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Dane-Elec announces new line of USB 3.0 storage solutions

Written by IT News on 3:06 AM

Although the majority of the external storage devices today are equipped with the traditional USB 2.0 interface, a coming wave of new external storage solutions are expected to be equipped with next-generation USB 3.0 interface. Thus, the Dane-Elec today's debut of its new series So Super Speed USB 3.0 external hard drives, now available in the U.S. market was announced. New industry is a Solid State Drive (SSD), which is said to enable data transmission of up to 250MB / s, The Irvine, California-based company claims that the world's first USB 3.0 SSD.

"The long awaited USB 3.0 revolution is finally here, and Dane-Elec is pleased to be at the forefront," said Jon Christeson, marketing manager for Dane-Elec USA "The transfer rates of up to ten times faster than USB 2.0 devices will this powerful game changer products for consumers and small businesses who regularly work with large files such as video content. "

According to a press release containing the new USB 3.0 line storage solutions, several new products, ranging in capacity from 500GB to 2TB, while both 2.5-inch form factors and includes 3.5-inch models. These solutions are designed for both desktop and notebook computers to consumers with an option for the latest USB 3.0 interface. Moreover, according to Dane-Elec, so extreme Super-fast SSD product line is designed on Intel's 25 M-80 or 160 GB.

Dane-Elec has also announced that it will be compatible with USB 3.0 for compatibility with adapters for desktop and laptop computers with PCIe slots PCIX slots. As pricing goes, the 2.5-inch hard drives ranging from U.S. $ 179.99 and U.S. $ 199.99, while the 3.5-inch hard drives SoReady available for prices ranging from U.S. $ 149.99 U.S. $ 239.99.

| Posted in » SSD, Storage, USB 3.0

New SSD features USB 3.0, courtesy of Acrive Media Products

Written by IT News on 4:14 AM

New SSD features USB 3.0, courtesy of Acrive Media Products
USB 3.0 is slowly penetrating the market, including a growing number of manufacturers to launch new products designed to exploit the performance and capabilities of the new interface. Thus, the Active Media Products has just announced the introduction of the new USB 3.0-compatible 312 Aviator external solid state drive. Boasting the new USB 3.0 interface, flash-based storage product is expected that users with increased performance and backward compatibility with USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 standards.

"Aviator 312 SSD's is a groundbreaking product with performance that are eight to ten times faster than today's fastest USB 2.0 flash drives," says Jerry Thomson, Vice President Sales at Active media products. "For those who do not have hours to copy large files, there is nothing close to the waste Aviator 312 speed. "

The new Flash-based, high-performance storage solution is designed to offer customers a choice of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB SSD, with a MLC (multi-level cell) NAND flash memory chip. The drive measures 70 x 54 x 5 mm and is compatible with the previous-generation USB interface, a feature that will be available on all USB 3.0 devices. In terms of performance, the new station, said to deliver up to 240MB / s and 160MB / s read and write, respectively. These benefits can be achieved only if the USB 3.0 interface available on both the host and the appropriate units.

The new station is scheduled to be available later this quarter for a price of U.S. $ 89, U.S. $ 119 and U.S. $ 209, respectively. The unit will add a few other USB 3.0 devices, such as the recently launched Seagate drive.

| Posted in » Flash, SSD, Storage, USB 3.0

Intel plans to deliver SSD firmware fix by the end of the week

Written by IT News on 9:55 PM

Intel announced at the end of last month that it is a firmware problem with its new 34nm Solid State Drives, which could affect user data under certain circumstances. The company has promised to find a solution and that it would suspend deliveries of the new 34nm SSDs until the firmware would be established and users can fill benefit from the performance specifications of the new stations. In this respect, the chip maker has recently announced that the firmware update as a user with a solution to the reported problems, is well underway and the end of this week.

"We have already found a solution. We are in the process of validation now, and it would be ready to distribute at the end of the week", an Intel spokesman said.

The world's largest chip maker seems to remain committed to their customers with support for the newly discovered error. Users, according to Intel's statement should soon reap the full benefits of their latest SSDs using the new 34nm manufacturing process. It is still uncertain whether the firmware fix will enable them to regain access to the data affected by SSDs "BIOS problem.

