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Crucial m4 And Intel SSD 320: The Other SSD CompetitorsMar 28, 2011 - in Reviews
Two more SSDs recently landed in our lab. We cover the "Postville Refresh" Intel SSD 320 and Crucial’s new m4, and stack them up against Intel's SSD 510 and OCZ’s Vertex 3. If you're shopping for an SSD, read this comparison before you make your choice.
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SSDs In RAID: A Performance Scaling AnalysisMar 25, 2011 - in Reviews
RAID arrays with dozens of hard drives are not uncommon for reaching certain performance levels. We demonstrate how beautifully SSD RAID arrays can scale. There may come a time when a few flash-based drives will replace entire farms of hard disks.
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Buffalo Launching Portable BDXL Burner for $286Mar 25, 2011 - in News
Although Buffalo is launching an external, portable BDXL burner, disc prices are so high that the tech may not be in high demand for quite a while.
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Stick In Up to 4 HDDs in this Mega SATA DockMar 23, 2011 - in News
This cool hard drive dock supports up to four 2.5-inch/3.5-inch HDDs and 2.5-inch SSDs via a USB 3.0 or eSATA connection.
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WD Crams Two 3 TB Drives into One My BookMar 17, 2011 - in News
WD's new My Book external drive features 6 TB and four ways to connect.
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New Flash Specs Double Transfer Speeds of SSDsMar 16, 2011 - in News
The Open NAND Flash Interface has released a new standard.
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WD Acquires Hitachi GST for $4.3 BillionMar 7, 2011 - in News
WD has acquired Hitachi GST for $3.5 billion in cash and $750 million in stock.
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Samsung Shows HDDs with 1 TB Per PlatterMar 4, 2011 - in News
Samsung claims to have engineered the first HDD disks that can store 1 TB of data on just one 3.5-inch platter.
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Intel SSD 510-Series 250 GB Review: Adopting 6 Gb/s SATAMar 3, 2011 - in Reviews
After defining the high-end SSD market with its X25-M, Intel is finally ready with its first 6 Gb/s solid-state drive, the SSD 510-series. Does the company's latest follow in its predecessor's footsteps, or does OCZ's Vertex 3 lineup go uncontested?
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G.Skill's Phoenix II SSD Using SF-2000 SeriesMar 3, 2011 - in News
G.Skill is showcasing its new Phoenix II SSD series using the SandForce SF-2200 processor.
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Intel Intros 510 Series SSDs, Cranked to SATA 6Mar 2, 2011 - in News
We're not quite at the third generation of Intel SSDs yet, but there's been a considerable performance upgrade in the latest offering from the chipmaker in the new 510 series that offers SATA 6.0 Gbps performance.
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Seagate Ships 3TB Barracuda XTMar 1, 2011 - in News
Seagate has begun shipping its 3 TB Barracuda desktop hard drive.
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CeBIT: Corsair Previews SSDs Using SF-2200Feb 28, 2011 - in News
Corsair is also shipping SSDs using the SandForce SF-2200 processor.
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SandForce Announces 2nd Gen SSD ProcessorsFeb 25, 2011 - in News
SandForce has officially announced the SF-2200 and SF-2100 SSD processors.
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LaCie Little Big Disk Uses Thunderbolt TechFeb 25, 2011 - in News
This summer LaCie is shipping a version of its Big Little Disk external drive that uses Intel's new Thunderbolt technology.
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Patriot Wildfire SSD Does 500 MB/s Read/WriteFeb 24, 2011 - in News
Patriot's new line of SSDs use the SandForce SF-2200 Client SSD processor.
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Intel Launches Light Peak Tech as ''Thunderbolt''Feb 24, 2011 - in News
It's got the logo fit for a superhero.
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OCZ's Vertex 3: Second-Generation SandForce For The MassesFeb 24, 2011 - in Reviews
Last week we had our first look at OCZ's Vertex 3 Pro drive, based on SandForce's impressive second-generation controller. Smoking-fast, our sample was also very expensive. Now, OCZ is ready to show off its desktop equivalent, which is every bit as quick.
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Study: Nearly Impossible to Delete Data on SSDsFeb 23, 2011 - in News
Researchers have discovered that many SSDs don't erase all the stored physical data.
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The OCZ Vertex 2 Conspiracy: Lost Space, Lost Speed?Feb 20, 2011 - in Reviews
Several readers contacted me in the past two weeks, complaining about OCZ's recent adoption of 25 nm NAND and its effect on the capacity and performance of certain SSDs that they expected to be both larger and faster. I bought my own drives to compare.
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Deal of the Day: Buffalo DriveStation 1TB $60Feb 18, 2011 - in News
Need some cheap external storage?
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OCZ's Vertex 3 Pro: Second-Gen SandForce Perf PreviewFeb 17, 2011 - in Reviews
Intel's X25-M revolutionized the SSD market. But then SandForce turned it upside down, coming out of nowhere to establish a dominant position. Today we see the company preview its second-generation controller, unleashed over a native 6 Gb/s interface.
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OCZ: Die Shrink Will Lead to Cheaper SSDsFeb 16, 2011 - in News
OCZ claims to be the first SSD manufacturer to use 2Xnm NAND flash.
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We're Hiring in Europe! Apply Now!Feb 14, 2011 - in News
Get involved with your favorite tech publication in Europe! If you can speak and write in some of the languages, don't hesitate to apply now if you've got what we're looking for!
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Intel SSD 310 80 GB: Little Notebooks Get Big Storage FlexibilityFeb 13, 2011 - in Reviews
We've seen mini SSDs before. But none of them conformed to a standard. Now, Intel is introducing its SSD 310-series drives and the mSATA interface, which employs the mini-PCI Express edge connector, but is not compatible. How do these drives stack up?
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Qnap TS-559 Pro: Do More Drives In Your NAS Mean More Speed?Feb 2, 2011 - in Reviews
We know that adding drives to a RAID array can help improve performance. But does adding storage to a NAS device really help push throughput higher? We put four-bay and five-bay units from Qnap up against each other and benchmark their transfer rates.
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StarTech Dock Hosts up to 4 External DrivesJan 31, 2011 - in News
StarTech is offering two SATA HDD/SSD docking stations supporting up to two drives at the same time.
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ARM Launches Cortex-R ProcessorsJan 31, 2011 - in News
ARM announced its R5 and R7 MPCore processors.
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Intel Releasing SATA 6.0 Gbps SSDs Next Month?Jan 27, 2011 - in News
Intel's 510 Series may arrive in February instead of the G3 SSDs.
