http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/16/high.speeds.balance.high.cost.per.gb.ratio/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/owcssddrive-story-16.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MacNN has reviewed OWC's Mercury On-The-Go Pro SSD drive. The unit is now available in three sizes: 64GB (reviewed), 128GB and 256GB. The drive utilizes FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 connections, and comes with cables and a carrying case -- an optional AC adapter is available, though the drive generally runs on bus power. Models have no moving parts, storing data in flash memory.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/16/high.speeds.balance.high.cost.per.gb.ratio/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/samsung.on.green.tech/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/flashsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As part of Samsung's initiative to promote environmentally-friendly efforts, the company has highlighted the energy efficiency of current SSD storage and DDR3 memory components. The use of higher-density DDR3 memory is said to reduce power consumption by up to 70 percent compared to DDR2 modules. The power savings is attributed to lower voltage requirements, as low as 1.35 volts, and the energy-ef... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/samsung.on.green.tech/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/13/samsung.256gb.ssd/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/flashsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung has introduced its latest solid state drive (SSD), the 256GB FlashSSD, geared for gamers. The component is claimed to offer a five-fold improvement in data loading time compared to traditional hard drives, while running with lower power consumption.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/13/samsung.256gb.ssd/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/12/ocz.solid.2.ssd.announced/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/ocz-solid2ssd-12.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OCZ has released its OCZ Solid 2 SATA II 2.5î Solid State Drive, using MLC-based NAND flash memory for a balance between performance and price. While MLC memory is slightly slower than SLC memory, the new drives deliver 100MB/sec write (120GB model) and 125MB/sec read speeds and a seek time of less than 0.1ms using the less expensive memory type. The drives carry a 64MB onboard cache and a three-y... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/12/ocz.solid.2.ssd.announced/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/26/intel.34nm.ssds.soon/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/intel32gbchip.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel may be ready to launch new solid-state drives based on 34nm NAND technology within two weeks or less, a report claims. Rumored since January, the drives are expected to ship in 80, 160 and 320GB capacities, the last being significant for more practically replacing a conventional hard disk. Other capacities may also be in the works, dense enough to replace many notebook hard drives, a sourc... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/26/intel.34nm.ssds.soon/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/03/sandisk.pssd.for.netbooks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/sandisksml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />SanDisk has begun shipping its next-generation SSD drives geared for netbooks, the pSSD P2 and S2. Both series of components feature new non-volatile nCache technology which is claimed to enable a five-fold increase in random write performance compared to HDDs, an important advancement for netbooks that use full-featured operating systems such as XP or Ubuntu. The technology is designed to reduce ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/03/sandisk.pssd.for.netbooks/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/14/toshiba.dynabook.rx2/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/dynabooksml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba on Thursday introduced the dynabook SS RX2/WAJ, its latest notebook that features a 512GB SSD. The drive utilizes 2-bit-per-cell multi-level NAND flash memory to quadruple the density compared to the company's previous 128GB offerings, while a new controller is claimed to increase read speeds by 230-percent to 230MB/s. Write speeds have also been boosted by 450-percent to 180MB/s.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/14/toshiba.dynabook.rx2/ Thu, 14 May 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/26/photofast.1tb.ssd.drive/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/photofastgmonster.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Japanese manufacturer PhotoFast has produced the G-Monster PCIe SSD, a new solid-state drive designed around extreme specifications. Whereas most SSDs are limited to 256GB or less, the G-Monster starts at that level, and additionally comes in 512GB and 1TB capacities, rivaling some hard drives. The G-Monster is substantially longer however, closer in size to a high-end video card.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/26/photofast.1tb.ssd.drive/ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/10/1tb.25.inch.ssd.at.ces/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0901/10-puresi-renegade.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />pureSilicon this week showed its 1TB 2.5-inch SSD drive (pictured below). Featuring standard SATA II drive interface, the device, is "the most compact SSD per gigabyte: 15.40GB per cubic centimeter in a 2.5-inch form-factor" -- at least three times greater than any other SSD on the market, the company claims. The company says the high density has been achieved through innovative engineering techni... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/10/1tb.25.inch.ssd.at.ces/ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/05/64gb.ssd.full.hd.camcorder/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0901/05-samsung-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung Electronics has extended its line of full-HD digital camcorders with four new models - the HMX-H106, HMX-H105, HMX-H104, and HMX-H100. In addition to full HD video, the new H-Series offers a renowned Schneider Kreuznach Varioplan HD lens with Optical Image Stabilization, H.264 and internal Solid State Drives to provide onboard memory. Samsung's new flagship HMX-H106 features an internal 64... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/05/64gb.ssd.full.hd.camcorder/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:30:00 GMT