When we go back a few years, JMicron was one of the first in the SSD business to get the ball rolling and provide an SSD controller for SSD manufacturer use. This controller was released to manufacturers in 2008 and was the JMF602 controller. Companies such as AData, G-Skill, Kingston, OCZ, Patriot, PQI, Runcore, Solidata, Supertalent and Transcend, were all …
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ADATA Hosts Production Factory Tour in China
Well, it has been a few days and we are finding much the same routine as before Computex, but we have to say that Computex was full of highlights this year. For me personally, three top events have to be my visit to the China for a bit of sightseeing and the ADATA Factory Tour, trip down to the south …
Read More »AngelBird Displays Wings2, SSD2Go Pocket and SSD Wrk SSDs – Computex 2014 Update
Angelbird has always been one of our favorite companies with respect to hardware because their quality simply can’t be touched. For the most part, they are a small Austrian company, led by CEO Roman Rabitsch who maintains a very hands on approach, and his values are in quality and value. Their products are hand-built and, in fact, even the casing …
Read More »Kingston Computex HyperX OC Takeover Girls 2014
This year at Computex 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan, Computex held what could be considered one of the greatest invite tickets to any tech event for some time, The Kingston Product Release and HyperX OC Takeover at the Kelti Tower in Taipei. We have already covered this event here, here and here, but thought we might return once more as there …
Read More »Kingston Announces HyperX Fury & 960GB SSDs – Computex 2014 Update
Kingston today announced a new SSD in the HyperX line that has branded as Fury. It is a 2.5″ notebook SSD, equipped with the LSI SandForce SF-2281 controller and IMFT L85 memory. The HyperX Fury will be marketed as a 240GB SSD at this point and time and pricing is expected to be very competitive. In addition, Kingston will be …
Read More »Kingston Unveils HyperX M.2 PCIe X4 SSD – Computex 2014 Update
Kingston today unveiled a totally unexpected SSD aptly named the HyperX and it is a M.2 PCIe X4 SSD with none other than the Marvell Altaplus 88SS9293 controller at the helm. The paint hadn’t even dried on our previous post where we spoke of our meeting with Marvell and the importance of a Q4 release. We found the new HyperX …
Read More »Marvell Readies Altaplus PCIe X4 SD Controller For Q4 – Computex 2014 Update
Our visit with Marvell this week at Computex went as expected and we got a bit of an update on their Altaplus M.2 PCIe X4 controller, previously designated as the Altaplus and numbered 88SS9293. Timing right now for Marvell is great as Q4 is going to be a key point in time for M.2 X4 release. LSI expects that the …
Read More »LSI SandForce Updates The World on SF3700 – Computex 2014 Update
As much as I am a fan of the LSI SF3700 controller, I have to wonder if LSI introduced it just a bit too soon. We had a chat with LSI’s Thad Omura this week at Computex, and we pretty much already knew what we were in for. Perhaps I am just asking for too much too soon… Imagine that …
Read More »Plextor Shows Off M6Pro SSD With PlexTurbo Caching at 5.9GB/s – Computex 2014 Update
Our friends at Plextor jumped into the big leagues this week at Computex 2014 by introducing their newest PlexTurbo caching software pushing write performance up to an unbelievable 5.9GB/s write speeds from a single M6 Pro SSD. Not only is this caching software the first true competitor to Samsung’s RAPID software, but also, it simply annihilates RAPID. For those who …
Read More »JMicron Displays M.2 PCIe SSDs – Computex 2014 Update
Our meeting with JMicron this morning at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, met with the introduction of two new M.2 PCIe SSD controllers to the SSD arena, the JMicron JMF810 and JMF811. The 810 is a PCIe X2 (two lane) controller, while the 811 (PCIe X4) will stand beside that of LSI SandForce (SF3700) and Marvell (Altaplus) in Q4 of this …
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