Tag archive: SSDs

Flash memory manufacturer SanDisk is betting heavily on the future of solid-state storage: the company has reached a deal to acquire solid-state drive maker Pliant for some $327 million in cash and equity-based incentives. Pliant makes high-performance SAS solid-state drives designed for enterprise and data center storage solutions, and is working on rolling out PCIe-based storage systems for high-performance servers. The move is strategic for… Read More

Hard drive and storage developer Seagate has closed a whopper of a deal: Seagate will be buying Samsung's hard drive manufacturing business for some $1.38 billion dollars in a deal that will see Samsung claiming a 10 percent stake in Seagate. The deal will see Samsung manufacturing controllers for use in Seagate hard drives, and Seagate will in turn supply hard drives for Samsung-manufacturers business consumer electronics and computers.… Read More

Last month, storage manufacturer Seagate revealed it was talking with unnamed parties about potentially taking the company off the stock market and going private as a way to pump money to shareholders, who would each get a portion of any purchase price. Now, the company says it has ended those talks, and will be launching an additional $2 billion buyback of its own stock to increase the stock's value to shareholders. “Management… Read More

Seagate is the largest hard disk drive manufacturer in the world. They have started to enter the SSD market, but most of their sales are still focused on the desktop and enterprise markets. The company is growing market share in the mobile sector, thanks in part to their 7200 RPM offerings. However, most notebooks and netbooks still come with slower 5400 RPM HDDs in order to appease price-sensitive consumers. Seagate is planning to unveil a new… Read More

Lots of folks are considering transitioning to solid-state drives (SSDs) to increase battery life in their notebook computers…or simply to have the piece of mind knowing that bumps and shocks aren't going to destroy data by causing a head crash or other failure of moving and spinning parts. Storage developer OCZ Technology has been pushing out SSD drives for some time, but for the most part they've been eyeing the high… Read More

After downplaying the significance of flash-based solid-state drives in the notebook computer market earlier this year and then suing Stec for patent infringement over technologies used in SSDs, Seagate CEO Bill Watkins has told PC World that the company will roll out its first SSD drives next year—but Watkins still doesn't see why anyone would be interested. According to Watkins, solid-state drives just aren't… Read More

Super Talent has announced its new MasterDrive series of flash-based solid-state drives (SSDS) for notebook computers. The 2.5-inch drives feature an SATA-II interface and are designed to be completely interchangeable with standard notebook hard drives—except that they're lighter, use less power, and are much more durable. “These new SSDs are a rugged, lightning fast, low power storage alternative for mobile professionals… Read More

Solid-state drives (SSDs) are finally becoming feasible (if expensive) options for notebook computers, with mainstream computer makers from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, Apple and more offering flash-based SSDs in place of conventional hard drives in some of their notebook computer offerings. But where SSDs are more reliable, consume less power, and start up faster than traditional SSDs, there are two areas in which (so far) they… Read More

With companies like SanDisk, Samsung and Lexar already waist-deep in the market for solid-state drives (SSDs), competing manufacturer Micron Technology finally made the plunge on Thursday. Micron’s RealSSD line of drives will come in capacities up to 64GB and in both 1.8-inch and 2.4-inch sizes. Even in comparison to other SSDs, Micron advertises the speed, reduced power consumption, and low weight of its drives. Performance is… Read More

Fujitsu has become the first major PC manufacturer to formally offer flash-based solid-state drives as an option, announcing today that corporate customers and agenices can get their LifeBook P1620 and B6210 LifeBook pen-driven ultraportable systems with 16 or 32 GB solid-state drives instead of more-traditional (and more capacious) standard hard disk drives. The LifeBook P1610 and B6210 aren't designed for everyday computing;… Read More