As a quick reminder, Intel announced last week that he is a bug with the new 34nm SSDs, which may affect people who had a password in SSD BIOS. According to the company after setting up BIOS password and the computer is turned off, the disk stops working and user data are not available. The question is met only in those circumstances, and users who are not BIOS password should have no problems with access to stored data.

| Posted in » 34nm, firmware fix, Intel, SSD, Storage

Corsair intros new Extreme SSD Series

Written by IT News on 9:38 PM

Corsair has recently updated its range of high performance Solid State Drives with the introduction of a new Extreme Series line. According to the company, its new family of high-end SSDs will be available in storage capacities of 32, 64 and 128GB. According to Corsair, the new line of SSDs designed using the new Indilinx Barefoot controller to storage with performance of up to 240MB / s read and 170MB / s write. This places Corsair latest offer some of the highest performance SSD solutions on the market.

"The combination of Indilinx Barefoot controller, Samsung flash memory and 64 MB of onboard cache gives blisters, stutter-free performance, eliminating bottlenecks that traditional mechanical hard drives," says Jim Carlton, VP Marketing at Corsair. "The New Extreme Series SSDs are ideal for use as primarily operates in computers and laptops, and RAID 0 configurations in high-performance computers for enthusiasts who want extreme performance."

The new Corsair Extreme SSD series is built with a mixture of the Samsung MLC NAND Flash memory and the new Indilinx Barefoot controller, which allows a maximum reading speed of 240MB / s and write speed up to 170MB / s. In addition, the new discs with the end-user upgrade firmware that makes it possible to provide support to the next TRIM command in Windows 7. The upgrade will be made available via their own website.

Despite the fact that Corsair does not have full information on the prices of the new series, Slash Gear reports that these devices are already available for the same price as U.S. $413.99 U.S. $249.99 and U.S. $125.99 for the X128, x64 and x32 models, respectively.

| Posted in » Corsair, Flash, NAND, SSD, Storage

Corsair launches new SSDs

Written by IT News on 5:47 AM

Corsair has just announced to expand its performance range of Solid State Drives (SSDs), the introduction of the new P128 and P64 products. The Fremont, California-based company, the new SSDs are designed so that the same performance as its larger capacity, the P256, which was previously launched by Corsair High Performance
enthusiasts. With high performance, the new P128 and P64 from Corsair for a cheaper alternative to the current SSDs.

"The high performance of the new Performance Series detectors operate, together with the inherent reliability and stability in flash technology, which makes them ideal for both new system builds and upgrades computers and laptops," Jim Carlton, Vice President of the marker for Corsair said. "These discs have also extended validated in a wide range of popular laptops, which means you can upgrade with absolute confidence."

According to Corsair, the P128 and P64 is built on the same platform as the previously launched P256, Samsung with the same controller IC, 128 MB cache and NCQ support. These characteristics make the new stations for users to read and write speed of 220MB / s and 200MB / s for P128MB model, while the P64 offers read speed of 220MB / s and write speeds up to 120 MB / s, with lower-density solution.

Designed for an affordable alternative for the company increased capacity 256GB solution, the new P128 SSD is now available through Corsair its distributors and retailers worldwide, supported by a limited two-year warranty. If less capacity, lower solution, P64, Corsair announced that they will be available in early July, but has not announced pricing for both models.

| Posted in » Corsair, P128, P64, SSD, Storage

Samsung adds new mini-card SSDs for netbook systems

Written by IT News on 9:57 PM

Samsung Electronics, one of the world's market leader in advanced semiconductor technology, has recently announced an extension of the solid-state drive (SSD) setup with the introduction of a SATA interface mini card SSD, which the company is currently sampling to customers in the growing netbook segment. According to Samsung, the new solution is to improve the performance and storage for the rapidly growing netbook segment, which uses a more energy efficient and higher performance alternative to the traditional 2.5-inch hard drives.

