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InnoDisk Releases iSLC 3IE4 SSD
Over the past couple of years, SSDs have finally taken off, with dramatically improved value and performance. One of the side effects of this improved value is the rapid movement from SLC to MLC and TLC. While MLC and TLC NAND is dramatically cheaper due to the increased density, performance…
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Know Your NAND: Storage Types Explained
We throw a lot of terminologies around when we report on solid state drive storage and you probably noticed them all at some point. However, you might not know exactly what they are, what they mean, and what difference there is between it all. Today we’re taking a brief look…
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Silicon Power S56 240GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction The Silicon Power S56 is a whole new drive series that comes with a fresh design on the outside and great hardware on the inside. The S56 is categorised as an entry grade solid state drive and is as such meant as HDD replacement. Replacing your old mechanical hard…
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SSD Reliability Study Shows SLC No Better than MLC
The first SSDs we had all used SLC or single level cell, holding 1 bit per cell. As SSDs grew more and more common and advanced, different tech like MLC (multi-level cell) and TLC (triple-level cell) grew more common, with 2 and 3 bits per cell respectively. While consumers have…
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Transcend Introduces Full SLC SSD Lineup
Transcend revealed their SSD570 almost three months ago and now they’re ready with the full lineup surrounding the SSD570 SLC SSD and with most current form factors. SLC NAND has quite a few advantages over MLC and TLC NAND, but it also comes at a higher price and with less capacity.…
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Transcend Develops SuperMLC NAND Technology
Here I sat thinking that I knew all the terms for the different NAND technologies and then Transcend comes along with a new one that they have called SuperMLC. SuperMLC was developed as a more cost effective solution to SLC NAND with a performance that comes very close. In fact,…
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ADATA Launches the ICFS332 CFast Card with SLC and 560MB/s Throughput
Industrial grade products gain their name because they are able to work in much harsher environments than ordinary parts and that is no different when it comes to storage. AData just released a new ICFS332 industrial grade CFast card for that delivers SSD performance and reliability in a very compact…
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Addonics Announces Complete Family of Industrial or Enterprise Grade SSDs
Addonics announced a new family of SSDs that support the CFast, mSATA and M2 form factors in both Industrial or Enterprise class grades. The difference between the two types is the type of NAND used. The Industrial class modules are built with SLC NAND where the Enterprise class modules are…
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Transcend Launches CFast 2.0 CFX700 Memory Cards
Transcend’s newest memory card may not be the largest with a capacity of just 16GB and 32GB, but it is definitely a fast one with transfer speeds of up to 530MB/s and the new Transcend CFX700 memory cards based on the new CFast 2.0 technology can be proud of that. The…
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Plextor Demonstrates M7V TLC SSD With SLC Mode at Computex 2015
Computex 2015 – The last drive displayed by Plextor was running on a test-bench to showcase the performance straight out. The new TLC based SSD with SLC mode is called the Plextor M7V and it is a perfect mixture of aesthetics and performance. The live benchmark shows us some great performance…
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TDK Launches SDS1B Series SSDs
TDK is a company that I haven’t thought of in years, actually many years as I don’t think I’ve seen the name since the time of audio cassettes (MC), but they’re still around and still producing a lot of products in various regions of the electronic sectors. One of their…
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Super Talent Updates Capacity on the Popular CFast Pro to 256GB
Super Talent Technology announces its 256 GB CFast Pro Flash Media Card, a double up from the previous available capacity. These cards aren’t cheap, but they deliver the speeds needed for professional and high fps recording without delay or lag. The CFast Pro is one of Super Talent’s highly popular…
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Super Talent Launches DuraDrive AT7 for in-Vehicle-Infotainment
Super Talent Technology announced its updated DuraDrive AT7 Solid State Drive built for approved automotive In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI) systems. While the drive is built for IVI systems, it doesn’t mean that it can’t be used other places. It just means that some aspects of the drive have been improved upon specifically to…
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Mach Xtreme MX-ES SLC 32GB Flash Drive Review
Introduction Late last year I had a look at one of the latest flash drives to roll off the Mach Xtreme production line, featuring 16GB of SLC NAND within its slim read body and a suitably reasonable price tag to go along with it. Now, nearly a year on, I’m…
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