Thursday, January 21, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Benchmark Reviews) 21/01/2010


Benchmark Reviews
SandForce SF1500 Enterprise SSD Processor
The SandForce SF1500 SSD processor is an Enterprise-class Solid State Drive technology that powers products such as the OCZ Vertex-2 Pro. With a potential top-speed of 260 MBps read and write bandwidth, the SandForce SF1500-based SSD series will push SATA-II to the limit. In this article Benchmark Reviews investigates the technology behind the SandForce SF1500 SSD processor, and tests bandwidth speed and IOPS performance.
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Marvell SSD Controller: Da-Vinci 88SS8014-BHP2
After the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show concluded, Benchmark Reviews was fortunate enough to test a few Solid State Drive samples built from the Marvell 88SS8014-BHP2 Da-Vinci SATA controller chip. While very little information is openly availble on the Marvell part at this time, one important feature has been revealed: this is the first SATA-6Gbps Generation-III SSD available to the retail market. Introduced with the Plextor LA-32M1S 'Strong-Page' and LA-64M1S MLC SSD, and expected to be the foundation for other products such as the Crucial RealSSD-C300, the Marvell 88SS8014 chip is the latest addition to Solid State Drive control processors.
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