Posts tagged ‘SSD’
Chip Shot: Intel Delivers New Enterprise SSDs
Intel today announced the latest addition to its data center family of solid-state drives (SSD) at the Cloud Computing Expo in New York, the Intel® SSD DC S3500 Series. The DC S3500 Series is ideal for read-intensive applications such as Web hosting, cloud computing and data center virtualization. Data centers can save significant costs by replacing traditional hard disk drives (HDD) and moving toward an all-SSD storage model.
New Kingston SSDNow KC300 SSD
Kingston, the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the latest addition to its SSDNow family, the KC300 solid-state drive. KC300 enables business, mobile and power users to be more productive as the drive maximizes power efficiencies in notebook PCs. KC300 provides advanced power management via an LSI SandForce second-generation SF-2281 processor, allowing users to do more from a single charge.
Chip Shot: Intel® Solid-State Drive 335 Series Adds 80GB Model
The Intel® Solid-State Drive (SSD) 335 Series is adding a new 80 gigabyte (GB) capacity version to its current 180GB and 240GB product offerings. All capacities are available in a standard 2.5-inch form factor. As with the recently announced 180GB model, the 80GB drive will be offered in a new case design. Current pricing and availability is available from resellers or online retailers. Visit the Intel Solid-State Drive press kit for information.
OCZ Bundles UBISOFT Far Cry 3 PC Game Software with Vector SSD
OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced a special, ‘limited time’ gaming bundle for its new Vector SSD Series, which is regarded as the industry’s fastest SSD currently available by dozens of media reviewers globally. When an end-user purchases either a 256GB or 512GB capacity OCZ Vector SSD, they will be entitled to Ubisoft’s popular Far Cry 3 open-world PC shooter game free of charge. This special promotion is now available and will expire on June 30, 2013.
OCZ Technology Delivers Vertex 3 with 20 Nanometer Flash
OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced a new 20 nanometer (nm) NAND flash version of its award-winning Vertex 3 SSD Series. The new Vertex 3.20 SSD is a 2.5-inch, 6Gbps SATA III-based Multi-Level Cell (MLC) drive that implements the feature-set of the Vertex 3 Series but is built around smaller, state-of-the-art NAND flash process geometry.
Kingston’s SSDNow V300 120GB SSD Review
Today We are going to have a look at Kingston’s SSDNow V300 SSD . Kingston’s SSDNow V300 solid-state drive is a cost-effective way to revive your computer. It’s 10x faster than a hard drive plus more reliable, more durable and shock-proof. It features an LSI® SandForce® controller customized for Kingston and best-in-class components, and is available in kits with all the accessories needed for an effortless transition to the latest technology. For added peace of mind, it’s backed by a three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston® reliability.
ADATA SX900 256GB SSD Review
Today we are going to review ADATA SX900 256GB Solid State Drive ( SSD ) .The XPG (Xtreme Performance Gear) SX900 solid state drive is an expanded capacity SSD which uses new optimized firmware to utilize greater storage capacity of the NAND Flash components. With superior NAND Flash, the XPG SX900 SSD reaches new levels of stability and performance. The drive breaks new ground in storage capacity for SSDs utilizing the SandForce 2281 controller, reaching 512GB, a 7% increase over common SSDs in the market that use a SandForce controller. This represents a milestone in ADATA’s history of NAND Flash based products.
OCZ Launches Vector SSD Series
OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced the availability of its new SATA III-based Vector SSD Series featuring the company’s next-generation Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller. OCZ’s worldwide technology hardware and firmware teams developed the new controller silicon and firmware completely in-house to enable full design control over the Vector SSD Series roadmap, while delivering exceptional I/O performance, enhanced reliability and endurance, and a host of differentiated features to empower high performance laptops, desktops, and workstations with superior storage capabilities.
Kingston Launches New SSDNow V300 Solid State Drives
Kingston, the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping the next generation of its most cost-effective SSDNow V Series solid-state drive. The Kingston SSDNow V300 is a powerful upgrade solution for cost-conscious consumers looking to upgrade their existing desktop or notebook PC.
IcyDock MB996SP-6SB 6 in 1 SATA Hot Swap RAID cage Review
Utilizing the standard 5.25” bay form factor, the compact design allows the enclosure to be used in various applications, catering to a wide audience. The MB996SP-6SB excels for use in advanced RAID applications such as building dual RAID 5 arrays or high performance 4 drives in RAID 0 plus RAID 1 array for back up, all in a single 5.25” device bay. The MB996SP-6SB is extremely useful for powerful small servers, gaming rigs, home servers or HTPC’s due to its high capacity and space saving design. It is also perfect for users who needs non-RAID JBOD storage and save different contents in different drive locations. It supports wide-range of applications which is the true value of the MB996SP-6SB.
Kingston New SSDNow E100 Enterprise SSD
Kingston, the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the SSDNow E100 SSD, the company’s new enterprise-class solid state drive (SSD). The new drive enables enterprises to accommodate the performance demands required in support of big data and virtualization initiatives. The new Kingston E100 SSD achieves up to 10X improvements in endurance and reliability over client SSDs on existing hardware, while drastically reducing the physical footprint as significantly fewer SSDs are needed to handle the tasks of many traditional hard-disk drives (HDD).
OCZ RevoDrive3 x2 Max IOPS 240GB PCIe SSD Review
Designed to deliver maximum throughput in multithreaded applications, the new Max IOPS edition is an extension of the industry-leading RevoDrive 3 product line, supporting workstation users that require greater transactional throughput and bandwidth.The RevoDrive 3 X2 Max IOPS series combines a proven cutting-edge PCI Express architecture and OCZ proprietary Virtualized Controller Architecture™ (VCA) 2.0 flash virtualization layer with premium NAND flash components to deliver exceptional 4KB random write performance along with increased transfer rates.
