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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...
[May 21, 2008, 1:01]
SanDisk speeds up SSDs
Blog The only issue I have with an SSD comes from trying to understand just where the speed improvements SanDisk claims for its latest SSDs lie. What does work for me though are comments like, the latest SanDisk SSDs, the G3 series, are "more than five...
[January 9, 2009, 15:43]
Micron unveils server-grade SSDs
News For many, the most logical place is in notebook computers but there is incredible value for SSDs in enterprise server systems. The P200 SSDs are aimed at servers, while the C200s are for notebooks Micron Technology has announced two new lines of...
[August 5, 2008, 13:06]
Memory price hikes make SSDs less attractive
News SSDs can be used to replace a notebook PC's hard disk, reducing power consumption and weight. The recent increase in Nand flash pricing has benefitted memory chip makers, but also has served as a major damper on the market for SSDs used in...
[July 9, 2009, 16:58]
Pliant unveils family of enterprise-ready SSDs
News Offering "two to four times faster performance" and "10 times higher data reliability" than existing SSDs on the market, Pliant's Lightning drives sport software architecture and a proprietary ASIC controller design promising to improve...
[September 15, 2009, 9:40]
SanDisk fine-tunes SSDs for netbooks
News SanDisk pSSD drives with nCache offer up to 50 times the random write performance of our first-generation SSDs, delivering on the SSD promise for netbooks. Flash memory company SanDisk is to release its first solid-state drives and memory cards...
[June 2, 2009, 17:18]
Intel's first 34nm SSDs hit by Bios flaw
News The chipmaker announced last Tuesday that it had started shipping its first SSDs made using the 34nm manufacturing process — a shift that should make the drives faster and cheaper. However, on Friday a US custom computer maker said the Bios defect...
[July 28, 2009, 7:56]
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. We've heard of larger capacities available, and of SSDs appearing in everything from notebooks to servers, but I...
[March 6, 2008, 15:32]
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]
Hitachi, Intel sign pact to develop enterprise SSDs
News Intel will continue to develop, market and sell its own product lines of Sata SSDs. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Intel are teaming up to develop solid-state drives for servers, workstations and storage systems.
[December 2, 2008, 12:02]
SanDisk speeds up SSDs
Blog Comment You've hit on an issue I have been experiencing somewhat with Compact Flashes being used as hard drive replacements in the company's product. Speed of access being touted in terms or specifications that are meaningful to the end-user.
[January 12, 2009, 7:04]
Samsung mass producing 256GB SSDs
News The company first revealed the 256GB multi-level cell solid-state drives (SSDs) in May. Samsung now offers SSDs with 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities for low-density designs and 64GB, 128GB and 256GB alternatives for the higher densities, the company...
[November 20, 2008, 14:48]
Toshiba brings out business-card-sized SSDs
News The company said that the 62GB version of the module is one-seventh the volume and one-eighth the weight of the standard, 2.5-inch SSDs currently used in netbooks. Toshiba has unveiled solid-state drives based on the new mini-Sata interface...
[September 22, 2009, 13:30]
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]
SanDisk speeds up SSDs
Blog Comment On the one hand, it is potentially a vey useful metric to consider when looking to buy SSDs for commercial use. I agree that this is the issue. I did take up the use of "virtual RPMs" with some hesitation.
[January 12, 2009, 7:55]
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.
[October 30, 2009, 1:47]
Dell introduces solid state drives
News 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. The first Dell models to feature SSDs are the Latitude D420 ultra-mobile and D620 ATG...
[April 26, 2007, 12:55]
The best of both worlds: Adaptec MaxIQ SSD caching
Blog Solid State Drives (SSDs) are far faster than hard disk drives; they also use less power and generate less heat, but are far more expensive (especially for the enterprise-grade Single Layer Cell, or SLC units).
[September 14, 2009, 18:27]
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. We've been spending 20 to 30 years improving processing...
[April 3, 2008, 10:06]
Price hike could damage the data centre
Talkback SSDs are key to netbooks not just because of low weight but, more importantly, their low energy consumption. And with energy consumption at the top of the agenda for data centre managers, theyr are scrutinising SSDs as one way to help mitigate...
[July 10, 2009, 9:27]
