LSI SandForce is announcing its DuraWrite Virtual Capacity (DVC) which is a unique SandForce flash controller feature that extends the available storage capacity for data beyond the physical capacity of the underlying flash memory. Utilizing a compression algorithm, DVC can extend the capacity of an SSD by more than 3x the physical size of the

Samsung is announcing the first SSD based on its 3D V-NAND technology which is designed for enterprise server and data center applications. The announcement has been made at the Flash Memory Summit in which we are participating. The new V-NAND SSD will ship in 960GB and 480GB capacities. The 960GB V-NAND SSD interfaces over SATA

SanDisk is announcing the immediate availability of the SanDisk X210 SSD to extend its business-optimized SSD line-up. The X210 SSD is comes in capacities up to 512GB and is engineered to enhance client PCs and notebooks and to drive data center performance. The new SSD implements 19nm lithography NAND to drive costs down, and SanDisk’s

HP is announcing new functionality for its StoreVirtual Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) including automated sub-LUN (Logical Unit Number) storage tiering as well as improved VMware and Microsoft integration for greater efficiency and performance. In addition to those improvements, HP has simplified management of SAP and VMware deployment by now offering software plug-ins for its HP

EMC is announcing the DLm 8100 and DLm 2100, the fourth generation of its Disk Library for mainframe (DLm). The two systems build on expertise that EMC has developed since 2008 when the first generation DLm was released. The DLm 8100 and DLm 2100 feature increased performance, up 80%, and provide double the scalability over

Violin Memory is announcing its 6264 flash Memory Array which delivers 64TB of capacity in a 3U footprint and adds to the existing 6000 Series offerings. The Violin 6264 is the upper-echelon of the 6200 series which leverages MLC NAND, and the 6264 provides up to 750,000 IOPS and a maximum bandwidth of 4GB/s. Along

Recently we’ve pored over our How To Upgrade SSD Firmware page, adding several guides and updating a few others in order to give consumers a grasp on how to complete a process which can vary quite drastically from brand to brand. Some SSD manufacturers deliver their firmware updates in a client that downloads and updates your

OWC is prominent in the SSD business for their custom hardware and upgrade solutions for Apple products, and they have made a solid name for themselves in supporting their legacy products. As with other SSD manufacturers, OWC occasionally needs to release a firmware update to correct errors or drive even greater performance down the road.

Plextor and other SSD manufacturers sometimes release firmware updates to tackle the occasional bug that can put a slight hiccup into their SSDs’ overall usability, or sometimes to even provide a boost to performance. While some other companies provide a firmware update client to enable users to update their SSD’s firmware, with M5Pro SSD, Plextor