the speed increases of an SSD.  The new versions merge 8GB of NAND flash memory with up to 500GB of HDD rotating disc storage in a 2.5″ X 7mm form factor.  These lower profile …

In just over a week since its release, the MacBook Air has redefined storage speed and become the first to introduce the world to the reality of the new PCIe form factor.  It appears that when it comes to money, both Apple and Samsung can shed their differences with the new MacBook Air pulling off SSD performance of 700MB/s in …

If you are looking for a new car it’s highly unlikely that you would buy the first one you saw. You test drive a few before you make that final decision.  To save you some time and provide you with as much information as possible, we continue to gather these reviews written by our affiliates.  Don’t forget if you don’t see a product you are …

BIWIN, a global leader in NAND flash memory technology, is announcing a new business-grade SSD dubbed the C8636, which utilizes unique power loss protections.  The C8636 utilizes a power supply detection chip to offer real-time monitoring.  If the voltage is detected to be below 4V, the firmware of the SSD immediately becomes guarded, effectively avoiding any serious damage caused by …