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TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a leader in highly rugged and high-reliability soild-state drives (SSDs), is announcing availability of its new Proteus 2 and Galatea 2 SSDs.  The Proteus 2 and Galatea 2 both feature larger capacities and improved performance.  Many security and defense applications operate in very harsh environments, making the Proteus 2 and Galatea 2 ideal for those usage …

Mach Xtreme Technology Inc., a global producer of high-performance, high-reliability and user-friendly PC devices, is announcing the MX-EXPRESS PCIe soild-state drive (SSD).  The MX-EXPRESS utilizes an advanced dual-controller architecture, and features a unique design requiring no drivers. The low-profile MX-EXPRESS PCIe 2.0 x 2 SSD will interface with any standard PCIe 2X / 4X / 16X slot.  The MX-EXPRESS offers …

Corsair, a global producer of high-performance PC hardware components, is annoucning the release of their new Force Series LS solid-state drives (SSDs).  The Force Series LS line of SSDs offer consumers and users a more economical means to upgrade a desktop PC or notebook to the proven speed and reliability of an SSD. The Force Series LS SSDs utilize a …

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I was reminded yesterday how good all this new technology really is.  It was through a conversation with a stranger and when she mentioned how, she too, had kept in touch with her sons while they were serving in Afghanistan. You never know when a new piece of technology may alter a persons life.  I am glad that through TechnologyX and The …

So I am a few thousand feet above the ground and one specific manufacturer’s meeting, and subsequent booth visit, is still weighing heavily on my mind.  As a trusted tech review resource, remaining independent and impartial plays just as important a role as being able to establish successful relationships with SSD companies and working together in advancing SSD technology as …

This week at FMS, Micron was on hand to, not only display, but also to show their new 16nm NAND flash memory in an operational state.  For this they were awarded the Flash Memory Summit Best of Show Award. Micron’s 16nm memory is intended for consumer SSDs and similar consumer devices and is the smallest MLC memory package available. 16nm …

It hasn’t been two weeks since we posted a detailed writeup of SMART’s new UltraDimm and they were one of the first to be seen in the display area of FMS for some great shots.  Not only could the quality of this product be seen through their presentation, but also, their combined effort with partners Diablo and Marvell was obvious.  …

LSI SandForce has definitely been busy as of late as we learned of their 3rd gen controller at Computex, their new SHIELD advanced error correction that increases SSD life significantly and they were the first to display Toshiba’s A19 memory functioning in a LSI SandForce SSD.  Next up is something that even we never expected and it goes by the …

Today at FMS 2013, Monika Kloudova of LSI demonstrated LSI’s new SHIELD Advanced Error Correction technology which has the ability to significantly increase the life cycle of LSI next generation SSDs.  For those really confused when it comes to error correction, let’s just say that all SSDs, just like all hard drives, encounter errors.  As the storage medium grows older …

Although SK Hynix isn’t as well known as Toshiba, Samsung or Intel/Micron (IMFT), they are one of the few in the world that own the fab.  By owning the fab, we mean that SK Hynix manufacturers NAND flash memory.  In the SSD world, the key to ultimate success (some might say) is to be able to market a complete package …

It doesn’t seem so long ago but it it was 2010 when SandForce teamed up with Intel to display the first working model of an SSD using Intel’s new 25nm NAND flash memory.  That led to several very popular articles on TSSDR as it was the first clue that led us on the track of discovering that Intel would be …

Plextor had a fairly good showing this week at FMS 2013 and did provide a sample of their upcoming M6 SSD for display.  Unfortunately it was in a simple brushed aluminum casing , void of any branding.  Rather unique however, was seeing how thin notebook form factors SSDs are becoming, this sample being only 5mm thin. The highlight of this, …

MyDigitalSSD is announcing their new Super Cache 2 (SC2) mSATA 6 Gb/s SSD, a lower cost solution where PC users are able to achieve system performance comparable to that of an SSD, without giving up the larger capacity of an HDD.  Current notebook and desktop motherboards are increasingly being outfitted with an extra mSATA slot, allowing the SC2 to be …

If you could call it controller wars, it certainly seems to be shaping up that way with yet another company introducing a controller in excess of that 1GB/s performance ‘line in the sand’.  At FMS 2013 this morning, Phison displayed their new PS5006 PCIe controller and it is capable of an amazing 1.5GB/s read and 1.3GB/s write performance. The PS5006 …