The Corsair Force Series 3 SSDs were announced just a few weeks ago – boasting SandForce SF-2281 controllers and a very aggressive price point. Just days after the first units started shipping, Corsair has issued a recall of the 120GB Force Series 3 SSDs. According to Corsair, the 120GB model is seeing, “a significant percentage
Mushkin announced their latest SandForce SF-2281-powered SSD called the Chronos and Chronos Deluxe. Aimed at both the enthusiast and value-oriented enthusiast markets, Mushkin differentiates each model with the type of NAND flash included. The higher performance Chronos Deluxe model will use faster synchronous NAND, while the budget-friendly Chronos will use asynchronous NAND. At its peak,
OWC has announced that they will be increasing the warranty on their SATA 6GB/s Mercury Extreme Pro 6G to five years. This applies retroactively to buyers who already purchased their 6G SSD. This warranty extension is only the second consumer SSD to get a full five years, with Intel offering it first on the SATA
Today Micron finally made their PCIe-based SSD official, releasing a 350GB and 700GB version targeted at enterprise markets. The Micron SLC-based P320h will be capable of 750,000 random 4K IOPS read and 341,000 IOPS write, with up to 3GB/s sequential transfer speeds.
Icy Dock has announced its new MB981U3-1SA hard drive docking station supporting 2.5- and 3.5-inch hard drives. When used with 2.5-inch drives, it can be powered by USB 3.0.
At CES in January, we broke the news that Kingston and SandForce had paired up on an SSD to be released mid-year. Well, it’s mid-year and Kingston has formally announced the HyperX SSD at Computex. The Kingston HyperX SSD features a SATA 6Gb/s interface and SandForce SF-2200 processor, with special firmware giving users the ability
Kingston has announced its new Wi-Drive portable storage solution for Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The Wi-Drive is pocket-sized and uses flash memory to deliver 16GB and 32GB capacities.
Netgear has updated its line of ReadyNAS Ultra home performance storage systems with new firmware that increases performance up to 50 percent. To top it off, the company has also lowered the price of the units.
OCZ is using Computex to profile their entire family of SSDs and related products – especially the popular Vertex 3 line. The consumer Vertex 3 has been updated to include 1.8″ and 3.5″ form factors. Like the mainsteam 2.5″ version, both feature SATA 6Gb/s and a SandForce SF-2281 processor.
At Computex OCZ launched three new PCIe-based SSDs extending their already popular RevoDrive lineup. The new models include the dual-processor RevoDrive 3, the quad-processor RevoDrive 3 X2, and the new SSD/HDD RevoDrive Hybrid. All models sport the latest SandForce SF-2200 processors, with speeds upwards of 200,000 random 4K write IOPS offered on the RevoDrive 3
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