Our SSD report today examines the Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SATA 3 SSD, ‘3k’ signifying Kingston’s move to the more economical 3k PE (program/erase cycles) rated NAND for increased consumer value. For the typical consumer, this will mean little as their new HyperX 3k will still last years, however, interestingly enough, Kingston claims no performance loss for the better value …

It wasn’t so long ago that we had a sit down with Crucial/Micron at Storage Visions 2012 and they spoke of their SSD plans for the year, the Adrenaline Caching SSD and production of a mSATA SSD being high priorities on the list. Shortly after that venture, we reviewed the Adrenaline and here we are back once again with announcement, …

Kingston, longtime manufacturer of memory products, got it’s start in the SSD market years ago. Over the years, Kingston has evolved into a major player and now enjoys a partnership with LSI SandForce. Last year Kingston released the well-received HyperX SSD. A SF-2281 controller paired with Intel’s special, higher grade 25nm Synchronous ONFI 2.2 flash set the drive apart in …

Our SSD Review today is going to examine the Comay Venus 3 SATA 3 240GB SSD. Comay is a brand of SSDs manufactured by CoreRise Electronics Ltd, one of three SSD companies located in China with the others being Renice and Runcore. The Comay line is a typical ‘SandForce Driven’ family with limited availability as the company is relatively new, …

OWC has jumped feet first into the Enterprise space with the new OWC Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G SSD. Leveraging one of the fastest controllers on the planet, the LSI SF-2582 in tandem with Toshibas Enterprise Toggle Synchronous eMLC NAND, this SSD promises the absolute best in long term performance and endurance. OWC is also throwing in an outstanding industry-leading 7 …

Novachips, a Korean firm well known for their high performance storage products, is releasing a new high performance SSD controller into the wild. Dubbed NVS3600A, the processor will be capable of providing read/write speeds of up to 530MB/s and 520MB/s respectively. The controller will also deliver a commanding 60,000 4k IOPS, putting it on par with the best LSI Sandforce has …

Our SSD analysis today is going to be on both the 256GB and 512GB versions of the OCZ Vertex 4 SATA 3 SSD and you are going to need to take a seat for this.  We guarantee that there has never been an SSD capable of creating such a stir in the SSD world and will not be at any …

Mach Xtreme has announced the release of their mainstream oriented MX-Jet Ultra series of drives. Built around a SATA 2 interface, the new drives will deliver read/write speeds of up to 270MB/s and 180MB/s respectively. The SSDs will also deliver random performance of up to 15,000 4k IOPS. The drives will be offered in capacities of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB. They will …

There is some new evidence that Intel’s commitment to SandForce could be greater than previously thought. Recent product listings for a new Intel 300-series SSD have cropped up at e-tailers all over the globe, and like the “Cherryville” 520 series, it also looks to be LSI SandForce-powered. The new Intel 330 Series SSD should be available in three capacities at …

LSI announced today the launching of the LSI Nytro Application Acceleration Architecture, an entire family of PCIe based devices and software. Currently there are a multitude of solutions available from many different vendors of enterprise-class Solid State Storage and PCIe solutions. Many of these solutions are for niche users, and not easily integrated into the wider enterprise space. LSI is …