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Thursday 7 May 2009
SSD electricity savings could power an entire country, says iSuppli
The use of solid-state drives (SSDs) could allow the world's data centers to reduce their cumulative electricity consumption by 166,643 megawatt hours (MWH) from 2008 to 2013, according...
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Toshiba to outsource SSD production to Kingston, say sources
Toshiba is looking to outsource OEM production of solid-state drives (SSDs) to Kingston Technology for 2009, with a portion of the products to be co-branded and sold through Kingston's...
Wednesday 29 April 2009
Transcend to soon kick off factory construction in Taiwan
Taiwan-based Transcend Information has disclosed that it will start constructing a large production base in northern Taiwan, where it plans to house 20 production lines for a monthly...
Wednesday 22 April 2009
MediaTek dismisses speculation of plans to tap SSD controller market
MediaTek has dismissed speculation it is eyeing the market for solid-state drive (SSD) controllers.
Wednesday 8 April 2009
A-Data launches SSD via co-branding with Intel
A-Data Technology has launched a 2.5-inch SATA SSD for notebooks, the A-Data X25-M, under a co-branding strategy with Intel.
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Memory module maker A-Data taps white-box market in China
A-Data Technology has announced it is tapping the China white-box handset and netbook markets with key product lines including flash cards, DRAM modules and solid state drives (SSD...
Tuesday 31 March 2009
OCZ introduces the Neutrino netbook for DIY consumers
OCZ Technology Group has unveiled the Neutrino netbook, the company's latest do-it-yourself (DIY) solution.
Monday 30 March 2009
Memory specialists looking to Windows 7 to boost SSD longevity
The replacement to flash-based solid state drives (SSDs) will be pushed forward by Microsoft's launch of Windows 7, according to Taiwan's memory specialists.
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Faraday subsidiary Innostor targeting external SSD market
Controller IC designer Innostor, a 18%-held affiliate of IC design service provider Faraday Technology, is targeting the external SSD market via partnerships with memory-module mak...
Friday 20 March 2009
Flash design specialist AboUnion taps SSD controller market
Taiwan's AboUnion Technology, a memory IC design house specializing in NAND flash applications, is eyeing the market for solid-state drive (SSD) controllers, according to the company...
Friday 20 March 2009
Windows 7 expected to spur NAND flash demand
Memory makers expect Windows 7 to drive demand for NAND flash chips because the new OS is optimized to take advantage of solid-state drives (SSD).
Friday 13 March 2009
Faraday and subsidiary Yin-Tsan move to mass production of 32-bit CPU SSD controllers
IC design service provider Faraday Technology and its IC design subsidiary Yin-Tsan (transliterated from Chinese) have begun mass production of 32-bit CPU SSD controllers adopting...
Thursday 5 March 2009
CeBIT 2009: A-Data introduces new SSD with up to 512GB in capacity
A-Data Technology yesterday (March 4) introduced new 2.5-inch solid-state drives (SSD) in capacities of up to 512GB, which it claims is the highest SSD capacity in the industry, at...
Thursday 26 February 2009
SiS subsidiary releases SSD controllers
LinkVast Technologies, a subsidiary of Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), on February 25 launched two solid-state drive (SSD) controllers – LVT820 and LVT815. The new memory...
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Transcend offers new SSDs up to 192GB in capacity
Transcend has recently announced a lineup of solid-state drives (SSD) that include a 1.8-inch portable SSD (SSD18M) and 1.8- and 2.5-inch form-factor SATA 3Gb/s and IDE interface...