RunCore presenta Mini DOM - SSD the size of a SATA port
Storage
Published on Wednesday, 02 May 2012 16:40 Written by Anton Karmehed
RunCore has now launched a new SSD based storage unit called Mini DOM. Mini DOM is the market's first single-chip SSD that offers up to 64GB capacity no larger than a thumbnail.
OCZ Vertex 4 and Octane based on Marvell controllers
Storage
Published on Thursday, 12 April 2012 09:03 Written by Anton Karmehed
OCZ has had a speedy development with its in-house designed controller Everest after the acuisition of Indilinx. As it turns out its own controllers are actually based on silicon from Marvell, which includes the latest addition Vertex 4.
Intel SSD 330 listed with SandForce and low price?
Storage
Published on Thursday, 05 April 2012 15:40 Written by Jacob Hugosson
Besides the new cache solution Intel SSD 320 will also be upgraded. The new SSD 330 series has now been listed and besides aSandForce controller, prices looks low.
Intel "Hawley Creek" SSD 313, new cache solution launch
Storage
Published on Thursday, 05 April 2012 14:21 Written by Jacob Hugosson
Intel has a number of SSD nuits coming in 2012, and the first we can expect are in the 300 series. SSD 313 is already launched and replace the 311 as cache, while SSD 330 will be the longed for replacement for the 320 series.
OCZ launches Vertex 4, based on Everest 2
Storage
Published on Thursday, 05 April 2012 08:26 Written by Gustav Gager
Little over a year ago we found out OCZ had acquired circuit maker Indilinx. Six months later we got the first units based on the new Indilinx controller Everest. It is now time to launch Everest 2 and it does it with the Vertex 4 series.
Harddrive makers make use of the flood
Storage
Published on Tuesday, 03 April 2012 13:27 Written by Jacob Hugosson
Toward the end of last year the harddrive market took a real beating, as floods in Thailand completely paralyzed the industry. The worst is over, but there is still a lot of work to do, but the manufacturers are reluctant to lower prices to the levels they were before.
HGST shipping first 4TB drive to businesses
Storage
Published on Tuesday, 03 April 2012 10:25 Written by Anton Karmehed
Now WD-owned Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has officially announced the first harddrive with 4TB capacity shipping to businesses. Ultrastar 7K4000 is the name of the model with a 7200 RPM engine that is shipping to customers.
Intel have several new SSDs coming in 2012
Storage
Published on Friday, 23 March 2012 13:45 Written by Jacob Hugosson
Intel launched the SSD 520 series back in early February, which was based on the popular and now common SandForce SF-2281, although with a custom firmware. Taiwanese manufacturers now reveal that Intel has several new SSD series coming in 2012.
Marvell releases new SSD controllerk - 88SS9187
Storage
Published on Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:33 Written by Jacob Hugosson
Marvell sells now SSD units of its own, or retail products at all, but it does make a lot of logic and circuits for other manufacturers to license. It has now released a new SATA controller, which it not surprisingly, hopes to sell on the mobile market.
SSD prices dropping 1 dollar per gigabyte in 2012
Storage
Published on Thursday, 08 March 2012 10:12 Written by Anton Karmehed
Solid State Drives are relatively expensive seen to price vs. capacity. The NAND flash chips that are used to store data are simply very expensive to make, but during the second half of 2012 NAND and the SSD market are expected to reach a milestone, 1 GB storage for less than 1 dollar.
OCZ Vertex 4 SSD presented with Indilinx Everest 2 controller
Storage
Published on Wednesday, 07 March 2012 16:17 Written by Anton Karmehed
OCZ has expanded the Vertex SSD series and this time it has decided not to work with controller maker SandForce. Under the hood we namely find OCZ's own Indilinx Everest 2 controller that is capable of speeds up to 90,000 IOPS and 550 MB/s.
Intel "Hawley Creek" SSD 313 - Intel preparing new cache SSD
Storage
Published on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:00 Written by Jacob Hugosson
Intel launched the Larson Creek and 311 series SSD last year. It was limited to 20GB capacity and only intended to work as cache to complete a mechanical drive. Intel is now planning to replace it at the launch of Ivy Bridge.
SanDisk Extreme series SSD with SandForce and 24nm Flash
Storage
Published on Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:54 Written by Jacob Hugosson
SanDisk haven't made much fuss on the retail market for SSDs, and have long focused on cheaper solutions for OEMs mainly. It has now released the Extreme series that according to SanDisk is first to market with NAND Flash memory at 24 nm.
Verbatim to use Sandforce in new SATA-III SSD series
Storage
Published on Thursday, 09 February 2012 11:04 Written by Anton Karmehed
Verbatim has decided to expand its lineup with new Sandforce based solutions. Verbatim SATA-III SSD is a SATA 6,0 Gbps series sporting Sandforce's latest SF-2281 controller for good performance with data speeds up to 550 MB/s.
The key to faster harddrives - 800 degree Celsius?
