This PCI Express SSD is a prototype Super Talent PCIe 120GB ‘SandForce Driven’ SSD presently being fine tuned by Super Talent for an expected release in the near future, specific dates unknown. We were lucky enough receive Super Talents approval to post these exclusive shots and rumor has it that the designation ‘Upstream’ is being considered for this new line …
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AData S510 SATA 3 120GB SSD Review
After our SSD review of the AData S511 a few months back, we knew there had to be a S510 in line for release with asynchronous memory as its host and we weren’t wrong. Our SSD review today examines the AData S510 SATA 3 120GB SSD. On releasing the S511, AData has followed the lead of several ‘SandForce Driven’ manufacturers …
Read More »LSI and Sandforce Partnership Shown In EXCLUSIVE Consumer PCIe SSD First Shots
The SSD Review has acquired somewhat of a unique opportunity, in that, a prototype PCIe solid state drive is being developed and is definitely one of the first first to highlight the LSI & SandForce partnership The SSD is NOT of LSI manufacture, not the OCZ Velo or WarpDrive, is not released and we are certain that this is the …
Read More »LSI Purchase of SandForce – Our Discussion With VP Gary Smerdon
LSI has announced their purchase of SandForce Technology for approximately $400 million, a number which is oddly close to their sale of their Engenio Storage Business Unit. After removing itself from the external storage systems business which was primarily based on hard drives earlier this year, LSI has just put in place what they believe to be the main component …
Read More »AData XM13 mSATA SSD Makes Its Debut
This morning marks the AData debut of their first mSATA SSD which will be available in capacities of both 30 and 60GB and is known as the XM13. The XM13 is a ‘SandForce Driven’ SATA 2 SSD with performance specifications of up to equal read and write speeds of 260MB/s as well as 12,500 IOPS at 4k random disk access. …
Read More »LSI Acquires SandForce For $322 Million
Just when everyone is expecting Intel to make this exact announcement, LSI Corporation announces acquisition of SandForce for 322 million dollars US which opens up an entirely new market space for LSI, a company that has excelled purely through enterprise interest for some time now. Official release news can be found here and we hope to bring word from both …
Read More »Samsung SSD 830 Prices Revealed at Gala NYC Release Party With Batman
Dedication is rushing to NYC to attend Samsung’s 830 Series SSD Release Party only to hop back in your car, drive 8 hours and whip up an early morning article. To say I am a bit overwhelmed is an understatement but with the number of previous e-mails asking about Samsung 830 pricing, I couldn’t resist. Read on as you will …
Read More »OCZ Octane SSD Is Indilinx Infused, SATA 2/3 & Up To 1TB Capacity
It has been only seven months since OCZ’s purchase of Indilinx and today they are introducing their own ‘Indilinx Infused’ SATA 2&3 line of solid state drives. Two key elements of that purchase were Indy’s Everest platform as well as their NDurance technology which claims to significantly increase the life span of NAND flash memory. The advent of both technologies …
Read More »OCZ Releases SSD Firmware To Fix SandForce SF-2281 Blue Screen Of Death
OCZ has just released f/w 2.15 for all SF-2281 processors which will fix an issue that has become popularly known as the “SandForce Bug”. This release not only identifies and prevents BSOD issues caused by two specific conditions, but also, tackles stuttering issues observed by some as well as significantly improving TRIM and Secure Erase operations to prevent low level …
Read More »OCZ Announces Deneva 2 and Intrepid mSATA SSDs
OCZ has announced the upcoming release of the Deneva 2 and Intrepid lines of mSATA SSDs designed for slim servers, netbooks, dual drive notebooks and network security devices. The Deneva 2 will be available in both SATA 2 (SF-2141) and SATA 3 configurations (SF-2181) and the SATA 3 version will reach typical SandForce numbers of parallel 500MB/s read and write …
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