One of the largest voids consumers have spoken of in storage technology has been the inability to combine our new found speed of SSDs with the capacity of the hard drive. Our latest review of the Toshiba Portege Z830 Ultrabook reached new heights with SSD speeds of 550MB/s now possible in laptops as light as 2.4lbs and just over 1/2″ …
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Intel SSD 520 Series ‘SandForce Driven’ SATA 3 SSD Release Imminent – As Predicted
If you are a fan of The SSD Review, you will remember our prediction of the inevitable Intel/SandForce partnership which goes back several months now. Our first article was in March of this year where we were bombarded with e-mails and returns by those who were upset at such speculation. The second article followed in April after yet another Intel …
Read More »Toshiba Portege Z830 13.3″ Ultrabook Laptop Review – Toshiba Creates One Amazing SSD Ultrabook!
Our report today is going to take a close look at the newly released Toshiba Portege 13.3″ Ultrabook, one of the smallest and lightest SSD contained laptop solutions to be released this year. We had previously reviewed the Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook in our search for the ultimate website laptop, however as stunning as the Series 9 was, it had …
Read More »BiTMICRO Announces 400,000 IOP SSD Controller!
Full Speed Ahead with the Integration of BiTMICROs Next Generation of Solid State Drive Controllers BiTMICRO has announced a new line of SSD controllers that will enable capacities up to 5TB of capacity per SSD, and an amazing 400,000 IOPs per device. Utilizing a multi-core SSD controller integrated with multiple embedded processors, this will allow some stunning performance from a …
Read More »The SSD Review Mega SSD Giveaway! – TWO WON!
WE HAVE GONE NUTS!!!! We could be giving away three SSDs in a week with the largest being 240GB! We will be giving away the first by tonight at midnight! Become a member of The SSD Review Forums and get a chance to win one of three SSDs to be drawn between now and next Friday. Check out the contest …
Read More »OCZ Octane SATA 3 512GB SSD Review
Our review today will be a long awaited look at the OCZ Octane 6Gbps 512GB SSD. Eight months ago, OCZ bought Indilinx with full intention of spreading their wings in the development of their own proprietary controller based on the Indlinx Everest design. OCZ has spoken of higher incompressible data performance, quicker disk access as well as better sustained write …
Read More »LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit – LSI WarpDrive 2 “Hybrid” PCIe SSD Prototype Observed
During the LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit we noticed a very intriguing looking device on display that stood alone, in that there was no name, test results or information included. Better yet, NOBODY would speak of it at all! At the top of what we will call the ‘WarpDrive Family’ case (pic below) was a new family member that, for all …
Read More »Corsair Performance Pro SATA 3 256GB SSD Review – Marvell Controller With a Punch
Corsairs newest Performance Pro SATA 3 SSD is on our bench today and get ready for some great benchmarks! After Crucial’s M4 punch which came as a result of their updated Marvell firmware, it was only a matter of time before another manufacturer came back swinging with the same Marvell controller in tow. To be quite frank, SSD enthusiasts have …
Read More »OCZ Octane SSD Pricing And Specs Released
OCZ Technology posted product info and specs of the OCZ Octane SATA 3 SSD today and we dug a bit further and were fortunate to get their manufacturers suggested retail pricing on all but the 1TB capacity as well. The Octane will be the first consumer release of an ‘Indilinx Infused’ SSD since the purchase of Indilinx by OCZ last …
Read More »Kingston V200 SATA 3 SSD Release Intended For Value Minded Consumers
Kingston today announced the release of their updated V200 series, an SSD family that traditionally relied on the JMicron controller. We have been anticipating this upgrade from Kingston for some time now as we first spotted the SATA 3 JMicron at Computex, Taipei this past June. The V200 is available as a standalone SSD, or with a migration kit, in …
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