"The market starts to embrace a smaller SSD for new netbook sector" Jim Elliott, Vice President, memory marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. said. "The cost-effectiveness and reliability of low density, very compact Samsung SSDs is entirely appropriate as a storage medium for the fast growing netbook market," he added.

The new Samsung mini-PCI Express (PCIe) SSDs have a SATA 3.0 Gb / s interface and to be more cost effective and 80 percent smaller than conventional 2.5-inch hard drives. These design characteristics make them an ideal choice for use in small netbook computer, as system vendors to even smaller, thinner portable netbook. Moreover, according to Samsung, the new mini PCIe SSDs can be delivered as a solution for printers and other ruggedized handheld terminals or mobile devices.

The new units are in the capacity of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB and are designed with the help of Samsung's new 40nm production technology. As a result yesterday, mini-card SATA SSDs is said to deliver sequential read speed of 200MB / s, while write speeds estimated at 100 MB / s. A weight of only 8.5g and measures just 3.75mm thick, the new stations also a high energy efficiency, because only 0.3 watts of power, according to Samsung.

Although no data on prices, Samsung Electronics has announced their new netbook targeted SSDs will be available with optional full disk encryption.

| Posted in » mini-card, Netbook, samsung, SSD, Storage

Kingston offers SSDNow as part of a new bundle kit

Written by IT News on 8:58 PM

While Solid State Drives recently launched a significantly higher performance compared to traditional hard drives, the degree of market adoption is still very low. This is due to any reason that SSDs are still relatively invaluable in contrast to traditional hard drives. But Kingston Technology, which has its premiere on the market for SSDs, a plan for Solid State Drives attractive to users worldwide. The company intends to sell its line of SSDNow M-series run as part of a specially built beam.

As you may already know, Kingston decided to SSD on the bandwagon with the launch of its SSDNow series of Flash-based devices, which basically rebranded versions of Intel's high-performance x18-M and X25-M series SSDs to offer one of the highest performances for the traditional market. Unfortunately, even Intel's disks are not all that affordable for PC users worldwide, making Kingston SSDs are even less affordable.

The company has a plan to the effects of higher prices for customers with a package combining SSDs with a software clone data on a hard drive to speed SSD. The beam is designed to draw attention to the end user, which adds value to high-performance storage products.

"This all-in-one package is the perfect solution for enterprise companies, corporate end-users and consumers to make SSD technology in existing systems," said Ariel Perez, SSD manager, Kingston. "The Kingston SSDNow M Series Bundle allows to move the operating system, applications and all other data from a hard disk with a solid-state drive quickly and easily or a notebook, desktop or workstation.”

According to Kingston, the package includes the following:

SSDNow M Series 80-GB or 160 GB (Intel X-25M SATA SSDs)

Acronis True Image hard drive cloning software CD and installation guide

USB 2.5-inch box with USB cable (for laptops)

2.5-inch to 3.5-inch drive bay mounting brackets and screws (for desktops)

SATA data and power diluents (for desktops)

| Posted in » Intel, Kingston, SSD, SSDNow, Storage

Corsair officially launches P256 High-performance SSD

Written by IT News on 3:57 AM

Corsair announced today to extend its range of flash memory products with the launch of the new P256 high performance solid state drive, with a total storage capacity of 256GB. Designed by Samsung MLC flash memory and controller IC, the new P256 from Corsair says it can deliver read speeds at 220MB / s and write speed all the way to 200MB / s. With these figures, the new Flash-based storage solution from Corsair is focused on providing computer enthusiasts with the latest hardware performance, speed up and increase the overall capacity of the computer system.

"The Corsair Storage Solutions P256 provides the best computing experience of every individual storage device available today," said John Beekley, VP Applications Engineering at Corsair. Using the P256 to the immediate improvement of the starting and closing game loading and starting treatment, and many other daily tasks. In addition, the P256 is more durable and more reliable than hard disks, and viewed in Corsair Labs to 25% longer battery life in laptops. "

With the rapid development in the area of Flash memory, today solid-state drives can provide a significant performance increase, while reducing energy demand. In comparison with the more traditional and conventional hard drives, SSDs provide a range of benefits, especially for users seeking the latest in computer performance. It is also the case with the new P256 from Corsair, shown with Samsung MLC flash memory, combined with a Samsung Controller IC. In addition, the P256 uses 128 MB of ultra-fast cache and adds support for Native Command Queuing (NCQ).

