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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world-leading memory technology provider, is announcing mass production of its XP941 PCI-Express (PCIe) solid state drive (SSD) to be utilized in modern ultra-thin notebooks / laptops.  Earlier this quarter, Samsung began supplying the new XP941 SSD to OEM notebook PC producers. With mass production of the XP941, Samsung is establishing a basis for a significant …

It seems that every newspaper, online or in print, has become filled with bad news.  Well, you won’t find that here.  This link will allow you, in one place, to find some of the latest technology reviews published by our affiliates. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW Monster Digital OverDrive 3.0 512GB External SSD Review @ TechnologyX With the gaining popularity of SSDs, it was only …

Axtremex Technology, UK-based manufacturer and global supplier of memory devices, is announcing their new Micro SSD that features a USB 3.0 interface.  The lightweight, durable and convenient to use Micro SSD is about 2/3 the size of a standard business card, and achieves sequential read/write speeds of 450 MB/s and 400 MB/s respectively. The Micro SSD draws its power straight …

Mushkin, Inc., a premier designer and producer of high-performance computer products, has announced the official launch of their new Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD.  The Scorpion Deluxe utilizes a quartet of SandForce controllers to achieve amazing performance. Mushkin’s original Scorpion PCIe SSD was targeted to designers of multimedia to offer a scalable 4-way format and maximum performance.  The new Scorpion Deluxe …

Transcend Information, Inc., a premier industrial-grade SSD manufacturer, has jumped on the JMicron bandwagon with their new SSD740 SATAIII solid-state drive (SSD).  Transcend is marketing their latest offering as the ultimate SSD solution for devices utilizing more advanced operating systems, including Ultrabooks, notebooks, gaming systems and industrial desktop PCs.  The SSD740 offers an impressive combination of performance and durability. As seen …

Let’s make it clear right from the start and not mix words when we say that the Intel DC S3500 is an enterprise/data center SSD through and through.  Availability and pricing of the DC S3500 found early on the morning of release, however, is definitely going to tempt more than just the data center crowd.  After all, the Intel DC …

If you were wondering who would be at the front of the pack with PCIe storage speed laptops, wonder no more.  A great release early this morning by Anand shows the new MacAir as having been upgraded to Haswell and SSDs being PCIe based, with what appears to be a Samsung PCIe SSD within.  The SSD appears to be a …

One of our most popular features post any tech event has always been a ‘whirlwind’ tour of the event, highlighting the beauty within. Computex 2013 is no different except for the characteristic of us spending just a bit more time getting these shots for your viewing pleasure. Between the pictures posted here at TSSDR, and also, those posted at our …

As new as Ultrabook form factor PCIe is to the SSD world, LSI SandForce isn’t the only at Computex 2013 to display an ultrabook SSD capable of speeds well above anything we are seeing in present PC systems. On display at the Plextor booth is their NGFF M.2 (PCIe) SSD which will be available in capacities of 128, 256 and …

AN EARTHQUAKE OF A DISCOVERY Where we believed this year to be a very quiet year in the world of SSD technology, Computex 2013 has become one of the largest and most important SSD news events to date.  We should have known.  From 32 stories up  on our day of arrival, we experienced a level 6.5 earthquake first hand with …

Considering the success of our earlier article detailing our discovery of the new LSI SandForce flash storage processor (Codename Griffin) capable of an amazing 1.8GBs transfer speeds and 200,000 IOPS performance, and subsequent NGFF ultrabook version, one might think that ADATA has garnished enough SSD coverage during Computex 2013, but in that one would be incorrect. This year, ADATA has …

Imagine 1.8GB/s read and write performance with up to 200, 000 IOPS being possible in a NGFF/M.2 form factor.  This not only verifies that LSI SandForces new controller, Codename Griffin, is about to make an amazing transformation in the SSD industry, but also, these blistering speeds will be seen soon enough in ultrabooks. The fact is that ADATA has made …

APacer doesn’t come across our desk much but we happened upon an interesting SSD of theirs at Computex 2013 that is capable of using both SLC and MLC memory concurrently, providing an opportunity for OS installation on the SLC memory with data on the MLC. The APacer CSD is a dual drive RAID driven SSD that is intended for industrial …

It was refreshing to see SSD manufacturers going into incredible detail to provide an understanding of their SSD products this year at Computex.  This particularly stands true of both BIWIN and APacer who spoke to power loss protection by explaining the purpose of capacitors, and even type, in their booth displays.  APacer went one further to even provide the buyer …