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Plextor has come out with a new solid state drive line the company says is “currently one of fastest SSDs available in the market.” A bold claim, one that’s backed up by marrying the new M2 series SSDs with a Marvell 88SS9174 controller. By doing so, t…
RunCore may not be a household name but they sure know how to make a quality SSD. We put their SandForce SF-1200 based 120GB Pro V drive through our battery of tests to see just how it fared against others we have tested. Have they managed to eke out…
There’s no question solid state drives (SSDs) are fast, especially now that the latest controllers have all but eliminated the stuttering problem that plagued first generation drives. The problem is SSDs are still expensive, forcing system builders to …
With memory prices continuing to decline, OCZ has made the decision to duck out of the DRAM market completely and focus its attention on solid state drives, the company said as part of its fiscal 2011 third-quarter announcement.
“In August 2010, the Co…
Samsung’s first retail SSD comes out swinging
Samsung has long been a player in solid-state drives, but usually behind the scenes. As one of the largest flash memory makers on the planet, of course, its NAND modules have been used in many SSDs, and i…
Back in the summer of 2010, we awarded OCZ’s Vertex 2 100GB SSD a 9-verdict and our coveted “Kick Ass!” award because of its “blazing fast” performance. We hope to see more of the same from OCZ’s newly announced Vertex 3 pro SSD being showed off at CES…
Micron on Wednesday introduced a new portfolio of its RealSSD line, these newest models the first to incorporate the company’s 25nm NAND flash technology.
Capacities range from 64GB to 512GB and come in both the 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch form factors. All …
Kingston's HyperX MAX 3.0 is an external SSD with a USB 3.0 interface that promises reads up to 195MB/s and writes up to 160MB/s. Akin to an over-sized and supercharged thumb drive, it could just be your salvation for a speedy and portable backup…