SSD

Toshiba R500-S5007V 128GB SSD Notebook

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Toshiba announces the Toshiba R500-S5007V notebook featuring a 128GB SSD. The 2.4 pound Toshiba Portégé R500-S5007V is the world’s lightest laptop with a 128GB SSD and DVD SuperMulti drive and one of the world’s thinnest with a SSD and DVD SuperMulti drive.

"With 7 world’s first technologies the Portégé R500 series has served as a technology launching pad and redefined the ultraportable marketplace with its world’s first technologies and ‘green’ attributes, such as a transreflective LED backlit indoor/outdoor viewing display, the industry’s highest rated EPEAT Gold laptop and Energy Star 4.0 compliance," said Jeff Barney, general manager and vice president, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. "First to incorporate a 128GB solid state drive is another major accomplishment for Toshiba and illustrates how the company is committed to delivering solutions that meet the needs of our customers." Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Addonics Dual CF Adapter Adds SSD to Computers

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If you have several CompactFlash cards lying around from an old DSLR camera and want to put them to work inside your computer as a SSD drive Addonics has a new adapter that will allow just that. The Dual CF – SATA Adapter has dual CF slots to allow for using two CF cards as the same time via a SATA or USB connection.

The dual cards can be configured to RAID 1, RAID 0 or combined into one large storage volume. The adapter is a 2.5-inch direct drive replacement and optional brackets for other mounting options are available to mount the drive in a 3.4-inch bay or in an external 5.25-inch bay. The Dual CF – SATA HDD adapter sells for $79.99 and the adapters each sell for $4.50. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:38:46 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

New SanDisk SSDs aimed at Ultra Low Cost PCs

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SanDisk has launched a new pSSD flash memory module that is aimed at the emerging netbook market. The new SSD modules are available in 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB capacities and have a streaming read speed of 39MB/sec and a streaming write performance of 17 MB/sec.

SanDisk points out that the drives will support both Windows and Linux, making them ideal for use in systems like the Asus Eee. The drives are scheduled to be available starting in August. SanDisk says that the drives are built using its Multi-Level Cell and Single-Level Cell flash memory. Pricing for the modules is unknown. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:20:48 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Lenovo ThinkPad X300 with 64GB SSD Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Lenovo Thinkpad X300 with 64GB SSD.

Quote from the review: "The X300 notebook has an Intel Core Duo SL7100 (1.2GHz, 4MB L2, 800MHz FSB) CPU. The monitor is a 13.3” WXGA+ TFT (LED backlight). There is a 3x3 UltraConnect II which is a connectivity suite offering wireless LAN, UWB (UltraWide Band), Bluetooth and numerous wireless WAN choices including a system that utilizes native GPS functionality that is built into the X300. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 May 2008 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung 256GB SSD is World's fastest

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Samsung Electronics announced today the world's fastest, 2.5", 256GB multi-level cell (MLC) based solid state drive (SSD) using a SATA II interface.

The new Samsung 256GB SSD is also the thinnest drive with the largest capacity to be offered with a SATA II interface.
Performance data of the new Samsung 256GB SSD features a sequential read speed of 200 megabytes per second (MB/s) and sequential write speed of 160MB/s. Read more

Posted on Sun, 25 May 2008 23:38:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Intel plans to bundle SSD on Centrino 2 Platforms

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Digitimes reports that Intel is planning to introduce the Centrino 2 platform (Montevina) bundled with SSD by end of Q3 2008.

The new product line would be called Intel High Performance SSD and will mainly targeting enterprise, mid-range and high-end notebooks. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 May 2008 05:38:14 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Super Talent Shakes Up the SSD World

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We all know that the big selling points of a SSD over a normal HDD are faster boot times, better performance, and shock tolerance. We also know that the reason most of us don’t use SSDs is the price and comparatively low storage capacity.

Super Talent has taken one of its 120GB SSD drives, installed Windows Vista and a Tomb Raider game to demonstrate how tolerant to vibrations the SSD actually is. To do this super Talent strapped the SSD to the top of a paint mixer and turned it on high. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 May 2008 12:29:44 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Mtron Pro 7500 SSD is Fastest SSD Around

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Mtron announced today that is has completed development on its fastest line of SSD drives called the Pro 7500 line. The SSDs in the line are available in 32GB to 128GB capacities and are available in both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch sizes.

All versions of the drive use the SATA II interface and can provide a maximum read speed of 130MB/s and a write speed of 120MB/s. According to Mtron that makes the Pro 7500 series the fastest SSD in the market. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:42:22 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

OCZ SATA-II 32GB 2.5-Inch SSD OCZSSD2-1S32G Review

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Benchmark Reviews published a test of the OCZ SATA-II 32GB 2.5-Inch SSD OCZSSD2-1S32G.

Quote from the review: "OCZ allowed us to test their first Solid State Drive product, the OCZSSD64GB, and while the pricing very affordable the performance wasn't so impressive. Now just a short three months later, OCZ has returned with one of the industries very first SATA-II SSD products, the OCZSSD2. Read more

Posted on Wed, 14 May 2008 00:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google orders Intel SSD say Sources

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Digitimes reports that Google ordered SSD (Solid State Disk) storage from Intel for some of their servers according to their sources.

The switch to SSD is supposed to save energy for Google. The SSD components are supposed to be deployed in servers at the Google U.S. headquarters. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 May 2008 01:55:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Super Talent Launches New SSD Drives

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Super Talent announced today a new line of MasterDrive SSDs that are 100% interchangeable with hard drives. Like all SSDs the new MasterDrives are faster, lighter and use less power in addition to being much more rugged than traditional hard drives.

