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Solid-state Drives 'cost Effective' In 2009
News Solid-state hard drives will become cost-effective for many enterprise users in 2009, a report by a US analyst has suggested. Jack Gold, proprietor of J Gold Associates, believes that solid-state drives (SSDs) — hard drives based on non-volatile...
[June 15, 2007, 16:07]
Dell Introduces Solid State Drives
News Dell has introduced solid state drives into two of its corporate notebooks. Solid state drives (SSDs) — as opposed to traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) — are based on flash or volatile memory and therefore do not have any moving parts.
[April 26, 2007, 12:55]
Dell Launches Solid-state Drives
News Dell is now offering two 32GB solid-state drives for the ultra-mobile and semi-rugged markets. Based on SanDisk's technology, the solid-state drives (SSDs) will at first be offered on the Latitude D420 ultra-mobile and D620 ATG semi-rugged notebook.
[May 15, 2007, 12:12]
EMC To Launch 146GB Solid-state Drives
News EMC has announced it will sell flash-based solid-state drives for the first time. Flash-based solid-state drives are currently 30 times more expensive than conventional drives. Solid-state drives (SSDs), which first gained prominence through use in...
[January 15, 2008, 7:33]
Intel To Launch High-capacity Solid-state Drives
News Intel is planning to launch high-speed, high-capacity solid-state drives in the second quarter of this year. According to ZDNet.co.uk's sister site CNET News.com, the chip giant will be pushing out 1.8- and 2.5-inch solid-state drives (SSDs) with...
[March 13, 2008, 12:27]
Quantum Solid State Disk Drives Boost WebServer And 'Net Performance
White Papers Solid State Disks' (SSD) near-instantaneous information access provides a multi-stream performance boost to Web, Internet, and Intranet servers. SSDs bridge the performance gap between CPUs and storage by providing very fast I/O and bandwidth rates.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Platypus Makes A Solid State Splash
News Describing the QikDATA as core to the company's development plans, Platypus Technology general manger, Anthony Lynn said he expected the solid state storage device to take off in the wake of the product's release.
[October 22, 2001, 9:43]
32GB Solid State Disk Comes To UK Notebooks
News Unlike regular hard drives, solid state drives (SSDs) contain no moving parts. Samsung's 32GB solid state notebook drive is now available in the UK through distributor Just Rams, the company said on Tuesday.
[May 22, 2007, 18:18]
BitMicro Announces 1.6TB Solid-state Drive
News Solid-state drives are popular with the military as they offer the security of being able to remove them from a system and secure them elsewhere. BitMicro Networks has announced plans for a 1.6TB solid state drive the size of a standard 3.5-inch...
[February 8, 2008, 11:46]
Asus Eee To Get Intel's Atom Processor
News In an interview with Laptop Magazine published on Saturday, Jerry Shen also said that Asus may at some point incorporate hard-drives, rather than solid-state storage, into the popular machines. In his interview, Shen also indicated that Asus was...
[March 10, 2008, 16:27]
ReadyBoost Or ReadyDrag
Blog The bad news is that 1) the ReadyBoost logo is given out too easy and consumers could end up with inferior memory sticks that don't help them 2) with Solid State Hard drives getting closer to usable capacities will we even need ReadyBoost?
[February 15, 2008, 11:30]
Conserving Energy In An Automated Home - Part 1
Blog Another way to improve the efficiency of a machine is to use solid-state memory. Several companies are starting to produce really tiny PCs, based on embedded/solid state technology. For years computers have had the ability to reduce their power use...
[December 7, 2007, 20:26]
Datacenter SSDs: Solid Footing For Growth
White Papers This paper explores the opportunity for integrating Solid State Drives (SSDs) into the enterprise storage environment. Datacenter challenges are highlighted and compared with the commensurate benefits of SSDs.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Hard-drive Industry Shows Continued Growth
News The iSuppli report states that demand for traditional magnetic drives is still strong, despite the advancement of flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs). Despite industry leader Seagate's poor results earlier this year, analysts have said there is...
[July 23, 2008, 8:23]
Intel To Launch 160GB SSD This Year
News Intel has confirmed plans to launch solid state drives (SSD) this week at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, and claimed SSDs will beat their hard disk drive equivalents on failure rates. According to Dadi Perlmutter, Intel's mobility group GM...
[April 3, 2008, 10:06]
The Sorry State Of Solid State
Leader One of the most desirable items for any enthusiastic early adopter of IT is the solid-state disk drive, or SSD. Solid state should mean faster and safer, yet reliable sources suggest that up to 30 percent of SSD-equipped laptops are being returned.
[March 18, 2008, 17:29]
Evaluating The SSD Total Cost Of Ownership
White Papers This paper explores the benefits of Solid State Drives (SSDs) and how they impact the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) within the mobile PC environment. The technology factors that make SSDs a viable and beneficial option are discussed in this context.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
SSDs: The Other Primary Storage Alternative
White Papers This paper explores the market opportunities for Solid State Drives (SSDs) and their potential uses in the digital storage world. The technological benefits are discussed in this context, as are the opportunities where storage requirements align...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Why SSD Makers Don't Talk SSDs Up
Blog At CeBIT this week there were a number of companies displaying their solid state drives (SSDs) in capacities ranging up to 64GB. SSD manufacturers have a dirty little secret that that don't want you to know about.
[March 6, 2008, 15:32]
Flash Memory Technology Direction
White Papers System designers implementing NAND Flash-based traditional Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) or newer Hybrid Hard Drives (HHDs) and Solid State Disks (SSDs) face a number of decisions. A number of key new computing system initiatives - including Windows...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
