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TheSSDReview Daily News – 22 December 2011

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For those of you who are new to the SSD world, our new and improved Beginners Guide might be of interest to you. Also worthy of mention, Former SMART Modular VP Wayne Eisenberg Teams Up With The SSD Review! Check out the HTC Rhyme Review from Hardware Heaven below to see if this Smart Phone may be a last minute gift …

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Former SMART Modular VP Wayne Eisenberg Teams Up With The SSD Review

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The Solid State Storage market is commanding much interest across a variety of applications and solutions. The technology provides clear advantages such as performance and power savings, however the landscape for suppliers remains grey. Who will be the winners, the losers, who will command the enterprise, the client, who will be bought and/or sold? My name is Wayne Eisenberg and …

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Apple Acquires Anobit For Half A Billion Dollars – Well Done Apple!

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Reports surfaced yesterday of Apple’s acquisition of Anobit, an Israeli start-up. According to the Israeli news site Calcalist.com and reported by Computerworld, Apple paid about $500 million to purchase the private company. The SSD market has seen consolidation and should see more. LSI’s most recent acquisition of SandForce reinforces the clamor for the ultimate edge, the holy grail of SSD, the controller and firmware. …

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And Then There Were Three – Seagate Completes Acquisition Of Samsung’s Hard Drive Division

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Seagate has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Samsung’s hard drive division. The transaction will go through for $1.4 billion. By gaining Samsung’s assets, Seagate will be sitting pretty in the HDD industry with a 40 percent market share. In 2010, Seagate sold 195.2 million units while Samsung let go of around 66 million units. Included in the …

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STEC ZeusIOPS SSDs Integrated Into Fujitsu ETERNUS DX Enterprise Storage Systems

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STEC and Fujitsu have announced today that the ZeusIOPS series of SSDs has been integrated into the Fujitsu ETERNUS Systems. These ultra high performance disk systems also include the top of the line ETERNUS DX8700 S2 storage system. This integration will support multiple open system environments and virtualized infrastructures. This news comes right on the heels of the latest STEC …

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SSD Prices Down Dramatically in Q4-11

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Idealo News, a UK and European price comparison site, has mined its own data to analyze SSD pricing during the 4th quarter of 2011. Prices have been steadily declining from September to December of this year while 2.5 HDDs pricing continues to skyrocket as a result of Thailand flooding. This is very good news for the SSD consumer who will …

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Super Talent Announces High Performing External USB 3.0 SSD

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Super Talent, well known for their high performance memory products and various storage solutions, is today releasing a superspeed USB SSD in capacities of 60GB, 120GB and 240GB. The Storage Pod Mini will perform faster than many internal hard drives, being able to achieve read and write speeds of 260 MB/s and 174 MB/s respectively, and of course is a …

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TheSSDReview Daily News – 20 December 2011

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As we find ourselves one day closer to Christmas, we can’t help but get excited about the number of reviews coming to us. With a review to help decide if Grand Theft Auto V is right for your son, all the way to a review for Zabcat xplorer² File Management software,  you are sure to find the right gift for everyone. Feeling Lucky …

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Benefits Of A Solid State Drive – An SSD Primer

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Laptop computers are now sporting a new option that is going to amaze most as a result of the visible speed improvement and many will never really understand why. Some will boast of  how quick their new laptop starts while others will read the fine print to see that there is this new thing called a solid state drive which …

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SSD Components and Make Up – An SSD Primer

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In our first article entitled ‘Benefits of The Solid State Drive‘ we briefly provided comparison between a SSD and a hard drive and described the benefits of such an upgrade. We are going to follow with a description of SSD components along with an understanding of the purpose of each. This article will not only provide a solid foundation in …

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SSD Types and Form Factors – An SSD Primer

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Our SSD close up today is going to examine the different SSD types and form factors common to the consumer. This is the third paper in a series of recent articles that explained the benefits and components of a solid state drive and will go so far as to make up our SSD Beginners Guide.  Each article is designed to …

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