Corsair has not yet announced any details about the P256 price tag, but says that it will be available with a 2-year guarantee on the company's authorized distributors and resellers worldwide.

| Posted in » Corsair, MLC, samsung, SSD

Samsung SSDs now provide self-encrypting technology

Written by IT News on 10:57 PM

Samsung SSD division recently announced that it has been the first self-propelled coded Solid State Drives, as part of collaboration between Samsung Electronics and Wave Systems. The new units are designed for professionals with a reliable solution for digital content, both safety and good performance in one package. They are available in capacities of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB and have been selected by PC suppliers Dell as an optional upgrade to their portable computer systems.

"Samsung has combined the enormous performance of solid state technology with an integrated hardware encryption devices specially designed for todays" road warrior "professional," said Jim Elliott, Vice President Memory, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. "Business users now have the best performance and security in a single channel.”

Samsung's new Flash-based own encrypt the disk drives are designed to take advantage of the security features enabled by Trusted Computing Group (TCG) 128-bit encryption. This solution uses hardware-based encryption and faster performance compared to currently available software-based encryption. This Full Disk Encryption (FDE) is said to be safe and easy to handle, with the help of the accompanying Wave Embassy software.

The advantages of FDE even faster performance, better security and an "always on" function. Better security is justified because the access is available on the disc itself, and not the operating system or other software-based solution. Moreover, thanks to the implementation of the FDE technology at Samsung's SSDs, users benefit from faster boot-up speed, start-up, longer battery life and generally a quiet computing experience.

Samsung's new SSDs combine performance and security in a single package is available as an option for Dell laptops with 256GB, 128GB and 64GB capacities. Unfortunately, Samsung has not revealed any specific information about the stations pricing.

| Posted in » samsung, security, self-encrypting, SSD, Storage

Photo of an alleged new Aspire One netbook

Written by IT News on 4:29 PM

It seems that fans of the Aspire One Netbook should be looking for at least a model that is closest to expand the vendor's PC series 10-inch netbooks. Photos of the new system has already leaked on the Internet, which can only mean that Acer will soon be introducing the new laptop, Netbook further expand its portfolio. With the new model, it can seem that Acer is doing what ASUS has done with its Netbook layout, namely the launch of different versions of the same system that provides users with only a few differences in terms of technical specifications and design.

Currently, Acer is still far behind in terms of ASUS Netbook models launched on the market since the PC vendor has released two models, the Aspire One with a 8.9 inch screen and 10-inch version of the same model. However, according to images that blog macles, Acer plans to release another Netbook Aspire One, which has a different, more lightweight design, and it would become available with a storage solution SSD. Unfortunately there is no specific information on the technical design of the system, such as processor and memory.

VGA and RJ45 port on the new Netbook Aspire One indication that the company has constructed particular motherboard in the system so that it sounds thin format. The presence of Windows core implies that we will see the new Netbook with a Windows operating system, but a version based on Linux can also be part of the offer. There is also an SD card slot, three USB ports and a rather large touchpad interesting.

Put it all together and one can conclude that this will be the first high-end Acer Netbook model, which is likely to compete with ASUS 'S101 Netbook famous.

| Posted in » Acer, Aspire One, slim, SSD

Intel delays the launch of its X25-E 64GB SSD

Written by IT News on 9:46 PM

In November 2008 the series Intel X25-E SSD 32GB capacity at a price of $700 per 1000 items, it has been reported delays in the 64 GB model for the first quarter of next year. 2.5" X25-E Series, with the aim of the company segment is the most successful companies in line with SSD, which read / write speed 240/170MB per second. Levels of performance SSDs are the main weapon against the traditional hard drives, and all those who responsible for solid-state drive is to highlight their skills.

