QUOTE: "We managed to get the first review of a SandForce SF-1200 product out before anyone else when the Corsair Force F100 went up just last week. At the time we were planning on the A-DATA S599 arriving before the Corsair drive which came in unannounced and was a great surprise. Two days later the [...]
Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, and WD all have two-platter terabytes spinning at 7,200 RPM. We’ve rounded up all four to find the sweet spot for mechanical storage. http://techreport.com/articles.x/19330
Link: http://techgage.com/article/ocz_revo_120gb_pci_express_ssd_performance_preview/ Quote: SSD’s are not considered to be "affordable" by many, and that’s especially true when talking about PCI Express versions. But, that’s soon to change, with the launch of OCZ’s Revo – a drive that barely charges a premium over current high-end SSD’s. While we iron out the details for our full review, [...]
Link: http://www.bigbruin.com/content/oczvertex2_1 Quote: Even though this was our first test of an SSD featuring a SandForce controller, our expectations were high given the buzz seen elsewhere on the web. OCZ Technology’s 50GB Vertex 2 solid state drive featuring an optimized SandForce SF-1200 controller did not let us down, with testing presenting results close to the [...]
"The underside of the drive gives us a peek at the Vertex’s Serial ATA 3Gbps interface, with power also provided using the normal Serial ATA power connector of course. Underneath this outer shell, the Vertex’s PCB contains a single 64MB chip for the drive’s cache, and a handful of MLC (multi-level cell) Samsung NAND flash [...]
Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, today introduced a 64GB addition to the award-winning Crucial RealSSD C300 product line. The new 64GB RealSSD C300 drive, like its’ predecessors, natively supports SATA 6Gb/s, is backwards compatible with the SATA 3Gb/s interface, and provides scorching-fast read speeds of up to 355MB/s [...]
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, announced today that it is now shipping the Spinpoint F4, the newest model of its Spinpoint F series drives. The superior performance and high-reliability Spinpoint F4 is engineered for high-end computing in PCs, Macs, high-end workstations and server applications. "Higher performance [...]
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor technology solutions, today introduced the first solid state drive (SSD) utilizing high-performance toggle-mode DDR NAND. The new 512 gigabyte (GB) SSD provides electronic data processing application designers with advanced performance and reliability for notebooks with premium value. “The highly advanced features and characteristics of our [...]
Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced immediate availability of the new TeraDrive CT SSD, which uses the SandForce 1222 SSD processor to deliver astounding performance in laptops and desktops. The new TeraDrive CT has a standard SATA-II 3Gbps interface. It delivers sequential read and write [...]
