M.2 SSDs are starting to gain traction. The Samsung XP941 is starting to become more available and Plextor won Best of Show with their M6e at FMS this year. Both LiteOn and Hynix displayed some 1TB M.2 SSDs and LSI showed off some M.2 reference designs with their latest SF37000 controller. However, these larger capacity products aren’t going to be …

It seems that the world of technology has stopped with allegations that some SSD companies are pulling the old ‘bait and switch’ routine in their SSDs by switching off components that many had recognized through initial SSD reviews. We have read several reports and forums, most of which simply repeat the original information, and finally have decided to clarify things …

EDGE Memory, a leading U.S.-based designer and producer of storage and memory devices, is announcing the release of their newest solid-state drive (SSD) — the EDGE Revolution 7mm.  EDGE’s Revolution SSD is made in the U.S.A., and is TAA (Trade Agreements Act) compliant, becoming one of the first of its kind available on today’s market.  The high-performance Revolution SSD is …

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 …

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 …

As funny as it may seem, a close friend in the industry was speaking to me regarding the LSI SF3700 controller at a function yesterday where he identified the possibility that LSI SandForce just may miss an entire generation of controllers should their SF3000 be delayed any longer.  Nobody knows that frustration more than the manufacturers who are at Computex …

Seagate Technology, a world-leading provider of storage products, is announcing that they have entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with Avago Technologies Limited, which will result in Seagate acquiring from Avago the assets of LSI’s Accelerated Solutions Division (ASD) and Flash Components Division (FCD) for a reported $450 million in cash.  Although a bit of a late-comer to the …

ADATA Technology, a leading producer of DRAM modules and NAND flash devices, is announcing three new models of SATA 6Gb/s solid-state drives (SSDs).  The Premier Pro SP900 M.2 2242  and M.2 2280 for Ultrabooks and desktops, and the Premier Pro SP910 (2.5″ x 7mm) for gamers and video editors, are all terrific upgrade options to give users the experience of …

The current PCIe add-in-card storage market is separated into two general architectures.  The first is ground-up, native PCIe designs, such as the Micron P320h.  These devices eschew a typical SATA/SAS controller in favor of specialized flash controllers that have native PCIe interfaces.  This is where the market is heading.  In fact, later this year, you should start to see many …

Intel Z97 based motherboards will be making their appearance very shortly and, once again, ASRock seems to flexing their muscle. If you remember their release of the Z87 series, they literally blew away competitors by releasing the Fatal1ty Killer AMD board with the worlds first native PCIe x2 M.2 socket, accomplishing the task of breaking that infamous SATA performance barrier …