It is a known fact that the device for solid state had different patterns and structures for their products, which led them to different levels of performance. Intel SSDs achieved 10xNAND flash memory and powerful instruction set provides a high quality, drove the units in the first. The X25-E Series 64 GB SSD capability the company is expected this quarter, but of course must wait until next year to get our hands on them.

The delay has been found in the latest roadmap update is available in the adjoining picture. The taste of the 64GB is expected that the prices of up to $ 990. Moreover, in the first quarter of next year, the company has its 1.8-inch X18-M SATA SSD sports a capacity of 160 GB. Intel has already begun in this quarter, the X25-M 80GB, X25-M and 160 GB X18-M 80 GB drives for ordinary users.

According to the latest news, the chip manufacturer also plans to adjust the prices of some of these SSDs. It seems that society wants to reduce the price of the X25-M X18-M 80GB and 80GB SSDs to $ 525th Additionally, the price of 32 GB X25-E is at $ 575 on 28 December. How many of you know, MTBF of X25-M and X18-M is 1.2 million hours, while the X25-E reached 2 million hours. X25 feature Ms. 70MB / s write speed, while reading reaches 240MBps.

| Posted in » Intel, SSD, X18-M, X25-E Series, X25-M

Intel begins selling 160GB versions of its X25-M SSDs

Written by IT News on 9:14 PM

Intel, the world's largest chip manufacturer announced days ago that he had a 160 GB solid state drives, which come to their range of high-speed storage solutions. With the announcement, Intel and Toshiba Samsung occur at a rally for high-performance SSDs with a capacity of hard drives. Unfortunately, the recent announced SSDs from Intel and other manufacturers of SSD prices even more than the current price of the hard drives of similar capacity.

Santa Clara, California, Intel said Monday that the addition of 160 GB version of the X25-M and X18-M SATA Solid-state disks. So far, the company has limited edition SSD to 80GB SSD smaller versions. The company 160GB SSD will be in an easily portable 2.5-inch format, while the 1.8-inch models, for most notebook PC system, it is expected that in the next month, according to Intel.

As the final details, the giant manufacturer expects that the new 160 GB SSD at a price that is less than $ 945 by 1000 in comparison with a 2.5-inch 500GB hard drive, which currently sells well below $ 200, Intel SSD considered of many stocks, the option is unlikely. By adding an 80GB SSD from Intel for HP Elite Book 2530p ultra portable laptop to raise prices for a good laptop for $ 659, plus a 1.8-inch 120GB hard drive.

Strengthening the capacity of the hard disk is slowly becoming a reality, so that one of its drawbacks compared to traditional hard drives. But given the high prices, SSDs are still far from a quick alternative to hard drives. Samsung and Toshiba have already announced their progress in the development of greater capacity SSDs, said the earlier, in November last year that it had begun mass production of 256 GB SSDs, while the other, said recently that it shows a 512GB SSD in the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January 2009.

| Posted in » 160GB, Intel, SSD, X18-M, X25-M

Samsung develops new and better SSDs for servers

Written by IT News on 8:19 PM

Samsung announced yesterday that it is a 100 GB Solid State Drive, designed to meet the requirements for storage and server system designed for video-on-demand, streaming media, or online transaction processing. The new SSD, SS805, was on the storage-Vision 2009 in Las Vegas, where the company claimed that there is an alternative to conventional hard drives, a record with 15,000 rpm.

"We have a very reliable car for high performance and high strength and drastically reduced power needs, besides a large and long-term value of the total cost of ownership is analyzed," said Jim Elliott, Vice President, Memory Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. " The new company offers SSD CIOs and IT managers the opportunity to improve the reliability and storage capacity without costly power supply and improvement of infrastructure in schools data on or near capacity, "he said.

According to the company, its new flash-SSD can deliver up to 100 times the number of input / output per second per watt than 2.5-inch hard disk 15.000RPM. This allows the SS805, which is an excellent solution for the job, where higher performance is required, but not at the expense of energy.

The SSD with a SAS interface, which claimed to read data sequentially at a speed of 230MB per second, while sequential read speed is 180MBPS. This high performance is by implementing an advanced control eight channels and a better firmware and NAND flash, compared with the previous generation of SSDs. Samsung SS805 uses only 1.9 watts in active mode and 0.6 watts at idle, compared with 8 to 15 watts in active mode and 2 watts at idle, up to 15,000 discs.

