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Posted January 28, 2013, 4:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
Intel has announced a new mSATA solid-state drive designed for Ultrabooks and low-power embedded applications. The SSD 525 Series is essentially an mSATA version of the 2.5-inch 520 SSD Series, and as such it’s also the company’s first drive in this…
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Posted December 7, 2012, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
With the advents of thin and light notebooks we've also seen flash memory replace traditional hard disk drives for storage. For all the advantges this presents -- no moving parts, thinner designs, faster performance -- it often means higher price…
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Posted September 19, 2012, 3:19 AM by Steven Walton | Filed in TechSpot, Hardware Breaking News
Not only are SSDs faster than HDDs, but they also consume less power and generate less heat. They're quieter, more reliable and more compact than their spinning counterparts. Talking about compact...

We recently took notice when Crucial announced its m4 mSATA SSD in a 256GB capacity at under $1/GB. The mSATA drive is tiny compared to Crucial's standard 2.5" m4, and despite the size difference, both 256GB models feature the same read and write speeds of 500MB/s and 260MB/s -- an exciting prospect, indeed. Assuming there are no catches, Crucial's new mSATA offering could become the go-to solution for ultraportable upgrades...
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Posted August 6, 2012, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware
Intel is reportedly looking to unify specifications for mSATA solid state drives used in Ultrabooks. The company is aiming to work with NAND flash companies and PC vendors to help get the job done ahead of specs that are said…
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Posted July 18, 2012, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
Crucial has announced availability of the m4 mSATA line of solid state drives targeted at Ultrabooks. These new drives are one eighth the size of a standard 2.5-inch drive yet deliver the same level of performance as Crucial’s full-size m4…
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Posted April 11, 2012, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
With Intel's 22nm Ivy Bridge micro-architecture launching later this month it won't be long before the next wave of thin and light notebooks start to arrive. Anticipating this, Micron has announced a new mSATA solid state drive that's engineered specifically…
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Posted January 5, 2012, 11:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
OCZ Technology has announced that their enterprise-grade Deneva 2 mSATA solid state drives have been tested with Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT) and passed the performance benchmarks for the “while using” portion of the responsiveness requirements outlined by Intel for…
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