WD Black hard drives have long been the go-to hard drive for many storage consumers. They satisfy the needs of those looking for fast, reliable storage and although they are priced on the high side, they come with a 5-year warranty, which is hard to beat. However, with the release of so many SSDs into the market, WD had been falling behind. …
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Phison Displays Next Gen Controllers and More – Flash Memory Summit 2016 Update
Making our way over to the Phison booth we were greeted with some new products. First up is the S11T, which will help OEMs and other customers reduce their BOM cost. It is an industrial grade SATA 6Gb/s controller that is DRAM-less. It supports MLC/TLC 2D and 3D NAND. It features their SmartECC, end-to-end data path protection, and SmartZip technologies. …
Read More »PMC FlashTec NVRAM Caught in Action – FMS 2014 Update
It hasn’t been 48 hours our publishing of PMC’s newest NVRAM release and we were able to get some first hand shots, and also see it in action. Relatively new in popularity as of late, the NVRAM takes advantage of DRAM performance in order to speed up system data transfer. The PMC FlashTec NVRAM is capable of unlimited endurance (as …
Read More »SuperTalent USB 3.0 Express Dram Disk Review – Simplicity With Ultra High Performance
For the first time in awhile, I am sitting here stunned at what I just learned, and experienced, in new technology. Just as I could use words such as amazing, unbelievable and remarkable to describe the Super Talent USB 3.0 Express Dram Disk, I could also grab your attention telling you that the ST Dram Disk’s PCMark Vantage Total Point …
Read More »Large Fire At SK Hynix Fab Facility In China — Could Drive Up Both DRAM And NAND Prices
SK Hynix Inc., one of the top global producers of memory chips (both DRAM and NAND), was forced to suspend operations at its Wuxi, China fabrication facility due to a large fire. Billowing smoke from the fire was visible many miles away. Image source: KitGuru.com The fire reportedly started a bit before 4:00 pm local time while equipment was being …
Read More »Smart Storage Systems And Diablo Technologies Unveil UltraDIMM – The Fastest Ultra-Low Latency Enterprise-Class Flash SSD
SMART Storage Systems today announced ULLtraDIMM™, the industry’s first enterprise-class ultra-low latency (ULL) SSD. Connecting NAND flash directly to the memory channel via an innovative DIMM form factor design, the ULLtraDIMM SSD is a cost-effective storage device that achieves DRAM-like performance and crosses the final frontier of storage latency. The ULLtraDIMM establishes an all-new ULL SSD tier for enterprise servers …
Read More »Diablo Technologies Unveils Memory Channel Storage; Outperforms Enterprise SSD And PCIe Flash Solutions
Diablo Technologies has introduced Memory Channel Storage™ (MCS™), a transformational new storage and system memory solution, resetting the bar for latency and throughput for enterprise applications. Diablo leveraged its extensive experience in advanced memory channel interfaces and protocols to deliver a superior system architecture that directly attaches persistent memory to the host processors of a server or storage array. This …
Read More »Silicon Power Extreme E25 128GB Review
Earlier this year, Silicon Power introduced their newest members of the Extreme family, the E25 series of solid-state drives. The new E25 line is a bump up from the year-old E20 models, and more than likely flew under the radar for a vast majority of readers. It was announced close to CES 2012 and released just a few months after, …
Read More »MyDigitalSSD Bullet Proof 3 SATA III 512GB SSD Review – A Force Behind SSD Affordability
When you think about SSDs, the first names that come to mind are probably those of bigger companies, such as OCZ, Intel, Samsung, Toshiba, Kingston, and SanDisk…just to name a few. Recently however, a fairly new company named MyDigitalSSD has been making headlines, especially here on The SSD Review. Keeping the trend alive, we take a fresh look at the …
Read More »Intel 910 PCIe SSD Review – Amazing Performance Results In Both 400GB and 800GB Configurations
Our detailed analysis of the Intel 910 Series PCI Express 800GB SSD marks the beginning of Intel’s push into the PCIe SSD enterprise storage market. If the difficulty experienced reviewing this SSD is any indication of it’s caliber, the world is in for a pleasant shock as it was rather difficult to get the 910 to settle into it’s Steady …
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