Other World Computing (OWC) has announced it has begun developing its Mercury Extreme Pro Enterprise PCI-e SSDs with the new SandForce SF-2000 processor, which was just announced today.

SandForce Inc. has announced the availability of its new SF-2000 SSD processor family, designed for use in Enterprise and Industrial-use SSDs. Key features of the processor include a 6Gbps SATA interface, 60,000 sustained random read/write IOPS, and sustained sequential read/write performance of 500MB/s.

 Intel and Acronis have announced a deal where Intel SSD owners can have access to drive cloning tools for free. The Intel Data Migration Software, as it is called, guides users through the generally simple process of cloning an old drive to a new Intel SSD. 

Western Digital has announced its My Book Essential line of external hard drives is now available with up to 3TB of capacity and USB 3.0 connectivity.

Hitachi has announced the latest additions to its Travelstar line of drives for notebook computers, the 5K750 and 7K750 series. The 2.5" drives are available with capacities up to 750GB in a standard 9mm form factor.

Kingston announced the release of its CompactFlash Ultimate 600x memory card; Toshiba introduced its Convio 3.0 line of USB 3.0 portable hard drives; Patriot introduced its 4×4 Convio 5.25" bay adapter for hard drives.

OCZ has announced the Onyx 2 Series, a 2.5" mainstream SSD that "delivers excellent performance with lower price per gigabyte than that of other comparable drives on the market." We’ll take OCZ’s word for it, as they didn’t release pricing, but they did release specs that include a SandForce SF-1200 processor which delivers maximum 275MB/s reads

Some SSD buyers select a drive solely based on performance, some make their decision based on price and others buy for combinations of these and other factors. But almost all SSD buyers are confused by a single issue that could soon see a tremendous increase of clarity, "How long will my SSD last?"

SandForce announced it has closed $25 million in series D funding; PhotoFast introduced its LSI PCI-e SSD, which is available in up to 960GB capacities and has read speeds up to 1,400MB/s; lastly, Viking Modular Solutions announced its Enterprise-class Element SAS SSD line.