Solid-state disk (SSD) drives are all the rage among techies. The drives use non-volatile NAND flash memory, meaning there are no moving parts. Because there is no actuator arm and read/write head ...

Most observers agree that solid-state disk (SSD) will eventually overtake magnetic disk drives as the storage medium of choice. SSD is lighter than traditional hard disk drives, is faster, is more ...

Running a solid state drive on your desktop computer has several advantages over using a traditional hard drive. Your computer boots faster, shuts down much more quickly and programs open faster. In ...

Three years ago, I wrote a story comparing hard disk drives to solid state drives (SSDs) based on capacity, performance and cost. A lot has changed in three years. For one, laptops are quickly being ...

Last week I discussed the two types of communication standards/protocols, SATA and NVMe for solid-state disk drives. Basically, the SATA protocol can be used on almost every computer, but the new NVMe ...

Solid-state disk (SSD) drives are all the rage among techies. The drives use non-volatile NAND flash memory, meaning there are no moving parts. Because there is no actuator arm and read/write head ...

Is your computer slow? Is it sluggish? Is it taking a long time to load the operating system or application programs? Well, it may be time to upgrade to a solid-state disk drive (SSD). Most older ...

Western Digital (WD) has announced new SiliconDrive III Solid State Disk (SSD) drives. It’s the first SSD product announcement from WD, which in March, 2009 acquired SiliconSystems. Prices were not ...

SanDisk has been pumping out press releases all day thanks to Computex-mania, so we shuffled past its stall to see what all the fuss is about. The biggest news is the U100 range of tiny SSDs for ...

SanDisk says Windows Vista is not optimized for solid-state drives, which will cause a delay in the roll-out of optimized drives. Brooke Crothers Former CNET contributor Brooke Crothers writes about ...

SNDK benefits from AI reshaping data center storage priorities, driving a stronger mix and enterprise traction.

The SSD solid-state hard drives included in MacBook Airs or available as an option with other MacBooks are proprietary components. This means that unlike the regular hard drives included in other ...