NAND Flash Memory – A Future Not So Bleak After All
A paper, titled “The Bleak Future of
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Author: Allyn Malventano
VIA teams with Tensilica to roll their own SSD controller
VIA has always been known for the 'slow and steady' approach to computing. They might not have the quickest stuff around, but they certainly tend to have the lowest power draw. While…
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Increased Hard Drive Write Speed and Density – Using Frickin’ Lasers
The big hoopla as of late has been wrapped around SSD's and flash memory technology, with constant die shrinks promising cheaper and faster solid state storage for your PC. Everyone...
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Intel 520 Series SSD Full Review – SandForce on Steroids?
Introduction Today we take a look at Intel's newest 6Gb/sec SATA SSD - the 520 Series. This is the second non-Intel controller to appear in one of their products....
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Corsair Force Series 3 and Force Series GT SSD Full Review
Introduction A couple of days ago we looked at a pair of SSD's from Patriot. Next up is a pair of SSD's from Corsair. These are another two SandForce controlled…
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Patriot Pyro and Wildfire SSD Review – IMFT Async vs. Toshiba Toggle-mode Flash
Introduction Today we're going to take a look at a pair of SSD models from Patriot. While they both share the same SandForce controller, that's where the differences end....
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CES Storage Roundup Part 4 – Sandisk, PQI
Sandisk Sandisk had a booth with a large array of small nand flash storage devices, though most of it appeared to be SD, CF, or for embedded mobile applications: One of the more interesting…
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CES Storage Roundup Part 3 – Intel Cherryville and IMFT 20nm flash die spotted!
CES is sort of like a Where's Waldo book. There are thousands of places to look, with new technology spread around all over the place. Some of that unreleased tech shows up…
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CES Storage Roundup Part 2 – Corsair, Patriot
While roaming Vegas, we came across lots of storage goodies. Here are a few: Corsair Corsair showed their line of SSD's, with a new addition: The new addition is on the right. This is the…
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CES Storage Roundup Part 1 – Toshiba, Kingston
While roaming Vegas, we came across lots of storage goodies. Here are a few: Toshiba Toshiba was showing a 19nm flash memory wafer and all of their products containing them. They seem to be taking…
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Victorinox SSD makes its debut at CES – 1TB thumb drive connected via USB or eSATA
Victorinox stopped me in my tracks while walking around the Pepcom Digital Experience last night. I'd heard there was a 1TB USB drive, but assumed it would be one of those things…
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OCZ shows Kilimanjaro platform in the form of mini PCIe through Z-Drive R5
Earlier today we got our first hands-on of OCZ's new Kilimanjaro platform. This is the result of a joint venture between OCZ and Micron. The premise is simple: Most SSD and even…
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