It wasn’t so long ago that the question was whether manufacturers would tend to resist the NGFF/M.2 implementation for standardization.  As did Computex in June, this years FMS seems to show that the M.2 will do very well and this could find the eventual demise of the mSATA SSD.  Shown here, we see Toshiba’s new M.2 SSD and a Toshiba …

We have worked behind the scenes with Viking Technology for several years now and will be the first to say that they are a company that always seems to be creating great tech but gaining little recognition in comparison to the big names.  This year at FMS is different as they display what we believe to be the worlds first …

As a follow up of our great interview with Gary Gentry and the Seagate Team yesterday, we thought we might bring you for a quick tour of the FMS 2013 Seagate booth, which coincidentally sits right beside SK Hynix (new owner of LAMD controller) and LSI (strategically set with Seagate for SSD future). As you approach the display, we are …

So the story goes that somewhere at FMS 2013 a certain person is floating around with a new Seagate SSD that contains a LSI SandForce controller.  Parallel to that, the question has been in place for some time as to what will become of Seagate’s relationship with LAMD, recently purchased by SK Hynix, and where will that stand with Seagate …

While visiting Avant early this morning at Flash Memory Summit, our friend Brian Flood showed off Mushkin’s new Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD.  Not only is the Scorpion Deluxe capable of 2.1GB/s read and 1.9GB/s write performance with over 100,000 IOPS but also, this form factor can be configured in as high as a 2TB form factor. Here is a shot …

If you don’t know the name Avant and you are relatively fluid in the SSD world, there is a reason.  Avant Technology has been in business for some 27 years and in the SSD game since day one.  In fact, they were working with SandForce even before SandForce came out of stealth mode.  Since the first consumer SSD release back …

Just out of our meeting with Toshiba and thought I would see if I could get another behind the scenes look into the FMS Dusplay before its grand opening. Click on any of the hotos for a larger and higher resolution image. TOSHIBA MICRON VIKING HYPERSTONE MUSHKIN That’s it for now with the FMS Displays about to open to the …

  As you can see by this shot, the wrappings aren’t even off of the Flash Memory Summit 2013 display case yet and we have  some great shots to give a bit of an idea what we are in for this year. Get ready for it folks because the world of flash technology is about to explode!  Here are a …

Our SSD analysis today is perhaps the most detailed typical SSD report we have published to date, and so it should be.  Actually, the word ‘typical’ doesn’t quite fit as the Samsung 840 EVO SSD, that I am now using as my mainstream system drive, is pushing over 1GB/s sequential speeds and an unbelievable 685MB/s low 4K random write performance.  …

With their introduction of the 840 Evo, Samsung has introduced a proprietary TurboWrite Technology which significantly increases the performance of the Samsung 840 Evo family, the top increases being seen in lower capacity SSDs.  As an example, where a Samsung 840 may have displayed write performance up to 140MB/s yesterday, the new EVO will increase to 410MB/s.  Similarly, the 250GB …