In spite of the narrow margins in the storage segment, some retailers offer excellent deals on storage every now and then. This time it’s Buy.com, which up until a couple of years ago had never hear of an SSD. The fact that big names like Buy.com are running specific promotions on solid state drives alongside cutlery [...]
Upcoming flash memory chips are being based on increasingly small manufacturing technology. The latest challenge is bringing the miniaturization down to 20 nanometers–an impressive feat in itself, but not without a whole new set of problems. IM Flash Technologies (IM stands for Intel/Micron) is however already well underway with a further reduction in size of NAND-based flash memory. It’s [...]
As you might recall, Intel’s 510 series relies on older and more reliable 34nm NAND flash. After a few ifs and buts, the time is apparently ripe for Intel’s next generation of SSDs built on the 25 nanometer. VR-Zone speads the rumor that SSDs in the Intel 320 series, also known as X25-M G3, are [...]
Intel’s new drives utilize the latest SATA specification and doubles performance compared with the manufacturer’s previous drives. The new 2.5-inch 510-series SSDs offers a clear step up in performance by taking advantage of the increased speeds of the SATA 3 interface, but is it enough to compete with the latest offerings from SandForce? In a [...]
The rumor mill has indicated a February release for the next-generation MLC SSDs from Intel, i.e., the X-25 G3, but some additional information has surfaced that point to a March release. Most of the improvements are already known, but a reseller spreadsheet from the German site ComputerBase adds some more details to the mix, including [...]
The market for flash memory is continuously gaining traction, and development goes forward in an almost unhealthy pace; to increase capacity and performance, but also to minimize cost and make for both larger and cheaper flash-based storage units. Just as Toshiba did recently, Intel and Micron have just presented a huge leap forward in flash-based [...]
Intel’s Developer Forum (IDF) is scheduled for mid-September in San Francisco. Among other things, Intel’s own solid state drives are on the agenda and it is rumored that new models may be unveiled. Intel Developer Forum is a conference on and around the Intel and related products. The conference is normally held two to three [...]
Intel will bring over its solid-state family to 25-nanometer technology this fall. The latest information from those in the know says that the company is scrapping earlier plans to use MLC NAND in their business lineup to focus on enterprise MLC (eMLC) technology in anticipation of an early 2011 launch. Lyndonville is the development name [...]
Toshiba is preparing to invest heavily in new production technologies for NAND flash memory. Intel is about to launch its first solid-state drives with circuits manufactured in 28 nanometer in the fourth quarter, but Toshiba is already way ahead. The company plans to go into a test phase with NAND flash circuits manufactured at less [...]
Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox is a Windows application that can be used to optimize solid state drives from Intel. The app takes advantage of the TRIM and Garbage Collection features already embedded in the SSDs, and optimizes the write process. Moreover, Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox is used to gather information about the device, [...]
