solid state storage

Lenovo announces brainier Classmate+ PC, heads to top of the cla...

Engadget  Thu, 01/12/2012 - 01:28

Kids have been honing their computer smarts on Intel-based Classmate PCs for a few years now, and Lenovo's just sewn its name inside the collar of its second generation of student-friendly lappies.


 

Kingston HyperX is an SSD soul stuck in a flash drive's body (vi...

Engadget  Fri, 11/18/2011 - 17:19

Every time we get a free USB key, we wince at the memory of spending $70 on a measly four gigs back in '06.


 

Fusion-io IPO filing discloses list of prestigious clients, led ...

Engadget  Thu, 03/10/2011 - 03:25

Before last week, we'd gone well over a year without discussing solid state storage purveyors Fusion-io -- and their


 

OCZ's consumer-grade Vertex 3 SSD gets benched, SandForce SF-228...

Engadget  Sun, 02/27/2011 - 13:33

We thought OCZ's Vertex 3 Pro was some flaming hot stuff, but solid state storage experts have mind-boggling news -- the plain ol' Vertex 3 will bring the same completely ludicrous 550MB / sec read spee


 

Mac OS X Lion has TRIM support for SSDs, HiDPI resolutions for i...

Engadget  Sat, 02/26/2011 - 17:39

As you'd expect, developers have wasted no time in tearing apart the Mac OS X Lion preview, and in so doing they've allegedly discovered some intriguing things -- namely, support for the


 

Momentus XT hybrid drive causing headaches, Seagate working to f...

Engadget  Sun, 02/20/2011 - 15:01

All's not well in hybrid solid state storage land, as owners of Seagate's Momentus XT are facing serious issues with their drives -- despite glowing initial reviews, a number of long-term users clai


 

Evolve III Maestro slate triple-boots Android, MeeGo and Windows...

Engadget  Sun, 01/16/2011 - 22:41

We inevitably miss things at tradeshows, and here's one we regret -- we didn't catch this obscure Australian tablet in the flesh at CES 2011.


 

Micron embeds error correction in flash memory chips, calls it C...

Engadget  Sun, 12/05/2010 - 16:07

Solid state storage is fantastic stuff, durable and lightning-quick, but it's got its fair share of quirks -- bits fail, pages fill up, and cells deteriorate over time.