New Intel 25nm SSD offers higher capacity, lower prices

Mar 30, 13:52

Intel has launched its third-generation solid-state drive (SSD), the 320 series, which uses its 25nm NAND flash memory. The new family offers higher capacity models, while taking...

OCZ to acquire SSD controller provider

Mar 15, 12:06

OCZ Technology, which specializes in the design and manufacture of solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, announced on March 14 that it has signed a definitive...

Digitimes Insight: WD buys HGST to increase HDD market share

Mar 11, 10:42

Japan-based Hitachi on March 7 announced that it has sold subsidiary Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST), a top three hard disk drive (HDD) maker globally, to Western Digital...

Lite-On IT sees decreased February revenues

Mar 9, 10:59

Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT had consolidated revenues of NT$4.14 billion (US$140 million) in February decreasing 17.13% on month and 7.38% on year, with the January-February...

Western Digital unseats Seagate in 2010, says Information Network

Feb 23, 14:13

Western Digital (WD) took command of the hard disk drive (HDD) market in 2010 from long-time leader Seagate on the strength of its market momentum in mobile computing, according to...

Adata posts 9% sales drop in January

Feb 10, 01:00

Memory module maker Adata Technology has announced that revenues for January 2011 slid 8.8% sequentially to NT$2.8 billion (US$97 million). Revenues were down 24.1% compared to the...

Kingston reportedly to buy stake in SSD controller firm JMicron

Jan 24, 11:32

Memory module supplier Kingston Technology will likely subscribe to a private placement of JMicron Technology, which specializes in controller chips for solid-state drives (SSD),...

Tablet shipments signal trouble for HDD market, says Information Network

Jan 14, 11:56

Media Tablets, already cannibalizing netbooks and smartbooks, will impact hard disk drive (HDD) sales as units contain solid state drives (SSDs) instead of HDDs, according to The...

New Micron SSD uses 25nm NAND with capacities up to 512GB

Jan 5, 15:00

Micron Technology has unveiled a new portfolio of solid-state drives (SSD) for the fast-growing flash-based notebook market. Dubbed RealSSD C400, the new series is the first SSD product...

HyDrive seeing weak demand in notebook industry

Jan 4, 01:45

HyDrive, an optical drive model that features a built-in solid state drive (SSD) and was launched by Hitachi LG Data Storage (HLDS) as well as Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST),...

Apacer diversifying away from standard memory modules

Dec 28, 15:42

Apacer Technology expects to see more growth from what the company calls the "value-added" business in 2011. Its standard memory module business, which consists of DRAM...

Adlink considers SSD market

Dec 23, 01:55

IPC maker Adlink Technologies has responded to reports it is considering pushing solid state drive (SSD) related product lines saying that its SSD product lines will be mainly to...

Intel, Micron to ramp delayed fab in 2Q11

Dec 17, 01:30

Micron Technology has disclosed that a new NAND flash fabrication facility in Singapore, which it invests in with Intel, is scheduled to commence volume production in the second quarter...

MicroSD card controller orders buoy Skymedi sales in November

Dec 13, 11:55

Unlike fellow flash device controller suppliers Phison Electronics and Solid State System (3S) which experienced on-month sales drops, Skymedi has announced a 3.4% growth in November...

Adata lowering proportion of DRAM-module sales

Dec 6, 11:47

Adata Technology has moved to lower the DRAM-module portion of its revenues in order to respond to continued chip price falls, while putting a greater emphasis on non-DRAM products...

New Micron NAND flash integrates error management

Dec 3, 02:00

By integrating error management techniques in the same NAND package, Micron Technology's new ClearNAND devices alleviate the challenges traditionally found in NAND process shrinks,...

SSD supplier InnoDisk gains order for POS computers

Nov 30, 01:30

Taiwan-based InnoDisk, which in-house develops and produces flash storage devices for industrial applications and embedded systems, has cut into the supply chain of Toshiba's POS...

SSD prices dropping, while HDD prices rise

Nov 16, 01:30

Solid State Drive (SSD) makers including Intel and Adata Technology have been gradually dropping their SSD price since early in the second half of 2010 by about 10-15% in the hopes...

Netbook shipments of Taiwan-based vendors from 2007-2010

Oct 31, 16:41

Netbooks are low-cost notebooks with screen sizes below 10-inch mainly designed for Internet usage. Devices adopt either a solid state drive (SSD) or traditional hard drive and typically...

DRAMeXchange sees strong SSD growth in 2011

Oct 27, 14:36

Driven by a higher penetration of solid-state drives (SSD) in storage systems currently dominated by hard disks, and rising retail demand, the market for SSDs in terms of shipments...

OCZ Technology opens new SSD plant in Taiwan

Oct 20, 15:13

OCZ Technology has announced the opening of a new SSD manufacturing plant in Taipei, Taiwan. It is scheduled to hold an official opening ceremony for the new facility on October 25...

Kingston partners with Synnex in Thailand

Newswatch - Oct 12, 14:55

Kingston Technology has said it is partnering with Synnex Technology International for the Thailand market, and has set up an authorized service center for repair and after-sales...

JEDEC publishes testing standards for SSD

Sep 24, 13:52

The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced the publication of two standards for solid state drives (SSD): JESD218 SSD Requirements and Endurance Test Method, and JESD219...

SSD price premium over HDD needs to narrow further to drive adoption, says Kingston exec

Sep 15, 14:23

The price premium of solid state drives (SSD) over hard disk drives (HDD) should narrow to 20% from the current 40%, to allow it to gain wide consumer acceptance, according to Scott...

SanDisk SSD works with NDS middleware for set-top boxes

Sep 14, 01:50

SanDisk has announced its P4 solid state drives (SSD) now work with NDS' middleware to enable set-top box (STB) with DVR-like functionality at lower costs.

Phison aims to be among global top-2 NAND device controller IC suppliers

Aug 20, 10:39

Phison Electronics aims to ship 450 million NAND flash device controller ICs in 2010 to become one of the world's two largest suppliers, chairman Khein Seng Pua said at a recent company...

US$1 per GB NAND may not resuscitate SSD, says iSuppli

Aug 20, 10:12

After two years of inflated prices, NAND flash memory at the end of 2010 is set to return to the key US$1 per gigabyte (GB) level considered a key threshold to drive adoption of solid...

Samsung, Seagate team up to co-develop SSD controllers

Aug 13, 12:39

Samsung Electronics and Seagate Technology have announced plans to jointly develop and cross license controller technologies for enterprise-class solid state drives (SSD).

Samsung, Toshiba to develop DDR NAND standard

Jul 23, 15:38

Samsung Electronics and Toshiba have announced their commitment to develop a DDR NAND flash memory with a 400Mb/s interface, toggle DDR 2.0 specification. Both companies said they...