The drives use a SATA-II interface and have a standard 2.5-inch form factor and use proprietary algorithms to extend the life of the drive. Now available are the FTM20GK25H 120GB 120/40 MB/sec drive for $699, the FTM60GK25H 60GB 120/40 MB/sec drive at $449, and the FTM30GK25H 30GB 120/40 MB/sec drive for $299. A pair of faster 120/70 MB/sec drives are available as well with the 60GB FTD60GK25H at $1299 and the FTD30GK25H 30GB at $699. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 May 2008 07:44:19 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

MTRON PRO 32GB 2.5 inch SATA SSD Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the MTRON PRO 32GB 2.5” SATA SSD.

Quote from the review: "I recently took the MTRON MOBI 3.5 inch desktop SSD for a test drive and found the performance of the latest SSDs to be breathtaking, but costly. At this time, SSD for the desktop feels like a long way away due to high costs, but there is one market that is adopting the technology at a rapid rate. Read more

Posted on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NAB 2008: Panasonic 64GB P2 SSD Card

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Panasonic announced at the NAB 2008 a new solid state disk with 64GB capacity for its HD recording professional P2 camcorders.

The Panasonic AJ-P2C064 can record more than four hours of DVCPRO footage (64 GB X 4 minutes per GB), or more than two hours of DVCPRO50, AVC-Intra 50 (64 GB X 2 minutes per GB) or 64 minutes of AVC-Intra 100 or DVCPRO HD. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Super Talent ships World’s thinnest 256GB SSD

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Super Talent Technology launched the world’s slimmest 256GB solid state drive (SSD).

The FSD56GC25H uses an industry standard 2.5-inch hard drive form factor and uses an industry standard SATA-I interface, making it 100% interchangeable with conventional 2.5-inch SATA hard drives. This SSD implements Super Talent’s patented stacking technology to pack an enormous amount of solid state storage into an exceptionally small and slim case, measuring a mere 12.5mm thick – 40% thinner than any other 256GB SSD available. Read more

Posted on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba Dynabook SS RX features 128GB SSD

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Toshiba introduces a new notebook with the largest solid state disk on the market in Japan with the Dynabook SS RX.

The Toshiba Dynabook SS RX (RX1/TAE) has a cool 128GB SSD. The price for the end consumer version is not set yet, but the corresponding enterprise model with 128GB SSD has a list price of 555,660 Yen which converts to about $5,500. Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mtron Pro 7000 2.5-Inch 16GB SSD Review

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After reviewing the Mtron MOBI 3000 2.5-Inch 16GB SSD , Benchmark Reviews now published a review of the Mtron Pro 7000 2.5-Inch 16GB SSD.

Quote from the review: "Mtron offers the Pro 7000 SSD as a high performance storage device designed to solve the bottleneck of computing system by traditional hard disk drives. The Pro 7000 SSD can be a drop-in replacement to hard disk drives without any additional software installation. Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Imation SSD Drives by Mtron Available

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Imation announced today that it has a line of SSD products available powered by Mtron. The Imation SSD line includes two families of products, the MOBI 3000 series for end users and the PRO 7000 series for enterprise users.

"Imation continues to build on our more than 50 years of data storage experience to deliver a superior solid state drive solution that optimizes system performance and provides reliable protection and access of critical data," said Dr. Subodh Kulkarni, vice president, Global Commercial Business, R&D and Manufacturing, Imation. "The Imation SSD MOBI 3000 Series and PRO 7000 Series meet mobile business and enterprise demand for high performance, reliability and energy efficiency." Read more

Posted on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:29:09 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Mtron MOBI 3000 2.5-Inch 16GB SSD Review

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Benchmark Review published a review of the Mtron MOBI 3000 2.5-Inch 16GB SSD MSD-SATA3025.

Quote from the review: "Solid State Drives are not for everyone. Similar to the evolution towards DDR3 system memory, a gradual replacement of the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) by the Solid State Drive (SDD) is going to move very slow. The cost of purchase for SSD's is the primary cause, since most drives cost more than an entire computer system. Other factors include the restricted bandwidth available to flash-based SSD's. But what if the price was within reach? Read more

Posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

MTRON 1.8-inch 128GB SSD

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MTRON announced recently that it has developed a new 128 GB SSD that is a replacement for 1.8-inch hard drives in notebook computers. The new drive uses a ZIF socket and will begin production in April.

MTRON says the new SSD has a maximum read speed of 120MB/s and a maximum write speed of 100MB/s making it over six times faster than a normal 1.8-inch HDD. Like other SSD drives currently on the market the MTRON version benefits from shock and vibration resistance. Read more

Posted on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:50:43 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Next Generation Cloudbook to have SSD and Touchscreens

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The current Cloudbook is not even shipping due to delays (now ships February 15th), Everex Marketing already talks up future versions of the Cloudbook.

Paul C. Kim, Director of Marketing at Everex reveals future plans for the Cloudbook in an interview with Laptop Mag. Read more

Posted on Thu, 7 Feb 2008 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2008: Sandisk 72GB SSD

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Sandisk announces a new solid state disk for notebooks at the CES 2008.

The new slimmed-down 1.8 inch 72GB SSD is designed to be a drop-in replacement for hard disk drives. The new SSD SATA drive is just 5mm thick and weighs 40g. Read more