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Asus UX21 ultra-slim laptop hands-on

Asus UX21 ultra-slim laptop hands-on

...first laptop on the market to feature a high-speed Sata 3 solid-state drive, which is fully integrated onto the circuit board to keep... Read more

13 June, 2011 by Philip Wong

Texas Memory Systems bundles SSDs with hypervisors

...Memory Systems launched on Wednesday a line of products that bundle its solid-state hardware with a hypervisor provided by DataCore Software. DataCore's SANsymphony... Read more

18 April, 2012 by Andrew Nusca

Micron sees SSD demand rise in wake of Thai floods

...Micron Technology said on Wednesday that demand is increasing for solid-state drives in the wake of the flooding in Thailand. Since late... Read more

1 December, 2011 by Brooke Crothers

Intel taps MLC for cheaper enterprise SSDs

...Intel has introduced a range of solid-state drives based on 25nm multi-level cell flash, which replaces a... Read more

15 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Hitachi GST plugs MLC flash into Ultrastar drives

...Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has updated its Ultrastar solid-state drive range with multi-level cell flash memory, designed to allow... Read more

9 August, 2011 by Jack Clark

SanDisk unveils fast SSDs for mobile devices

...SanDisk is getting ready to release two solid-state drives with the Sata 3.0 communications interface, targeted at mobile... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Jack Clark

Teradata launches hybrid data-warehouse appliance

...appliance that puts information tiering on autopilot as it is shuttled between solid-state and hard-disk drives. The appliance, the Active EDW 6680, comes... Read more

11 April, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Intel unveils third generation of SSDs

...Intel has introduced the latest versions of its 25nm Nand flash solid-state drives, which have a greater capacity and a lower price than... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Jack Clark
CES: Marvell unveils SSD and HDD hybrid

CES: Marvell unveils SSD and HDD hybrid

...Marvell has announced a storage hybrid that combines a solid-state drive and a traditional hard drive at CES 2011 in Las... Read more

5 January, 2011 by Dong Ngo

Seagate and Samsung collaborate on SSD controller

...the two companies will develop and cross-licence related controller technologies for solid-state drives (SSDs). According to Seagate, the two companies aim to develop... Read more

13 August, 2010 by Dong Ngo

SanDisk buys FlashSoft with one eye on enterprise SSDs

...maker. FlashSoft gives SanDisk a bigger presence in the enterprise market for solid-state disk drive storage. The company says it plans to sell FlashSoft... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Andrew Nusca

IBM stores one bit of data using 12 atoms

...at least 100 times denser than today's hard-disk drives and solid-state memory chips," the company said in a statement. "Future applications of... Read more

13 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

LSI buys Nand flash maker SandForce

...as LSI Logic — an expanded presence in the fast-growing market for solid-state drives made of Nand flash memory chips, such as those typically... Read more

27 October, 2011 by Steven Musil

Drobo targets 12-bay storage device at SMEs

...SMBs," said Pounds. The idea is that SMEs can swap information between solid-state drives as well as hard disks without any upfront decision-making... Read more

22 August, 2011 by Larry Dignan

SanDisk offers enterprise flash drives up to 800GB

...credit: SanDisk Designed especially for cloud and enterprise IT, SanDisk's new solid-state drive (SSD) set for its Lightning series consists of three single... Read more

21 June, 2011 by Rachel King

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