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Acer plans Linux, SSD version of 10-inch netbook
News The original Aspire One, which had an 8.9-inch screen, comes with a choice of XP or a Linux distribution called Linpus, and the option of a solid-state drive (SSD) or an HDD. On Wednesday, an Acer spokesperson told ZDNet UK that the 10-inch Aspire...
[January 29, 2009, 11:10]
Fusion-io launches fast SSD storage
News The server-based SSD provides double the capacity of the company's previous card-based drive, the ioDrive, Fusion-io said in its announcement on Wednesday. A higher-capacity card with a SSD of 1.28TB will become available in the second half of 2009.
[March 13, 2009, 14:56]
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. The move will pit Intel against the likes of Toshiba and...
[April 3, 2008, 10:06]
Intel SSD - details. 32-160GB, production in next 30 days, £400-ish
Blog There are two types of SSD, the multi-level cell NAND flash and the single-level cell NAND flash. A HDD video server capable of supporting 2000 streams can be replaced with an SSD system supporting 2400 streams, 98 percent power reduction,75...
[August 19, 2008, 19:43]
Wozniak joins SSD start-up
News The company sells high-speed solid-state drives, including the ioDrive, an attached SSD; the ioSAN, a networked enterprise SSD; and the ioXtreme, a consumer product. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has joined Californian solid-state storage start-up...
[February 6, 2009, 15:08]
getting best transfer rate from SSD as HD replacement in laptop.
Talkback How do you connect the SSD to a laptop/notebook to replace the HD to get the optimum transfer rate?
[June 18, 2007, 18:47]
Samsung has SSD with full encryption
Blog Using technology from Wave Systems, Samsung on Thursday launched a solid state disk (SSD) with a capacity of up to 256GB and full-disk encryption. When implemented on an SSD it means that the encryption should be completely contained on the SSD and...
[April 17, 2009, 17:19]
MSI launches hybrid HDD/SSD netbook
News The U115 Hybrid, unveiled on Monday, comes with a solid-state disk (SSD) for most of the PC's operations, together with a hard-disk drive (HDD) that can optionally be used for storage. Apart from its use of both SSD and HDD technologies, the U115...
[December 30, 2008, 10:45]
Why SSD makers don't talk SSDs up
Blog SSD manufacturers have a dirty little secret that that don't want you to know about. There is a reason for this mismatch, and this is the dirty secret that SSD makers don't like to talk about, at least not in public: namely, that SSDs are simply...
[March 6, 2008, 15:32]
Western Digital buys its way into SSD market
News The purchase will provide the current market leader in 2.5-inch drives with a way into the growing SSD market. Based in Aliso Viejo, California, SiliconSystems was established in 2002, and makes SSD products for communications, industrial, embedded...
[March 31, 2009, 15:57]
Why SSD makers don't talk SSDs up
Blog Comment Hello, the link to "exposed to radioactivity" does not work. How can I get the content of this article? Thanks, Wieslaw
[March 26, 2008, 15:43]
Intel SSD - details. 32-160GB, production in next 30 days, £400-ish
Blog Comment One question is how it compares to 7200RPM laptop disks which are a quarter of the cost? Comparing to 5400RPM disks is a bit of a cheat. I've been using them for 4-5 years now and they do make a machine feel snappier.
[August 20, 2008, 10:53]
Why SSD makers don't talk SSDs up
Blog Comment My mistake, the URL to the radiation experiment on SSDs should work now. Here it is again just in case: http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/video/0,1000002009,39287414,00.htm
[March 26, 2008, 16:16]
Intel SSD - details. 32-160GB, production in next 30 days, £400-ish
Blog Comment Intel has done a lot of usability testing on SSDs versus HDDs, and says that the difference is startling. I dare say we'll do the same, once they turn up; certainly, the raw data the company reports would indicate that using one would feel very...
[August 21, 2008, 15:16]
Samsung launches 256GB peak in SSD
News The 2.5-inch, 256GB, multi-level cell (MLC) solid-state drive (SSD) is only 9.5mm thick, measuring 100.3mm long and 69.85mm wide. The company announced the new drive, which the company claims is the largest-capacity SSD drive to be offered with a...
[May 27, 2008, 16:16]
Intel SSD - details. 32-160GB, production in next 30 days, £400-ish
Blog Comment These SSD's are a big step up from the parallel port SSD architecture they described in June at the ATOM unveiling. I think the reason they focused on 5400 rpm HDDs is that is the speed selection that most closely resembles the actual speed a 7200...
[August 22, 2008, 9:03]
Intel's SSD - flash, fast, expensive... and slightly mysterious
Blog Intel's very high performance solid-state drives are making their appearance this week, and over in the US a couple of lucky publications have got their units and run them through some tests. As promised, they're fast, efficient, much more...
[September 8, 2008, 22:06]
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.
[May 21, 2008, 1:01]
What Do We Expect from Netbooks?
Blog Comment Atom processor 1.6g, 16 gig SSD, built in web cam, sd card slot, wired ethernet port, 2 USB ports, and I plugged in a 16 gig flash drive. I wanted to try out the SSD, as I think this is going to be a very big part of the future, for storage.
[May 26, 2009, 8:59]
Great article... but
Talkback you left out the HD vrs SSD issue. Will SSD's take over the netbooks ?
[November 24, 2008, 16:48]
