World’s First 4TB 2.5-inch SSD Unveiled By SanDisk, Born To Change The Game
Storage has always been a major limitation of Solid State Drives (SSDs). It seems like SanDisk is about to change that. Lately, the company has announced world’s first 2.5-inch size equipped 4TB SSD in its Optimus MAX product based on 19-nanometer process technology
Transcend Unveils Up To 960GB Of JetDrive SSD Upgrade Kits For MacBook Air And Pro
If you own a MacBook Air or a Retina MacBook Pro, here is some great news. You can stop fussing about the limited internal storage space of your machines and lay your hands on the new JetDrive SSD Upgrade kits from Transcend which can add up to 960GB SSD space to your machine.
Samsung Announces Its Latest 840 Evo SSD, Features Up To 1TB Of Storage
Samsung brought its 840 series solid-state drive in earlier November 2012. Now they have just announced its entry-level solid-state drive, the 840 Evo. Samsung claims the latest Evo series solid-state drives are significantly faster in performance than earlier model.
Transcend ESD200 Portable SSD – Powerhouse In A Tiny Body
Transcend, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of flash memory products, has brought a tiny portable storage powerhouse ESD200. The portable Solid State Drive (SSD) is equipped with a next-generation high-speed USB 3.0 interface.
Seagate Unveiled Its First Solid State Drive 600 SSD For Consumers
The world’s largest hard drive company Seagate is getting serious about Solid State Drives (SSDs). Yesterday, the company unveiled the Seagate 600 SSD, its first-ever consumer-to-enterprise solid state drive that will be sold along with Cupertino, Calif.-based company’s hard disks and hybrid hard drives, or storage devices that combine both speedy flash memory chips and high-capacity hard disks.
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[Tutorial] How To Update OCZ SSD Firmware
Upgrading SSD is different from one manufacture to another, and when it comes to OCZ SSDs this task is quite simple, but it’s not the case with all manufactures. In this tutorial I will show you how to perform firmware update on OCZ SSD.
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[Tutorial] How To Update Samsung SSD Firmware
If you own a Samsung SSD and you didn’t make any firmware updates since you bought it, then its time to do that. The firmware updates can bring up new features, but mainly these will be focused in fixing some existing bugs and optimizing your SSD performance. To update the firmware, we will be using Samsung’s Magician software package. This tutorial will walk you through the process.
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[Tips] How To Optimizing SSD With Windows
SSDs are storage media based on flash memory (probably destined to replace hard drives, at least for OS installations). In this article I will give you some tips on how to optimize Windows 7 to get maximum performance on SSD.
Apple Offers Build-To-Order Fusion Drive Option For 21.5-Inch iMacs
Apple has recently made a significant change at its Online Store. The change incorporates the availability of the 1 terabyte hybrid Fusion Drive as a build-to-order option for the entry-level 21.5-inch iMac. Earlier, the Fusion Drive was available to go only with high-end iMac models.
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[Tutorial] How To Move The Search Index Cache From Your SSD To HDD – Windows
This tutorial may be quite interested for users who have installed Windows operating system on their SSD instead of HDD because Search Index I/O service which is constantly active inside Windows can reduce the life of your SSD. So it is advisable to move your index to a separate drive and next to saving your SSD you can also increase your overall load performance of your computer and in this tutorial I will show you how to do that.
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[Tutorial] How To Increase The Battery Life Of Your Windows 7 Laptop?
This tutorial will discuss a few tips and tricks that can be applied to boost the battery life of Windows 7 laptops.
ADATA Launches Affordable Premier Pro SP600 SSD
ADATA has announced that it has added a new SSD (Solid State Drive) called SP600. The company has made this SSD for considering both users who are not familiar with SSD and who are not agreeing to spend more money. ADATA has released three different capacities SSD such as 32GB, 64GB and 128GB. And the price is under $100. Though SP600 is a low priced SSD but it can deliver decent performance.
SSD Prices Dropped Significantly Over The Last Quarter
Solid State Drives (in short, SSD) are a lot preferable compared to the conventional hard drives, in terms of performance. However, they haven’t gained a lot of traction because of their rather steep price-points. The good news is that SSD prices have been continuously declining, and over the last quarter alone prices have fallen by 40% to 50%.
Western Digital Announces 5-mm Thick Cheaper Hybrid Drives For Ultrabooks
Until now, the popular trend had been that of expanding the storage space of a hard drive while keeping its size constant. However, with Ultrabooks and other mobile devices hitting the market, hardware vendors are now trying to trim down the size of a drive while keeping its storage space constant. For instance, Western Digital has now introduced a 5-mm thick hybrid drive.
IBM Acquired Texas Memory Systems
IBM has acquired flash memory system provider Texas Memory Systems (TMS). By acquiring this company, IBM has augmented its storage and data center systems product line. Both the companies did not unveil the actual financial terms of the deal.
