Gigabyte AMD Motherboard Roundup Review
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OCZ PCI-E Based Z-Drives Arrive
OCZ first unveiled its Z-Drive at CeBit earlier this year with a few scant details but today we can fill in a lot of the information gaps as OCZ officially announced the immediate availability of the Z-Drive line of PCI-Express solid state drives. The drives incorporate a built-in RAID controller and a four-way RAID 0 configuration with x8 PCI-E lanes to offer some pretty impressive performance numbers.
The Z-Drive is available in multi-level cell (MLC) and single-level cell (SLC) models, referred to consecutively as p84 and e84, with three different capacities being offered - 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB (p84 only). OCZ has published conflicting numbers concerning maximum read/write speeds when you look at the product announcement versus the numbers published on its web site, so we'll go with the more conservative numbers. The maximum read/write speeds for the MLC-based p84 models are 750 MB/s and 650 MB/s respectively. As you would expect, the e84, based on the SLC NAND flash memory can offer higher throughput with maximum read speeds of 800 MB/s and maximum write speeds of 750 MB/s.
While OCZ didn't share pricing information with us, a check online showed one site offering the 1TB p84 MLC drive for $3,200US.
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Bing Takes 10% of U.S. Search Market in August
According to numbers from Nielsen, Microsoft's Bing search engine put on the most growth among the major players in August and managed to grab a 10.7% share of the total number of searches at just over 1.1 billion. The increase sees Bing making ground on Yahoo! (16% share) for the second place spot, though still trails by a massive margin to market leader Google, which racked up a 64.6% share. Microsoft has been promoting Bing since its launch in May, while looking to offer users new functionality that might draw them away from competitors. We have been conducting our own (considerably more limited in numbers) poll here at OCC that suggests that while Bing may be gaining ground, Google still remains a firm favourite among our members at least. What would it take to get you to switch?
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Super Talent RAIDDrive SSD Shipping In October, 1.4GB/sec Reads
Much in the same vein as OCZ's Z-Drive, Super Talent's RAIDDrive combines a number of SSDs and gives them a PCI Express interface (in this case, in a Gen 2.0 8x configuration) to shift data at super fast speeds. Super Talent is claiming sequential read speeds up to a blistering 1.4GB/s and sequential writes up to 1.2GB/s. You don't need me to tell you that is fast, I'm sure. While it seems that Super Talent is going after the server and workstation markets with these drives, it is also shipping a model aimed at enthusiasts and gamers looking to get the most performance from their storage. The RAIDDrive GS comes in capacities up to 2TB and comes configured as either a RAID 0 or RAID 5 volume.
Now, when it comes to the bottom line, it is a question that if you have to ask you probably can't afford it. The 1TB RAIDDrive GS is quoted at $4,999, with that price being for OEMs and system integrators. Super Talent will also be demonstrating the RAIDDrive at the upcoming Intel Developer Forum, September 22-24 in San Francisco.
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New Version of Android Available to Developers
Version 1.6 of the Android OS, code named Donut, was released by Google to developers yesterday. The biggest upgrade I noticed was the support for the network technology CDMA, which makes Android available for any carrier using that technology. Other noteworthy changes include support for different screen resolutions and a search box widget. Apps written for previous versions of Android will work perfectly fine on the new version. Also receiving improvements is the Android Marketplace, where developers will be able to add more detail to help sell their apps.
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