Tag Archives: Solid-stateDrive

Samsung SSD 840 Pro caters to speed seekers with faster random access

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It’s difficult to thrive in the solid-state drive world. Unless you’ve got just the right controller and flash memory, most performance-minded PC users will rarely give you a second glance. Samsung muscled its way into that narrow view with the SSD 8…


IBM buys Texas Memory Systems to bring on speedy storage

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IBM is becoming serious about enterprise-grade computing in more ways than one. It just struck a deal to acquire Texas Memory Systems, best known these days for its extra-quick RamSan SSD cards. As you’d anticipate, that fast yet lean storage is the …


Crucial outs v4 SSD for solid-state storage on a budget

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Solid-state drives cost just a fraction of what they did a few years ago, but with prices that can still exceed $1,000, you could hardly label them as cheap. Crucial still aims to put solid-state storage within reach of those on a budget, however, re…


Intel pumps SSD 330 capacity up to 240GB, trims other drives’ prices to match

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If you haven’t already dropped a solid-state drive into your computer, Intel just gave you a not-so-subtle nudge in that direction. Its entry-level SSD 320 has jumped in capacity from 180GB to 240GB, saving a few diñeiros for anyone who would …


Ideum unveils speedy Platform and Pro multi-touch tables, says PixelSense ain’t got nothin’ (video)

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Who knew giant multi-touch tables would trigger the next big speed race? Ideum clearly thinks that the PixelSense-based Samsung SUR40 is lagging with that AMD Athlon II X2, because it just rolled out a pair of speed demon 55-inch, 40-point touch surf…


Seagate and DensBits team up on solid-state drives for the home, call truce in the HDD versus SSD war

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It’s an understatement to say that Seagate started off on the wrong foot in its attitude towards solid-state drives: the company only slowly came around to embracing flash memory, and then mostly for the enterprise crowd and hybrid drive lovers. A new…


RunCore rolls out Pro VI SSD for Ultrabooks in need of a jolt

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Not to be left out of the Computex party, RunCore has just unveiled a 7mm-thick Pro VI solid-state drive to give new Ultrabooks a swift kick. The company is aiming squarely at the sunnier side of mid-range SSDs through a speedy JMicron controller th…


Microsoft details Windows 8′s pre-boot world, helps you skip the F8 F8 F8 routine

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Microsoft has been going into very exacting detail as to how Windows 8 works, but one area it hasn’t explored much is what happens before you even see the Start screen. As user experience manager Chris Clark notes, the days of mashing F8 repeatedly t…


Samsung Chromebox gets a premature outing, $330 price tag (video)

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Samsung has been almost completely silent regarding its Chromebox since its CES outing, so we were taken aback when we were tipped off that it was hiding in plain sight on TigerDirect’s web store. Sure enough, a product listing provides a lot more de…


Evigroup drops SmartPaddle Pro price to €699, optional head-tracking feature watches you intently

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Are you and all of your friends flocking to buy that thing shown above at full retail price? Exactly. Evigroup’s SmartPaddle Pro tablet is now available from €699 (under $900) for the base 10-inch configuration with no GPS, no 3G and a 32GB sol…