Archive for the ‘SSD Solid State Disk’ Category

OCZ Announces Solid 2 Series- Affordable Solid State Drives

Aug
13




OCZ has unveiled the OCZ Solid 2 SATA II 2.5” Solid State Drive (SSD) Series, the ultra-affordable MLC based solid state storage solution for mainstream consumers looking to take advantage of flash based storage technology. Offering a faster and more durable alternative to traditional hard drives in a cost-efficient SSD, the OCZ Solid 2 delivers reliable performance without the high price normally associated with SSD drives.
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Intel Ships 80GB/160GB Solid State Disk

Jul
21



Intel Corporation is moving to a more advanced, 34- nanometer manufacturing process for its leading NAND flash-based Solid State Drive (SSD) products, which are an alternative to a computer’s hard drive. The move to 34nm will help lower prices of the SSDs up to 60 percent for PC and laptop makers and consumers who buy them due to the reduced die size and advanced engineering design.
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OCZ Unveils Vertex Turbo Edition Solid State Drives with 64MB of 180MHz DRAM cache

Jul
8



OCZ has released the latest addition to their premium Vertex solid state drive series, the Vertex Turbo Edition. Enabled by a proprietary firmware and 64MB of 180MHz DRAM cache, the OCZ Vertex Turbo Edition ramps up performance levels to new heights, while providing the snappy computing, longer battery life, and shorter boot-ups users have enjoyed from the original. The OCZ Vertex Turbo delivers best-in-class read and write speeds clocking in at up to 270MB/s read and 210MB/s write along with the lower power consumption and superior durability compared to conventional hard drives.
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Active Media Unveils 220MBps solid-state drives

Jun
23



Active Media has released two new 2.5-inch solid state drives as part of its Predator GT SATA-II line, with record 220MBps sequential read speeds and 0.1ms access times. Just two capacities are offered, 64GB and 128GB, with each housed in a brushed aluminum housing and with a 3.5-inch drive bay mounting bracket.
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Transcend SSD25D-2.5″ SATA II SSD

Jun
18



Transcend has released of its latest ultra-speed Solid State Drive, a 2.5″ SATA II SSD equipped with 64MB of built-in DRAM cache. Transcend’s SSD25D far outperforms standard 2.5″ hard drives, delivering extraordinary sustained transfer speeds of up to 230MB/s read and 180MB/s write to guarantee blazing fast throughput, regardless of file size or type. Transcend’s new DRAM cache-equipped SSD25D features an industry-standard 3.0Gb/s SATA II interface and 2.5″ form factor to allow easy and straightforward user installation in most notebook and desktop computers, just like a conventional hard drive.
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