The company said the new units are expected to be available in this quarter, but pricing information must be made available.

| Posted in » 100GB, samsung, SAS, Server, SSD

SanDisk's new SSDs are designed for netbooks

Written by IT News on 12:27 AM

SanDisk has just announced its next-generation flash memory-based solid state drives, designed to provide storage support for the increasingly popular netbook market. According to the company, these new SSDs have been designed to provide both performance and high-capacity storage for those ultra-portable computer systems, known as netbooks. The new drives will be targeted towards computer system makers, as well as end-users.

“Netbooks represent the fastest growing PC segment in 2009 and 2010 yet widespread adoption of SSDs in netbooks has been limited by speed, capacity and cost constraints,” said Rich Heye, senior vice president and general manager, Solid-State Drives (SSD), SanDisk. “With the significant improvements in performance, capacity and low pricing, these SSDs are a perfect fit for the exploding netbook market.”

The next-generation SandDisk SSDs are expected to become available in capacities of 8, 16, 32 and 64GB in February 2009. These drives have been manufactured using a 43nm Multi-Level Cell flash memory and are produced at the fabrication plants in Yokkaichi, Japan. The technology on which these new drives have been built utilizes SanDisk's All Bit Line architecture.

According to the flash memory maker, the new SSD solutions for netbook computer systems will be aggressively priced, enabling them to be used in POS terminals, printers, ATMs and other applications that require a reliable storage solution.

The new SSD-P2 and SanDisk pSSD-S2 SSDs will perfectly fit the current market situation, as more portable computer system makers are expected to announce even more netbook systems. IDC initially projected that worldwide netbook sales would reach nine million units by 2012, however, that number has grown to 41 million, while this year 11 million netbooks are expected to be sold worldwide.

“SanDisk’s Gen 2 pSSD drives have the best combination of capacity, performance, weight, pricing and power advantages to really excite designers, manufacturers and users of netbooks,” said Richard Brown, VP of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. “Our latest reference designs will include SanDisk’s Gen2 pSSD drives, and we look forward to working with SanDisk to aggressively address the netbook market’s needs.”

| Posted in » Netbook, SanDisk, SSD, Storage

OCZ Vertex SSD

Written by IT News on 8:55 PM

OCZ Technology has recently announced the introduction of the slate Series Express Card storage expansion unit, an advanced storage solution, designed to provide support for the latest generation of high performance portable computer systems. The product will come in handy to the users who need a backup solution for their laptop computers, eliminating the need for a peripheral device. In addition, the high-performance memory maker has also introduced the new Vertex SATA II 2.5-inch Solid State Drive series, as an alternative to the current SSD products on the market.

The Slate Series Express Card has been specifically built for on-the-go notebook users who need an alternative to backup storage devices that usually appear with a USB interface. OCZ's Slate series of Express Card-based storage solutions will be available for notebook users in the capacity of 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB. Thanks to the integration of a mini-USB port, on Slate series can also be connected to a desktop computer, which allows users to transfer data to their primary desktop, or any other desktop computer.

In addition to the Slate Series Express Card, the company also introduced the 2.5-inch SATA II Vertex Solid State Drive (SSD), as an alternative to current storage products on the market. Here is an impressive read speed of 200 MB / s and write speed said to achieve 160MB / s, while 64MB onboard cache should further strengthen the unit's performance. If storage is concerned, the Vertex series, which will build on the company's core processes and Solid "series, will be available with capacities ranging from 30 GB to 250 GB, at prices ranging from $ 249 to $ 869, respectively.

"The new Vertex Series of SSD drives is a premium MLC-based SSD solution designed for consumers who require fast, rugged and reliable solid-state storage," commented the Director of Product Management for OCZ Technology Group, Eugene Chang. "Vertex use of our newest architecture and controller design complete with 64 MB cache to provide faster transmission and better overall system response times in a wide range of applications and games."

| Posted in » ExpressCard, OCZ, Solid State Drive, SSD

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