Micron CEO Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash this morning at the Boise, Idaho Airport, home of Micron Headquarter. Appleton, a long time plane enthusiast, was flying his single engine fixed wing Piper Lancair when the accident occurred. Appleton is well respected by all in the industry as he earned his place at Micron from the ground up, …
Read More » Our evaluation today will be a detailed analysis of the MyDigitalSSD 128GB 50mm ‘Bullet Proof’ mSATA SSD and the price point ( a mere $179.99) and timing of this SSDs arrival couldn’t be better. Considering the latest entries of laptops with dual mSATA/HDD storage access along with the first round of new Ultrabook family releases, mSATA SSDs are making an …
Read More » In reviewing the Samsung SSD SM825 Data Center Edition 400GB eMLC solid state drive, we understand that we have wandered off the beaten path of normal consumer reviews but there are some things in this SSD that will just grab your attention. Although it’s interesting to see that Samsung has chosen its own premium eMLC NAND flash memory in the …
Read More » The OCZ Nocti SATA 2 120GB mSATA SSD is on our bench today and, “Welcome to the Year of the mSATA SSD!” Three years ago, one wouldn’t have imagined that we could get such power from an SSD that is 1/3 the size of a business card and the height of a 25 cent piece. This year already, mSATA SSDs …
Read More » Two days ago, we issued a release with respect to difficulties observed through installation of Samsung 830 Series SSD firmware numbered CXM02B1Q. Samsung has since removed that version and replaced it with new firmware numbered CXM03B1Q which can be found here. The release date is January 19, 2012. In an extremely rare step forward, Samsung today contacted The SSD Review …
Read More » Our featured picture today is of the Fractal Design Arc Midi Case and it is a pleasure to show off. We have had a close relationship with Fractal from Day One and our regular readers know that both of our Site Test Bench systems are housed by Fractal Design Define XL cases of which we cannot speak of highly enough. …
Read More » Just prior to CES we had received an e-mail from a reader who had spoken of a company called Kupa, a tablet manufacturer who, as the reader had stated, “wasn’t afraid to experiment outside the box”. It took us all of two seconds to get to the Kupa Website and discover the Kupa X11, a tablet PC with all the …
Read More » So we were just winding down from CES 2012 last week and bidding adieu to many of our friends for another year when we popped by the Super Talent booth. Our relationship with ST goes back a few years and Peter Carcione, Super Talents Director of Marketing, is a good friend who always seems to have something up his sleeve. …
Read More » There seems to be no doubt in anyone’s mind that 2012 is going to be the year of the ultrabook and CES 2012 Las Vegas was front and center with just about every ultrabook available, or soon to be, this past week. Today’s report will examine three forerunners that appear to be in a position, above all others at this …
Read More » Crucial released a new firmware upgrade today for Crucial M4 SSD owners to prevent occurrences of the 5200 hour bug. The firmware can be found here and applies to all capacities of the Crucial M4 SSD. The bug itself would affect the m4 through an incorrect response to the SMART counter after 5184 hours of power on time and the …
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