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An early morning stop at the Patriot Booth this morning brought news of two upcoming SSD releases, these being the Wildfire Pro and a totally new controller based SSD called the Magma. Not to shocking was the fact that they would be moving the Wildfire SE line to 2xnm NAND flash memory in the near future but these two entries …

I know this is, in no way, SSD related but this deserved a quick shout.  An absolutely great find while at CeBIT on Day One was the Zeiss Cinemizer OLED 3D mutimedia video glasses. With HDMI 3D technology, we were able to sit in the driver seat of a race car or take off on a virtual reality helicopter ride. The …

Our first stop at CEBit 2012 in Hannover, Germany, was at the OCZ booth and were we in for a shock.  It wasn’t ten minutes since the doors opened and the crowd surrounding OCZ enterprise products was unbelievable.  So much for getting those early shots right? Hoping to be the first to visit the OCZ  booth, we think even they …

Good things often come in small packages. SSDs are one of the finest examples of said axiom, but even they aren’t small enough for the task at times. STEC is adding a new enterprise-grade SSD for embedded systems, which should put enterprise SSD features in a diminutive form-factor.  ATM machines, GPS units, and those DVD rental kiosks are all embedded …

Buffalo Technology, well known for their networking and storage solutions, has apparently released their very first internal SSD. Dubbed the SSD-NS/PM3P, the drive will be available in capacities of 128, 256 and 512GB, each of which will offer read speeds of 500MB/s, 513MB/s and 479MB/s respectively, according to Crystal Disk Mark. The drives will initially be available in Japan, with prices …

By now you have all heard of and maybe even tried Skyping with a friend or family member? I personally love this option, while my son was in Afghanistan a few years ago it was our life line to seeing and believing that he was ok. With family across the country and a husband travelling over seas, it saves on long distance …

Just a little note to all that there may be a ghost crew around the office for the next week as we are heading off to Germany for a our first look at CEBit! CEBit is being held in Hannover from 6 to 10 March 2012 and is reputed to be one of the largest technology events in the world, …

OCZ has announced the release of their new SANRAD-VXL Storage Accelerator. The VXL is a flash caching solution targeted at enterprise environments and will also provide VM-Ware acceleration. It can be paired with OCZ’s Z-Drive R4 CloudServ SSD and will also provide support for traditional iSCSI and FC storage. OCZ’s SANRAD-VXL will be available immediately. In an attempt to get this …

If we told you that we spent $2400 to right a wrong in proving something that you as a consumer should be aware of, would you believe us? This report closely examines the ASUS Zenbook.  Within the ‘Zen’, ASUS may provide either of two SATA 3 SSDs, these being the AData ‘SandForce Driven’ XM11 or the Sandisk U100. There is …

A little over two months ago, Seagate completed its acquisition of Samsung’s hard drive division, leaving only three major players in the magnetic storage industry. Actually, not quite three, as Toshiba remained as well. The problem was that this veritable “David” wasn’t actually in any position to take on what were the three remaining “Goliaths” of this industry. The reality …

Today’s SSD exclusive is going to be a first look at Samsung’s new PM830 SATA 3 mSATA 256GB SSD. This SSD is rather unique as it is one of the first SATA 3 SSDs to be released at the 256GB capacity range and, although laptops and ultrabooks that can utilize it are still limited to just a few, the call …

Why is it that we call the year with an extra day, Leap Year? Don’t get me wrong, I know it has to do with the Gregorian Calendar. I just have my definitions all wrong. To me ‘leap’ means to jump forward or upward, I think of it as advancing, not adding? I wonder, did anyone else out there grow …

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology have announced that they are expanding their existing joint venture relationship for production and use of NAND flash memory. As part of this expansion, Micron increases its share of the overall NAND Flash output by purchasing the assets of IM Flash Singapore (IMFS) and also the assets of IM Flash Technologies (IMFT) in Manassas, Va. …

Greenliant, well known for their power efficient SSDs targeted at industrial and embedded applications, has announced the release of their NANDrive line at Embedded World. Initially available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities, NANDrive is one of the world’s smallest SSDs, weighing in at 14mm x 24mm x 1.95mm. NANDrive will be offered in a 145 BGA package, is resistant …

If NAND flash is the fuel, than a controller is the engine. This article takes a look at controller and firmware, it’s importance, and the players that “Own the Controller”. The first debate is what’s more important, the controller itself, or the firmware that drives it? While a debatable issue, we can certainly agree that one does not work without the other. Further, significant Intellectual Property …