Intel 530 Series SSD Review

Intel launched the SSD 530 series as a progressive update on their SSD 520 line, moving away from the 25nm NAND flash and incorporating new SandForce silicon with 20nm flash for more efficient power consumption. The 530 series also consolidates Intel's various form factors which previously carried different model numbers.14 new products don the SSD 530 brand in a variety of...

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The Fusion-io® ioDrive Octal

The ioDrive Octal is by far the fastest drive we’ve gone through. It has eight ioDrives on a single PCIe card (hence the name). It’s been used by the US government and the deployment of 220 Octals was able to reach a staggering 1TB/s bandwidth. Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, even speaks highly of this product which is probably why he joined them as chief scientist. More...

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OWC Mercury Accelsior Joins Other PCIe SSDs

OWC has released their first ever PCIe SSD, the Mercury Accelsior. The drive comes in four capacities, namely 120 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB and 960 GB. The lower two drives utilizes SandForce SF-2281 controllers while the upper two uses SF-2282 controllers. The maximum sequential read and write speeds for the Mercury Accelsior are 780 MB/s and 763 MB/s respectively. OWC has been...

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