Seagate has launched its SSD-HDD Hybrid drives in the Indian market. The 9.5mm 2.5-inch Momentus XT offers a unique way to give consumers the speed of SSDs and affordability of HDDs by integrating 4GB of NAND flash and up to 500GB HDD capacity. By combining both SSD and HDD onto one drive and using […]
Samsung develops 512GB SSD with Toggle-mode DDR
Samsung has announced a new 512GB SSD that employs toggle-mode DDR NAND helping high-end notebooks to achieve greater performance and reliability. The toggle-mode DDR structure coupled with SATA 3.0Gbps interface gains a max. sequential read speed of 250MB/s and read speed to up to 220MB/s, which is three times faster than conventional HDDs or […]
Seagate brings SSD-like performance to Momentus XT Hybrid Drive
SSDs are faster but way expensive. HDDs are cheaper and slower when compared to SSDs. Now, Seagate has found a middle way to combine the performance of an SSD and keep the price under affordable levels. The Momentus XT Hybrid HDDs are touted to be the world’s fastest 2.5-inch laptop drive with claims to […]
Intel announces affordable SSD for netbooks
SSDs and netbooks aren’t the best of friends but Intel’s trying to change it with the introduction of X25-V Value SSDs. Intel reckons this 40GB X25-V SSD could help netbook users in terms of performance or work as a dual-drive setup for desktop users for an affordable price. The new SSDs are based on […]
WD SiliconEdge Blue SSDs now shipping in India
SiliconEdge Blue SSDs that started shipping last week in US market is now shipping in India. The 2.5-inch SiliconEdge Blue SSDs are developed for read-intensive applications. The SiliconEdge Blue SSDs come in storage sizes of up to 256GB and supports 3Gbps SATA interface that helps to achieve a read speed of up to 250MB/sec […]
WD now shipping SiliconDrive N1x SSDs
WD has announced that they’re now shipping their high performance SiliconDrive N1x SSDs. The 2.5-inch SSD is apt for OEM applications and feature fast read/write speeds. The single-level cell (SLC) based SSDs support native 3Gb/s SATA interface and gives read/write speeds of up to 240/140MB per second. It also boasts WD’s Speed Assurance tech […]
SanDisk G3 SSD is two times faster than 7,200RPM HDD
SanDisk is now shipping its super-fast and rugged SSD to retailers in North America and Europe. The G3 SSD is claimed to be twice as fast than a regular 7,200RPM HDD and has a sequential read speed of up to 220MB/s and write speed of up to 120MB/s. Since SSDs do not contain any […]
Seagate debuts enterprise-class Pulsar SSDs
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 releases new firmware for 34nm SSDs
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 moves forward with 34nm SSDs
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 […]