RunCore Xapear SSD features RFID security & SMS deletion
This SSD connects by USB 2.0 and is configured into two partitions, one public and one hidden. The public partition appears upon plugging in the SSD, while the private partition only appears after swiping the supplied RFID key on top of the drive.- 23 May 12 16:55 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
OCZ releases 7mm low-profile line-up of its Vertex 3 (3)
OCZ is getting ready to launch its Vertex 3 LP series, which is a 7mm low profile version of its Vertex 3. This series is designed to fit in Ultrabooks and Tablets that have a 7mm bay height limition and will come in a capacity choice of 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB.- 18 May 12 18:32 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
RunCore unveils InVincible SSD with smoking self-destruct (3)
RunCore has launched its InVincible SSD line, claiming to provide the highest data security with its two physically attached buttons, coloured green & red, giving the user a choice of whether to wipe or physically destroy the SSD.- 17 May 12 15:20 by Seán Solid State (ssd),Uncategorized
Hybrid HDD Ultrabooks to attack pure-SSD Ultrabook market (3)
According to researchers at TrendFocus, a 128GB SSD still accounts for roughly 25% of the BOM (build of materials) cost of an Ultrabook. With the development of thin 7mm 2.5" HDDs, TrendFocus predicts that Ultrabook manufacturers will use a large capacity 7mm 2.5" HDD coupled with a small mSATA to run as a cache for the SSD, to undercut with pure SSD Ultrabooks.- 15 May 12 18:15 by Seán Hard Disk Drives,Solid State (ssd)
Dane-Elec launches mySSD O-Series for mission-critical use
The Series features SMART enterprise-level data monitoring, advanced wear levelling, two embedded encryption engines and a high performance SiliconMotion SM2244 SSD SATA2 controller. The SSD range is capable of delivering up up to 285MB/s read and 275MB/s write, with random access performance of up to 50k IOPS.- 15 May 12 01:27 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
Transcend launches SandForce based mSATA SATA3 SSDs
This MSA720 range is capable of delivering up to 560MB/s read and 530MB/s write, along with a random 4K write of 91,000 IOPS, bringing it inline with upper-end 2.5" SSDs. For security, hardware-based 256-bit AES encryption automatically encrypts data in real-time without any loss of performance.- 11 May 12 21:23 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
ADATA launches SP900 & SP800 SSD series in US & Canada
ADATA has launched its SATA3 Premier Pro SP900 and SATA2 Premier SP800 SSD ranges to the US and Canadian market, featuring ~7% additional capacity.- 08 May 12 15:11 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
OCZ vastly improves Vertex 4 range in firmware v1.4 update (3)
OCZ has released a firmware v1.4RC for its Vertex 4 SSD line, claiming to offer a significant boost across its range of Vertex 4 SSDs. The 128GB model write performance is over-doubled from 420MB/s to 200MB/s, making it by far the fastest SSD in this capacity region for write performance for incompressible data, as most 120GB-128GB SSDs cannot write faster than 200MB/s.- 07 May 12 21:40 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
SSDs hit 65¢ per GB, OCZ predicts further price cuts (6)
OCZ Technology Group said that due to the recent cuts in NAND flash memory pricing along with improvements to its proprietary controller technology, it has been able to bring its SSD pricing to about $0.65/GB. The company predicts possible further price reductions through the use of Triple Level Cell (TLC) NAND and upcoming 10nm process NAND.- 04 May 12 21:51 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
Mac Xtreme Technology unveils SATA3 SSDs for MacBook Air (3)
Mac Xtreme Technology, a leading Mac maker of computer hardware components has unveiled its SATA MX-KATANA 6Gbps series of SSD modules. These feature the second generation SandForce controller and are capable of delivering up to 510MB/s read, 450MB/s write and a 4KB random IO performance of up to 60,000 IOPS.- 03 May 12 21:32 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
DensBits solution claims 10,000 P/E cycles with TLC flash
DensBits has released the first TLC embedded Flash controller solution that claims to deliver over 10,000 erase cycles with the latest 2Xnm and 1Xnm process TLC Flash, including ONFI 2.3 and Toggle NAND 2.0.- 02 May 12 15:16 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
OCZ adds a 1TB model to its Octane SSD series (15)
OCZ has expanded its Octane series with a 1TB model, the OCT1-25SAT3-1T. The 1TB model features up to 460MB/s read and 330MB/s write and up to 24K IOPS read and 32K IOPS write.- 02 May 12 14:06 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
Hitachi GST to unveil the industry's first 12Gbps SAS SSD (3)
Hitachi GST, a subsidiary of Western Digital, has announced the storage industry's first demonstration of a 12Gbps SAS SSD, double the current SAS speed used in enterprise servers. It will participate in the 12Gbps SAS demonstration at the SCSI Trade Association Technology Showcase, which takes place on the 9th May, 2012 in California.- 01 May 12 23:00 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
Major SSD makers start price war to attack smaller producers (8)
With falling NAND flash chip prices, the major SSD producers now aim to trigger a price war to force the smaller producers to leave the market. Kingston, Intel, OCZ and Crucial are main ones that intend dropping their SSD prices.- 26 April 12 14:04 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
Silicon Power announces its Velox V60 SSD range
Silicon Power, a leading provider of flash memory products, has unveiled its Velox V60 series SATAIII SSDs, powered by SandForce and capable of delivering up to 550MB/s read and 500MB/s write performance.- 25 April 12 12:29 by Seán Solid State (ssd)
