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Solid State Drives and Data Loss
Blog It features an 80GB solid state drive, a feature we're seeing more and more in netbooks these days, which means ultra fast start up times and quick processing of applications. Admittedly, I got my degree in Electrical Engineering a LONG time ago...
[January 30, 2009, 7:30]
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]
Dialogue Box 5.3: Solid-state disk torture test
Video Last year Dialogue Box showed that radiation could affect data-transfer rates on solid-state disks (SSDs). How does the latest generation of products stand up to a similar zapping? Rupert and Charles don the lead-lined lab coats.
[December 5, 2008, 11:40]
Solid-state drives reach one terabyte
News The storage supplier pureSilicon on Thursday announced its Nitro Series of solid-state drives, with a maximum capacity of one terabyte in a 2.5-inch format. The SSD is one of the most densely packed of its kind, with a storage density of 15.4GB per...
[January 12, 2009, 15:27]
32GB solid state disk comes to UK notebooks
News Samsung's 32GB solid state notebook drive is now available in the UK through distributor Just Rams, the company said on Tuesday. Unlike regular hard drives, solid state drives (SSDs) contain no moving parts.
[May 22, 2007, 18:18]
BitMicro announces 1.6TB solid-state drive
News BitMicro Networks has announced plans for a 1.6TB solid state drive the size of a standard 3.5-inch hard disk. The Altima E3S320 solid state is the first in the 3.5-inch format to advertise a capacity above 1TB.
[February 8, 2008, 11:46]
Seagate to avoid solid-state drives for now
News The chief executive of storage company Seagate said on Tuesday that, while flash memory and solid-state drives are becoming increasing popular, he does not see his company moving into the market in the immediate future.
[November 5, 2008, 14:09]
Intel starts shipping 160GB solid-state drives
News Intel has begun shipping its 160GB solid-state drives, the manufacturer announced on Monday. The Sata solid-state drives (SSDs) were first announced in April, and come in two form factors — the 2.5-inch X25-M model is shipping to laptop...
[December 23, 2008, 11:37]
Intel cuts prices of solid-state drives
News Intel has cut the prices of many of its solid-state drives by around a third, claiming that its SSD production is now fully up and running. Intel only began selling its solid-state drives in the second half of last year, their pricing significantly...
[February 6, 2009, 15:31]
Toshiba unveils 512GB solid-state drive
News Toshiba has unveiled a 512GB solid-state drive. The company claimed the solid-state drive (SSD) breaks both speed and size records in the notebook SSD market. The 2.5-inch notebook drive is based on Toshiba's 43nm (nanometre) multi-level cell Nand...
[December 18, 2008, 10:23]
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]
Assessing the enterprise future of solid-state storage
Articles Enterprise-class solid-state disks may already be available, but many view them as expensive and not yet an economic proposition. To find out when that situation might change, ZDNet UK canvassed the views of four experts — Double-Take Software...
[November 2, 2009, 15:16]
Digital DFP Solid State Audio Player
Downloads Digital DFP Solid State Audio Player
[April 25, 2003, 8:00]
Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB) review
Reviews Instead of storing data on traditional hard disks, solid-state drives use large blocks of flash-based NAND memory, which means these drives have no moving parts to malfunction over time. The price-per-gigabyte of a typical 160GB hard drive (~25p...
[October 9, 2008, 11:42]
Dell launches 256GB solid-state drives for XPS
News Dell has increased the capacity of the solid-state drives on its range of XPS laptops, but not the price — at least as far as the US is concerned. On Saturday a Samsung-manufactured 256GB SSD appeared on Dell's US website as an option for the XPS...
[January 19, 2009, 16:46]
Utilizing Solid State Disks in the Financial Industry
White Papers This is being accomplished by implementing faster servers, more powerful applications, high-bandwidth networks, and high-performance storage, such as solid state disks. Solid state disks are a cost-effective way to improve application performance...
[August 25, 2007, 1:00]
Bringing Solid State Drive Benefits to Computer Notebook Users
White Papers As a drop-in replacement for the traditional mechanical Hard Disk Drive (HDD), the flash-based Solid State Drive (SSD) can be used inside thin and light laptops, ultra-portable, Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) and other portable computers.
[August 25, 2007, 1:00]
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]
