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• SSD storage fixes data center bottlenecks for a price

  As a new decade opens, more and more data centre operators find themselves struggling with an enterprise bottleneck not of their own making.

  By Tam Harbert | 09 February, 2010 04:30

  Tags: data centre, flash storage, storage

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  Slots that support SDXC flash storage reaching devices

  Slots that support faster SDXC flash storage cards are reaching consumer electronics devices, which could boost the performance of devices like camcorders and digital cameras, multiple companies said on Tuesday.

  By Agam Shah | 06 January, 2010 20:22

  Tags: ces 2010, flash storage, memory card, SDXC

• Flash storage should be among top data center priorities: Gartner

  Flash-based storage will quickly become one of the most important technologies in the data center, according to Gartner.

  By Jon Brodkin | 04 December, 2009 03:37

  Tags: 3Leaf Systems, datacentre, data centre, flash storage, Gartner, RNA Networks

• OCZ set to use SandForce controllers in new SSDs

  Flash storage vendor OCZ Technology Group Inc. this week announced that it plans to use controllers from SandForce Inc. in its next generation of consumer and enterprise-class solid state drives (SSDs).

  By Lucas Mearian | 12 November, 2009 09:24

  Tags: flash storage, OCZ, sandforce, SSD

• Flash can eliminate imbalance between server and storage performance

  The rise of flash memory in the enterprise data center will help eliminate a fundamental imbalance between the performance of servers and storage, Sun storage chief John Fowler told attendees at Storage Networking World.

  By Jon Brodkin | 15 October, 2009 08:12

  Tags: flash storage, solid-state drives, sun

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  IBM hikes virtualized storage performance with SSDs

  IBM will add support for SSDs to version 5.0 of its SAN Volume Controller and is promising a big boost in performance with or without flash storage.

  By Stephen Lawson | 15 October, 2009 08:16

  Tags: flash storage, IBM, SSD, storage virtualisation

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  Supercomputer uses flash storage drives

  The San Diego Supercomputer Center has built a high-performance computer with solid-state drives, which the center says could help solve science problems faster than systems with traditional hard drives.

  By Agam Shah | 03 September, 2009 05:35

  Tags: flash storage, hpc, SSD, supercomputers

• Intel, Micron team to get more data into flash drives

  What's better than 2-bits per cell? 3 bits of course. IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture between Intel and Micron, has announced that they have developed a 3-bit-per-cell NAND device that Micron will begin producing for commercial consumption this fall. The technology, dubbed 3bpc (tricky acronym for 3-bits-per-cell), stores more bits per cell than current technology and allows the development of higher density flash memory so it can store more data in less space.

  By Tony Bradley | 12 August, 2009 04:33

  Tags: flash storage, Intel, Micron

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  The cloud, brought to you by flash storage

  Cloud computing and flash-based storage, two of the fastest-growing technologies in IT, may drive each other forward as Internet-based service providers demand faster access to large amounts of data.

  By Stephen Lawson | 11 August, 2009 06:53

  Tags: cloud computing, flash storage, SSD

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  Toshiba plans faster SD cards for early 2010

  SD memory cards capable of reading and writing data at speeds faster than current cards should be available in less than a year, Toshiba said on Tuesday.

  By Martyn Williams | 04 August, 2009 18:09

  Tags: flash storage, SD cards, toshiba

• Kingston launches 256GB USB flash drive

  Kingston today released the world's largest capacity USB memory stick: a flash drive with 256GB worth of storage.

  By Megan Burger | 22 July, 2009 00:04

  Tags: flash storage, kingston

• Faster SD cards could reach devices next year

  Memory cards based on a new specification will boost storage of consumer electronics to as much as 2TB, the SD Association said Thursday.

  By Agam Shah | 12 June, 2009 06:46

  Tags: flash memory, flash storage, removable media, SecureDigital media

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  Texas Memory Systems shows less expensive, faster flash

  Texas Memory Systems has added a less expensive, faster and smaller form-factor flash storage array to its line of solid-state products.

  By Ira Brodsky | 28 April, 2009 08:13

  Tags: flash storage, texas memory systems

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  Fusion-io lands $47 million to develop flash storage

  Flash storage start-up Fusion-io has had a big start to 2009, remaking its management team with former Apple guru Steve Wozniak and just this week landing a US$47.5 million funding round.

  By Jon Brodkin | 09 April, 2009 07:46

  Tags: flash storage, Fusion-io

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  Solid-state flash products hit market en masse

  Solid-state drives based on flash memory are turning up in products from seemingly every hardware vendor these days, signaling that the technology may be inching closer to mass adoption.

  By Jon Brodkin | 27 March, 2009 07:24

  Tags: flash storage, solid-state drives, SSD