Today at the Samsung 2012 Global SSD Summit in Seoul, South Korea, details were revealed regarding the consumer driven Samsung 840 Series SSD, the most interesting being the fact that this SSD will be contain Samsungs own TLC memory and over provisioning. Capacities are listed as 120, 250, and 500GB and the over provisioning is intended to increase the lifespan …
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Samsung announced the release of two new SSDs this morning (Korea Time) at the 2012 Samsung SSD Global Summit at Samsung Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Dubbed the new Samsung SSD 840 Family, two variations of the 840 will be available consisting of the 840 for the typical consumer, along with the 840 Pro for the enthusiast/business, and initial product …
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The SSD Review offices are going to be a bit undermanned this week as we have received a last minute request by Samsung to meet with them at their Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Were we surprised? Well, I will be the first to concede that, of all the places we might travel for SSD technology, I would never have …
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Samsung has started producing the fastest embedded flash/controller combination around for mobile devices like phones and tablets. Based on their new 2xnm Toggle 2.0 flash, the embedded processor and NAND (referred to as an enhanced multimedia card, or eMMC for short) should greatly enhance storage speeds of phones, tablets, and a bewildering array of other small devices. This newest eMMC, the …
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Following up on our first MacBook Air Review a few days back, we couldn’t resist getting a second MBA in our hands to pair off both the Samsung and Toshiba SSDs in a head to head battle of speed and performance. The Toshiba SSD is LSI SandForce controlled and should excel in typical user performance , whereas, we would expect …
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The most confusing thing to me is why Samsung, a company that makes one of the top SSDs on the market, would venture elsewhere to supply SSDs for their own Ultrabook, an Ultra that is arguably the best on the market in many respects. Our report today will be an overview of the new Samsung Series 9 15″ Ivy Bridge …
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Samsung’s experience with SSDs didn’t start with the 830 Series SSD. Samsung can rightfully claim to be one of the originators of solid state storage as it is currently known and the 830 is the culmination of that knowledge and experience. Based around a lineup of 27nm Toggle NAND, 256MBs of low power DRAM, and a tri-core ARM controller, the …
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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 …
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Its been some time since Samsung has put out an SSD video but they seem to be spreading the SSD love throughout Europe as of late. It seems that Samsung has taken 50 of their prized 830 Series SSDs, one ambulance turned Tech bench and 4 SSD angels (of which one definitely is) and has toured Europe in hopes of …
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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 …
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