Intel has announced they will be extending the warranty on their Intel SSD 320 from three to five years. This marks the first time a consumer SSD has been given a warranty length that matches that of hard drives in the consumer space. Until now, the only drives with lengthy warranties under their belt have
SanDisk has announced an agreement to purchase enterprise SSD developer Pliant Technology for approximately $327 million in cash. The deal is expected to close by the end of SanDisk’s second fiscal quarter, the first part of July.
Kingston has launched its DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Generation 2 flash drive featuring a native USB 3.0 controller. The company claims up to 100MB/s read and 70MB/s write.
Western Digital has added 2.5TB (WD25EURS) and 3TB (WD30EURS) capacities to the AV-GP line of drives aimed at the DVR and surveillance markets. To put the storage space into context, the new models support 300 and 360 hours of HD video recording capacity. These drives, based closely on the Caviar Green models, offer high uptime
Today Seagate launched their new GoFlex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage device, which is capable of wirelessly streaming content to mobile devices connected through Wi-Fi. With an internal battery, the 500GB drive can steam content to three devices for up to 5 hours on a single charge, meaning the entire family can enjoy separate movies on
In the next two weeks Corsair will have a new flagship SSD based on the SATA 6Gb/s interface and a SandForce SF-2281 processor. The Force Series 3 boasts read speeds of 550 MB/s and writes of 520 MB/s, along with 85,000 IOPS, which is well above the IOPS quoted for the OWC Pro 6G, OCZ
OCZ has announced the Talos series of enterprise-class SSDs. Talos drives feature a 6Gb/s SAS interface, MLC NAND and OCZ’s Virtualized Controller Architecture. The Talos SSD comes in a 3.5″ form factor, with capacities ranging from 200GB to 960GB.
HighPoint Technologies has announced its new high port-count PCI-Express x16 SAS 6Gb/s HBAs. These new additions to the RocketRAID line are available with up to 32 ports with bandwidth up to 19,200MB/s.
Today Emphase released their new S5 series military-grade SSD that features a self-destruct feature to wipe all data at the push of a button. Offered in capacities ranging from 16GB to 128GB, with 256GB and 512GB version in the works, the S5-series SSD is made to handle any environment. With MILSPEC ratings in vibration, shock,
While the talk of breakneck SSD speeds often dominates the headlines, there’s still a robust market of buyers looking for SSDs that perform well but are a little more gentle on the budget. The OCZ Agility 3 and Solid 3 are two options designed for this market. While less expensive, OCZ didn’t skimp, both use
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