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  Seagate has been producing hard drives for the past 30 years but their first SSD has seen the light of day yesterday. Dubbed as Pulsar, the SSDs are said to be apt for enterprise and server applications because of its unprecedented quality and durability. The 2.5-inch single-level cell (SLC) Pulsar SSDs support SATA interface, [...]

  Intel has issued a firmware update that tries to fix the data corruption problem found in the 34nm SSDs. The issue fixed was not a big one unless a user used BIOS password protection. With the out-of-factory firmware equipped SSDs, the drives would become inaccessible in case when the user changes or disables the [...]

  Intel has delivered the industry’s first Solid State Drives (SSDs) based on 34nm manufacturing process. The 34nm based SSDs is superior to 50nm variant and boasts advantages like drop-in compatibility, latency reduction by 25 percent and faster random write Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) which is now up to 6,600 and 35,000 for write [...]

  Samsung is now sampling a new breed of SSDs that could help bolster the adoption of SSDs in netbooks. The new SSDs feature a mini-PCI Express (PCIe) form factor supporting SATA 3.0GB/s interface and easily fits into the small chassis of netbooks making it work as a primary storage. It also works as a [...]

  Samsung has pulled off another industry first by bringing full disk encryption (FDE) to SSDs. The FDE solution is developed by Wave Systems and is offered on both 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch SSDs with storage sizes up to 256GB. FDE enabled SSDs automatically encrypt any information that is written onto the drive without compromising on [...]

  SSD makers are banking heavily on Windows 7 to drive consumers to go for SSDs when they are out to buy a PC with the Windows 7 OS. Manufacturers think Windows 7′s better optimization with SSDs will make the consumers opt for non-spinning drives and increase the demand. However, we think it’s the price [...]

  Corsair is the latest entrant in the crowded SSD market. Its first and only offering S128 gives 128GB of storage space and boasts a read/write speed of 90/70 MB/s. The drives use Samsung’s controllers as opposed to ubiquitous JMicron 602 controller. The inclusion of Samsung controllers could prove a boon to Corsair since Samsung [...]

  Kingston has announced their entry in the SSD market by revealing the SSDNow E and SSDNow M series SSDs. The drives are a rebadged version of Intel SSDs and Kingston reckons its 24X7 support and a 3 year warranty will set the drives apart from its competitors. The 32GB E is aimed at the [...]

  Just as expected. Intel promised to deliver 160GB SSDs in the fourth quarter and here they are, shipping the first production batch of 2.5-inch 160GB SSDs. However, the same capacity 1.8-inch SSDs will make its way for retailing from next month. Looks like CES is the place for the 1.8-inch SSD to make an [...]

  Toshiba’s proud moment has come as they are showing the world, their latest development in the SSD scene. Toshiba and its American subsidiary TAEC have announced that they have developed industry’s first 2.5-inch 512GB SSD. The drive features Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND and will be exhibited on the CES show floor next year. Apart [...]

  As expected, Samsung has started the production of its 2.5-inch 256GB SSDs. The read/write rates also seem to increase from the previous 200/160 MB/sec to 220/200 MB/sec. Based on the multi-level cell (MLC) technology, Samsung claims the SSD to be as fast as a 15,000 RPM HDD without the “noise, size, power and heating [...]

  After making their very first SSDs for the consumers, Intel has turned its focus to target the enterprise market with its high performance SSDs for servers. Housed in a 2.5-inch shell, X-25E Extreme SATA based 32GB and 64GB SSDs will bring all the benefits to the server station. Intel claims that its SSDs increases [...]

  You got to do a lot of hard work to sell your wares to the customers. Now take this example where the marketing manager of Samsung SSD shows us what their SSDs can endure. He drops it from a 3 storey building and the drive still boots up. Hit the play button if you [...]

  Toshiba has joined the league with Samsung to launch their own 2.5-inch 256GB SSD (THNS256GE8BC). As with Samsung, Toshiba’s SSDs are also Multi-level Cell (MLC) technology based and support SATA II interface. However, being developed with the same technology, SSDs from Toshiba have a read/write speed of 120/70 Mbps which is slower than Samsung [...]

  Jumping on the SSD bandwagon, Intel also announced the beginning of shipment of its 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch SSDs. The X18-M and X25-M SSDs will be available for both laptops as well as desktops and are based on multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash technology. Intel’s SSDs outperformed the conventional HDDs by nine times giving a [...]