Intel announces 34nm flash X25-M and X18-M SSDs
Earlier today Intel announced their second generation SSD line. Models will retain the X25 and X18 names, but will contain "G2" at the end of their model numbers. The G2 drives are…
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | Jul 21, 2009 | Storage | 0
Earlier today Intel announced their second generation SSD line. Models will retain the X25 and X18 names, but will contain "G2" at the end of their model numbers. The G2 drives are…
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | Jul 16, 2009 | Storage | 1
Introduction Upon its release, Windows 7 will include many "SSD aware" features. These features will take advantage of the ways flash memory devices are accessed by the Operating System. …
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | Jul 16, 2009 | Storage | 0
Corsair has updated their SSD pages to include the new Indilinx controller based Extreme Series. While their stated spec of 240 MB/sec read and 170 MB/sec write seems very nice, we can…
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | Jun 17, 2009 | Storage | 0
There have been various rumors flying about Western Digital bringing a SSD to market. I wanted to take a quick moment to clear the air on this before those...
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | Jun 17, 2009 | Storage | 0
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Jun 4, 2009 | Storage | 0
Those of you who watched us record our podcast over at TWIT.tv last night got an early peek at...
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | Jun 1, 2009 | Storage | 0
If you listen to our Wednesday fun on Leo Laporte's TWIT network or to our weekly podcast, you might have caught some initial tidbits about a new SSD…
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | May 6, 2009 | Storage | 0
Since posting my Caviar Green 2TB review, I figured we would be wrapped up on Western Digital drives for a short while. Hitting 2TB is a pretty significant milestone,…
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | May 4, 2009 | Storage | 3
Today, previously unknown DDRdrive LLC released its flagship product, the DDRdrive X1. We burned through the weekend to provide a first peek…
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | Apr 24, 2009 | Storage | 0
You might have seen glimpses of the OCZ Z-Drive around the internet. As of today, it's official. OCZ has taken 4 Vertex SSD's and ganged them up with a PCI-Express RAID controller…
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | Apr 22, 2009 | Storage | 0
OCZ has recently announced a new SLC based Vertex series. Dubbed 'EX', these new drives boast considerably faster write speeds, and should theoretically be on par…
Read MorePosted by Allyn Malventano | Apr 21, 2009 | Storage | 0
So you're considering a RAID, eh? HighPoint might have just what you're looking for. Today we're going to put a RocketRaid 4310 through...
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