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Article | 5/08/2011 Fusion-io to buy IO Turbine to reach virtualized servers
Flash storage vendor Fusion-io has agreed to buy IO Turbine for up to $US95 million to extend its on-server cache products to virtualized environments...
Article | 4/08/2011 Flash storage moves closer to CPUs
In a bid to maximize the speed advantage of solid-state storage, more vendors are promoting approaches that move it closer to the CPUs that process st...
Article | 26/07/2011 Intel acknowledges SSD 320 bug, working on firmware upgrade
Intel on Sunday acknowledged that a bug could cause its SSD 320 solid-state drives to fail, and said a firmware upgrade is on its way to address the p...
Article | 16/07/2011 Intel investigates possible bug in SSD 320 drives
Intel is investigating a potential bug that may be causing SSD 320 solid-state drives to fail. The company is offering replacement drives to affected ...
Article | 9/06/2011 Startup targets flash memory latency
Plenty of hardware vendors are pushing out Solid State Disk products to speed up data access. Now a startup is emerging from stealth mode with server ...
Article | 31/05/2011 Sandisk updates SSD line with SATA III models
Sandisk has updated its line of solid-state drives (SSDs) for tablet and portable computers with models that feature higher performance.
Article | 12/05/2011 Crucial M4 SSD
Solid-state drives have had their share of ups and downs in the past few years. Although SSDs are definitely faster than their mechanical counterparts...
Article | 11/05/2011 Consumer SSDs to break out in 2012, Gartner says
Consumer solid-state drives will have a break-out year in 2012 due to falling prices, which will make SSDs a primary storage option for mainstream use...
Article | 28/04/2011 What does tiered storage really do to performance?
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the subm...
Article | 17/04/2011 Look out for the 256GB thumb drive and the 128GB tablet
How much money would you be willing to pay for a 128GB thumb drive or a 512GB solid-state hard disk? What about paying half the amount that you would ...
Article | 7/04/2011 Xiotech plans to integrate storage management on blades
Xiotech plans to incorporate management functions into an entry-level version of its ISE (intelligent storage element) storage blade for small and med...
Article | 5/04/2011 STEC readies longer-lasting MLC SSDs
Flash storage vendor STEC will be able to offer a five-year warranty on the next generation of its Zeus SSDs (solid-state disks) regardless of the tec...
Article | 18/03/2011 Experts see wide use of flash-hard disk hybrids by 2016
A quarter of new laptops and half of new desktop PCs will adopt an emerging data storage method by 2016, pairing flash memory with traditional hard di...
Article | 16/03/2011 New flash specification doubles SSD data transfer speed
A flash memory working group announced a new interface specification on Tuesday that could speed up data transfers from flash storage products such as...
Article | 16/03/2011 New Seagate solid state drives mean business
Seagate has unveiled new models of its Pulsar line of solid state drives (SSD) -- delivering performance, endurance, and reliability that business can...