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 …

Well, things have been very busy here at FMS over the past few days and now it is finally drawing to a close. Before we left, we stopped by the Plextor booth to see what was going on with them and their product line. There we saw a demonstration of their new PlexTurbo. PlexTurbo is a RAM caching solution that …

From the many things we have seen at FMS this year, we were surprised to see two things from LiteOn. One being their 1TB P1P M.2 form factor enterprise drive and the other being their 2TB 7mm 2.5″ N9S drive. At the booth was a demo set up showing off over 5,500MB/s speeds in I/O meter with fifteen 2TB N9S …

It’s been a couple of weeks since I was able to get an affiliate post out, with all the new things going on at Essentially Tech Media Corp (ETMC). Did you even know that was our name? The SSD Review and Technology X make up the team known as ETMC. It’s good to learn something new everyday, so check out …

It has been a long time in the making but the new Plextor M6S family is finally rolling out.  Based on Marvell SSD controllers and Toshiba NAND flash memory, we got our first glimpse at the M6e M.2 PCIe X2 SSD some months ago in our IO-Switch Raijin Review, followed by our official analysis of the 512GB capacity M6e (and …

Today’s consumer is a much smarter breed than we all were yesterday.  The simple fact that SSDs are faster, totally silent, create less heat, are significantly more impact resistant and provide longer laptop battery life than the hard drive, just isn’t enough.  Today’s consumer wants to know how this is possible and why. Our introductory two articles in the ‘Learning …

Some time ago, Asus released their newest Z87 ROG Maximus VI motherboard and it was the first  to take a crack at M.2 SSDs. Our review of the ADATA AXNS360E M.2 SSD looked at the Maximus VI first hand   As much as we loved such things as SSD Secure Erase and the UEFI on the board, their M.2 design …

A day of Love, that is what Valentine’s Day is supposed to be. Some believe it is for sweethearts and I’m not saying it isn’t, but I think it’s about love.  For me, I love having and sharing adventures, big or small. I’m happy to say the little adventures today were perfect. Now, time to watch The Notebook. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW …

It’s cold outside! Interesting how the world is experiencing all these temperature changes. For those of us in the cold, it gives us more time to work on things on the inside or just surf the internet.  So, while you are at it, why not check out Technology X’s current contest. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW InWin Releases New 901 Mini-ITX PC Chassis …

Having had a few days to sit back and reflect on this year’s CES experience, I would have to say that it was totally unexpected.  Certainly the number of companies showing off solid state devices has dropped significantly, but of those that remained, some very exciting prototypes were front and center.  If I were to look ahead just a bit, …