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A nitrous boost for Windows 7 SSD’s courtesy Intel

Gaurav Sood — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:20:56 +0000

Windows 7 has just been released and Intel has introduced a solid-state drive toolbox that optimizes 34nm X25-M SATA SSD performance for the OS. According to sources at Intel, both the optimizer and complementary firmware update use a Windows...

Solar-powered Bluetooth SSD, new way up in external storage

Bharat — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:13:42 +0000

Designer Tryi Yeh has come up with a never thought of concept of a Bluetooth solid state drive that draws power from the sun. Employing Bluetooth for easy data transfer, the SSD, dubbed the Light’s Reminiscence, is made in recycled wood and...

Eco Gadgets: 'Light's Reminiscence' Bluetooth SSD powered by the sun

Anupam — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:51:12 +0000

Eco Factor: Bluetooth hard drive powered by solar energy. When too much data fills our internal hard drives, we look for external alternatives. The external drive alternatives on the market only add to the power consumption of the system, but...

Mac rejoice: OCZ to offer new SSD for Apple notebooks

Bharat — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:56:51 +0000

OCZ has launched a new range of Solid State Drives dedicated to Mac users. Tested in the Apple labs, the OCZ Vertex series Mac Edition drives are also accompanied by new line of RAM, and are true upgrades for the expensive ones from Apple, in order...

Geeks stack 24 SSDs into a RAID array, achieve 2GB/s speeds

Bharat — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:41:06 +0000

There is no limit to the outrageous trials that notorious minds in the helm of technology put their conscious efforts into, at times resulting in creations to feel proud of and at other times only a make to linger about with. But this...

Japanese researchers make SSDs communicate wirelessly

Desh — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:49:00 +0000

Japan’s Keio University and its research associates devised new mini-SSD by mounding NAND flash memory chips above each other. They succeeded in connecting them with fewer wires, and thus reduced the number of wires from 1,500 to just 200....

New compact external storage SSDs from Transcend

Bharat — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:51:31 +0000

For crazy gigs we’ve always relied on the external hard drives, each manufacturer has tried to lure the consumers with the best possible offering from its backyard. Extending the same consumer oriented approach to another stride; Transcend would...

pureSilicon has world's first 1TB 2.5-inch SSD for storage frenzy, of course

Bharat — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:33:45 +0000

While other manufacturers were busy boosting the capacity of their SSDs, pureSilicon took the opportunity to introduce a 1TB 2.5-inch SSD. Having demonstrated the 1TB Nitro SSD, pureSilicon has become the first to hit that mark in storage,...

ASUS to debut notebook with 512GB SSD at CES

Harshpaul — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:19:32 +0000

ASUS will debut the world’s first notebook with a mammoth 512GB SSD at CES. A solid state drive capable of holding large amounts of data will make the notebook more rugged and faster. Carrying a notebook with SSD is definitely much better...

MSI U115 hybrid is SSD HDD combo netbook

Bharat — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:14:59 +0000

We’ve been accustomed to hearing of the end of HDD, but there are manufacturers there who still rest faith in the drives - symbolized to perfection by the officially launched MSI U115, the first hybrid netbook, which features both SSD and HDD....