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Mushkin unveils Chronos SSDs with SandForce SF-2281 controller

Shane McGlaun, Jun 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

Mushkin has a line of SSDs already that includes some very nice and speedy storage drives for consumers. The company has announced its latest SSD called the Chronos series and the new line of SSDs will use the SandForce SF-2281 processor. This line of SSDs will also be the first from Mushkin to use the SATA revision 3.0 protocol for 6 Gbps bandwidth. Mushkin promises that the SSD will offer very fast speeds and still allow the price to stay low. Read The Full Story

Apple Time Capsule refresh with iCloud inside?

Shane McGlaun, Jun 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

I mentioned yesterday that there are some shortages of Apple gear in some locations and online. The shortages were for some of the Apple Airport devices and the Time Capsule unit. Generally, a shortage of things in Apple Stores is a good indication that a refresh is imminent and with WWDC kicking off soon perhaps, the shortages mean new products being unveiled. A source has tipped 9to5Mac that the Airport Express supply is plentiful in most places, but the supply of the Time Capsule and Airport Extreme are in fact very tight globally. Read The Full Story

OWC puts 480GB SSD into the MacBook Air (but it’ll cost you)

Chris Davies, May 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple's switch to SSD-only storage in the MacBook Air made for a whippet-fast boot/resume time, but the expense of solid-state memory meant capacity was limited. Officially up to 256GB is on offer, but entry-level users are stuck with a measly 64GB. Now OWC is teasing us with up to 480GB in the shape of the new Mercury Aura Pro Express upgrade. Read The Full Story

Seagate and Samsung announce strategic agreement

Shane McGlaun, Apr 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

Seagate is one of the biggest names in HDD storage for the consumer and enterprise user. Samsung is very big in the production of NAND flash that is used in SSD drives. The two companies have today announced a new strategic partnership that will have them combining some of their operations. Read The Full Story

Samsung itching to dump HDD business as SSDs arrive in MacBook Air

Chris Davies, Apr 18th 2011 Discuss [5]

Samsung is reportedly looking to dump its hard-drive business, in an attempt to refocus in areas of stronger growth such as flash storage, in which the company has seen recent wins from industry heavyweights like Apple. According to the WSJ's source, Samsung is hoping to sell its traditional hard-drive business for $1.5bn, in a move that would leave it focusing on solid-state drives instead. Read The Full Story

Addonics outs CF Drive with six CF card slots

Shane McGlaun, Apr 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you have a bunch of Compact Flash of CF cards lying around and you want to use them to make your own speedy SSD storage device Addonics has your device. The company has a new 5.25" drive bay CF/CFast drive adapter that slips into one of your unused optical drive bays and turns those CF cards into fast storage. Read The Full Story

Toshiba SmartNAND debuts, destined for future iPhones?

Shane McGlaun, Apr 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

The crazy cats over at Toshiba have announced a new line of flash NAND today called SmartNAND. This stuff promises robust error management, a simple design, and faster time to market for advanced NAND for customer applications. The NAND is part of Toshiba's 24nm NAND family and is sure to find its way into all manner of consumer electronics products. Read The Full Story

Intel 320 Series SSDs debut: up to 600GB

Chris Davies, Mar 28th 2011 Discuss [13]

Intel has announced its latest SSD range, the 25nm-based 320 Series, replacing the existing X25-M and slashing prices by up to $100. Available in 40-, 80-, 120-, 160, 300- and 600GB capacities, the third-gen SSDs more than double sequential write speeds as well, up to 220 MB/s sequential writes, together with up to 270 MB/s sequential reads. Read The Full Story

Buffalo Launches Sleek and Fast MiniStation and DriveStation

Samia Perkins, Mar 22nd 2011 Discuss [2]

Buffalo has just launched the new piano-black MiniStation and DriveStation external hard drives. The MiniStation is USB powered, so there is no need for an additional power cable. It is available in 500GB or 1TB. The DriveStation comes in both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 versions, and offers 1, 2, or 3TBs of storage. Both are available now. Read on past the break for more details about these new drives. Read The Full Story

OCZ snaps up SSD controller specialist Indilinx

Chris Davies, Mar 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

SSD manufacturer OCZ has announced it is acquiring Indilinx, a solid-state drive controller and software specialist. The roughly $32m deal - paid in common stock - will see OCZ acquire various patents around SSD technologies, including a high-performance smartphone/tablet solid state memory alternative called Tinkerbell. Read The Full Story

Samsung HDDs reach 1TB per platter; dawn of 4TB HDDs is here

Shane McGlaun, Mar 8th 2011 Discuss [2]

When it comes to storage for computers and other devices that use HDDs more capacity is much better for some applications. The HDD industry is marching forward and it wasn’t too long ago that 3TB was just hitting the market and some people were probably boasting that you would never need that much storage space. This is the same thing the guy that sold me my first computer as a kid said about the tiny HDD measured in tens of megabytes. Read The Full Story

Western Digital buys Hitachi GST in huge $4.3bn deal

Chris Davies, Mar 7th 2011 Discuss [1]

Western Digital has just announced a huge deal that will see the hard-drive company acquire arch rival Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for a whopping $4.3bn. The deal - expected to close within Q3 2011 - will comprise $3.5 billion in cash and 25 million WD common shares valued at $750 million, along with a pair of Hitachi execs added to the WD board of directors. Read The Full Story