Storage
Published on Wednesday, 08 February 2012 17:42 Written by Anton Karmehed
Mechanical harddrives are hardly known as speed freaks, but if we are to believe new discoveries this could change in the future. Physisists in the UK says that lasers and extreme temperatures can enable speeds up to 1,000 GB/s.
Kingston,SanDisk lower price of NAND Flash memory
Storage
Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 13:24 Written by Jacob Hugosson
NAND Flash is used in everything from memory cards, USB memory sticks to SSD units. It has always been expensive, but is starting to come down to levels that should appeal more to the big masses. Both Kingston and SanDisk have annoucned they will drop prices with 15 percent across the board.
Intel promises 20nm grade SSDs in 2012
Storage
Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 10:21 Written by Anton Karmehed
Intel recently rolled out the nnew SSD market in the form of the Intel 520 series based on the popular Sandforce SSD controller. The company has now revealed that mass production of new 20nm NAND memory circuits has begun.
SanDisk: SSD market will accelerate in 2012
Storage
Published on Thursday, 26 January 2012 09:56 Written by Anton Karmehed
SanDisk is one of the larger manufacturers of NAND flash products and have been expanding its products of SSDs over the last few years. The company is predicting a turning point where it expects to see a significant boost in sales during 2012.
OCZ doubles IOPS performance in Octane series with new firmware
Storage
Published on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 10:19 Written by Anton Karmehed
OCZ Technology have several interesting SSD solutions in development and those who have missed it can go back and check out our video previews from CES. It is already finetuning existing products and rolled out a new performance firmware for the Octane series.
CES2012: OCZ Everest 2 in June
Storage
Published on Friday, 20 January 2012 16:00 Written by Jacob Hugosson
Most companies in the SSD industry are trying to outbrag the others with theoretic peak values possible in theory. OCZ hopes that its next drive will actually deliver staggering performance with next generation controller from the recently acquired Indilinx.
CES2012: Corsair builds cache with Accelerator
Storage
Published on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 16:16 Written by Jacob Hugosson
SSDs are still expensive and without reach for many and even enthusiasts with limited wallets. Various solutions for cache have become more in fashion for these users, and now Corsair joins the ranks.
CES2012: Kilimanjaro, OCZ working with Marvell
Storage
Published on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:20 Written by Jacob Hugosson
OCZ is not a company to put all eggs in one basket. It's primary market is nowadays SSDs and besides working with SandForce and its own Indilinx controllers it is working closely with Marvell on a new series of products - Kilimanjaro.
CES2012: OCZ shows TLC SSD and 64GB DRAM SSD
Storage
Published on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 14:33 Written by Anton Karmehed
OCZ Technology had a bunch of SSD units to show at CES in Las Vegas. We decided to look closer at some of the solutions, one of which was claimed to be the first SSD with TLC NAND flash and PCI Express solutions with 16 controller circuits.
Crucial release firmware update for m4 SSDs
Storage
Published on Monday, 16 January 2012 09:15 Written by Jacob Hugosson
We can all at NordicHardware agree that a SSD is the best upgrade for a computer, but there still bugs to fix in way too many models. Crucial has released a new solution that makes its m4 SSDs not get a BSOD after exactly 5184 hours.
Transcend: Ultrabooks will raise demand for SSDs
Storage
Published on Friday, 06 January 2012 15:37 Written by Jacob Hugosson
SSDs are still a rare sight outside the enthusiast circles. Transcend CEO Peter Shu expects 2012 to be the year when SSD demand will take off for real and that Ultrabooks will be the driving force behind it.
Seagate and Samsung finalize harddrive sale
Storage
Published on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 19:00 Written by Jacob Hugosson
Seagate has announced that the acquisition of Samsung's harddrive division is finalized, and now belongs to Seagate. Officially we now only have four harddrive manufacturers, and soon three if Western Digital gets an OK to acquire Hitachi.
Intel: Harddrive shortage will raise demand for SSDs
Storage
Published on Monday, 19 December 2011 18:30 Written by Jacob Hugosson
The same company that blames the harddrive shortage for its lowered expectations believes it will help them selling SSDs and make them more consumer friendly.
OCZ Petrol targets the budget user
Storage
Published on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 10:09 Written by Anton Karmehed
SSDs are more affordable than ever after the collapse of the harddrive industry earlier this fall, and OCZ is doi what it can to use this to its advantage. OCZ Petrol is a fresh SSD series with cheaper memory circuits that will reduce prices by 30%.
Hitachi starts selling 4TB harddrives in Japan
Storage
Published on Friday, 09 December 2011 12:13 Written by Anton Karmehed
Hitachi, now owned by Western Digital, looks to go against the market trend start sales of a new top model with 4TB capacity. Hitachi's new drive will be part of the Deskstar 5K series and is out on the Japanese market.
Intel SSD 520 gets SandForce controller, replaces 510 series
Storage
Published on Monday, 05 December 2011 10:12 Written by Jacob Hugosson
It looks like the rumors were true and that the next generation SSD from Intel will in fact sport a SandForce controller. Performance should be on par with other SandForce units and not disappoint.
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