Samsung Electronics has unveiled a 256GB SSD solid state drive that is less than 10mm thick.
Toshiba has unveiled a 512GB solid state drive (SSD) which it claims breaks both speed and size records in the notebook SSD market.
Intel has begun shipping its 160GB solid-state drives, the manufacturer announced on Monday.
EMC today announced it will sell flash-based solid state drives for the first time, which are currently 30 times more expensive than conventional drives.
Apple has reduced the cost of an SSD-based MacBook Air by around AU$700.
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Intel's X-25M solid-state drive enjoys several advantages over both conventional disk drives and other SSDs, including improvements to data throughput, boot time and notebook battery life. If you can forget about the cost, this is by far the fastest data drive available.
Adaptec has upped the enterprise storage ante by incorporating an SSD as a cache on its 2 and 5 series controllers, calling the technology MaxIQ.
The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is a prime example of the netbook form factor, and the best 8.9-inch one available.
The Fusion-io ioDrive is in a performance field of its own. Home users are much better off RAIDing a few SSDs together; however, for those running servers that need extra throughput now, the Fusion-io represents an expensive, but justifiable saviour.
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