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If you are a novice regarding SSDs and SSD technology, the names ‘Runcore’ and ‘KingFast’ should at least strike a chord. The two companies recently merged, with KingFast becoming the sub-brand of RunCore; neither have shown signs of slowing down. Being two of the top SSD manufacturers, we will be looking at their newest SLC creation. Between the three NAND …

So Apple released their 2013 MacBook Air just over a week ago and, on the exterior, not a thing has changed.  Why should it?  It is no secret that one of the longest standing rivalries between Apple and Samsung is alive and well and, coincidentally, the two most attractive ultrabook designs are easily the MacBook Air and that of the …

With the gaining popularity of SSDs, it was only a matter of time until we started seeing large capacity external SSDs hit the street and the time has come.  Whereas less than seven days ago we had never had an external SSD of 512GB capacity, today I have three 512GB and a 1TB external SSDs sitting in front of me …

SSD technology has seen some massive leaps since it was introduced in the mass consumer market a few years back. Throughout that time we have seen faster speeds, newer interfaces, and smaller designs. One drawback that has remained constant throughout is size, and it still is the major issue today for those looking to make the jump from mechanical to …

BIWIN announced the start of the sales for its commercial and industrial grade SSD product lines in Russia, Japan, Germany, and the U.S.A. BIWIN has accumulated a large amount of expertise in the past 18 years in the NAND Flash industry and they are one of the biggest NAND Flash related products manufacturers in China. BIWIN’s Wafer Packaging Service is …

Japan IT Week is Japan’s largest IT trade show featuring a huge selection of technology and information systems solutions. BIWIN, specializing in the manufacturing of flash storage products including solid state drives, USB flash disks and flash memory cards, will be showing commercial and industrial grade SSD products at their booth number there: West 9-24 during the dates of May …

Skyera Incorporated and Western Digital Corporation today announced that Skyera has received strategic funding from Western Digital Capital as part of its recently announced Series B round of financing. Western Digital Capital co-invested in the $51 million round as an extension of the strategic relationship between the two companies that also includes joint technology development. Western Digital had previously funded …

Razer has announced that its award-winning Razer Edge tablet will be available for pre-order on March 1, 2013, at 12:01 a.m. PST at their official online shop. Purchased units will be shipped to consumers later that month. The most powerful tablet in the world is also already one of the most decorated of its kind, with the Razer Edge claiming …

Skyera announced it has closed $51.6 million in financing led by Dell Ventures, with participation from other strategic investors. Skyera, backed by key technology and financial partnerships, is positioned at the forefront of the hyper-growth solid-state storage sector. The syndicate of strategic investors provides Skyera with its second round of institutional capital. Skyera is a disruptive provider of enterprise solid-state …

Intel Corporation today announced its Intel Cache Acceleration Software (CAS) for Windows and Linux that prioritizes application performance, providing solid-state drive (SSD) levels of speed without migration costs, and built-in data integrity for Intel’s SSD data center family of products. The Linux version of the software will be generally available within 30 days as an enterprise subscription and open source …