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Micron’s P320h: A Custom Controller Native PCIe SSD in 350/700GB Capacities

SSDs are beginning to challenge conventional drive form factors in a major way. On the consumer side we're seeing more systems use new form factors for SSDs, enabled by mSATA. The gumstick form factor used in the MacBook Air and ASUS UX Series comes to mind. SSDs can offer performance in a smaller package, thus helping scale down ...

Posted on June 02, 2011 | Tags: CCN, Custom Controller Native, Micron, P320h, PCIe, SSD, ssds, Storage

Computex 2011: Antec Implements Seagate GoFlex Standard

At this year's CES Seagate announced its intentions to open the GoFlex connector standard, enabling devices and other drivemakers to build products around its GoFlex removable drive standard. We've seen limited public uptake thus far, but at Computex Antec announced its intentions to include a GoFlex drive bay in some of its future cases. The bay can accept either GoFlex compatible drives ...

Posted on June 01, 2011 | Tags: Accessories, Antec, Casing, Computex 2011, GoFlex, PC Case, Seagate, Trade Show

The New Indilinx Everest SSD

OCZ acquired Indilinx not too long ago and today we're seeing the first new controller from the company since 2009. OCZ calls it the Everest Platform, and it's an SSD targeted at the enterprise - at least for now. It's Indilinx's first 6Gbps controller, good for up to 520MB/s reads and 410MB/s writes (but "only" 20K 4KB random write IOPS). The reference ...

Posted on May 31, 2011 | Tags: Computex 2011, Indilinx Martini, OCZ, ssds, Trade Show

SANDISK Launches Two New SSD for Tables and Ultra-Thin Notebooks

New SSDs combine fast SATA III performance with power consumption as low as 10mW1-enable feature-rich computing platforms with longer battery life SanDiskÂ® SSD series' U100 drive for ultra-thin notebooks offers SATA III performance and customized form factors SanDiskÂ® iSSDâ„¢ integrated storage device series' i100 drive is the world's smallest, fastest 128 gigabyte (GB)2 (SATA III) BGA-based SSD-ideal for slim, high-performance tablets and ultra-thin notebooks Sampling now with volume production scheduled for Q3 2011 Computex, Taiwan, May 31, 2011- SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader ...