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Posted October 31, 2011, 10:31 PM by Steven Walton | Filed in TechSpot, Hardware
For years we have maintained that the single most important upgrade you can make to an enthusiast-grade machine is adding an SSD for your operating system and applications. The key downside to SSD technology is its cost per gigabyte, which is significantly higher than traditional mechanical hard drives.

Hoping to nab a slice of the hybrid market, OCZ has launched its RevoDrive Hybrid, which fuses a 100GB SSD to a PCB alongside a 1TB 2.5" hard drive and connects using the PCI Express 2.0 x4 bus. At $500, this solution is priced at a peculiar $0.50/GB. It isn't exactly entry-level but that's significantly less than any SSD.
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Posted October 20, 2011, 11:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
OCZ's first solid-state drives based on the Indilinx Everest platform have been officially revealed. The new Octane series includes two models: one with a SATA 3.0 (6Gbps) interface and synchronous NAND flash delivering read speeds up to 570 MB/s and…
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Posted October 18, 2011, 10:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
SandForce and OCZ Technology have released a firmware update for SF-2000 series solid state drives that addresses a nagging blue screen of death and disconnect bug that has plagued drives for months. OCZ is one of many vendors that use…
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Posted September 21, 2011, 1:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
OCZ has unveiled a new series of solid-state drives designed specifically for caching applications in an SSD/HDD hybrid storage setup. The new Synapse SSDs are limited to 64GB and 128GB sizes, and come bundled with the Dataplex cache software from…
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Posted July 21, 2011, 4:30 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in Hardware
OCZ has introduced its next generation solid state drive memory controller today in the form of the new Indilinx Everest chip. As you may recall, OCZ went all-in with SSD products earlier this year when they announced they would acquire…
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Posted May 31, 2011, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
As rumored last week, OCZ has unveiled its latest RevoDrive at Computex today. Packing dual SandForce SF-2281 controllers (the same chip in the Vertex 3), the RevoDrive 3 touts read and write speeds of up to 900MB/s and 700MB/s, with…
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Posted May 10, 2011, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
Continuing with its assault on the solid-state drive market OCZ has announced the latest additions to its Agility and Solid family of products. Like the Vertex 3, the new drives support SATA 6Gbps connectivity and are powered by a SandForce…
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Posted April 14, 2011, 6:28 AM by Steven Walton | Filed in TechSpot, Hardware
The performance oriented controller used by the Vertex 3 known as the SandForce SF-2281 includes support for the SATA 6Gb/s interface, while boasting read and write speeds of 500MB/s+, a mind blowing figure when compared to previous generation chips.

For now it appears solid state drives will continue to get faster, but not any cheaper. OCZ has set the list price for the Vertex 3 120GB version at $249, while the 240GB version will cost $499. The good news is though, the performance bump is well worth it.
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Posted March 14, 2011, 10:13 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in Hardware, Industry News Breaking News
OCZ announced today they will acquire Indilinx, a South Korea-based manufacturer that specializes in flash memory controller hardware and software for solid state drives. Most notably, Indilinx produced the "Barefoot" controller used on the first generation OCZ Vertex solid state…
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Posted February 24, 2011, 6:57 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
OCZ has introduced its next generation of Vertex solid-state drives armed with SandForce's latest drive controllers. OCZ offers two versions of the drive, one aimed at client environments and the other intended for enterprise applications, with both using different controllers.…
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Posted February 17, 2011, 4:53 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
OCZ Technology has delivered a new update on their forums in response to the recent controversy surrounding the transition to 25nm NAND flash on some of their solid-state drives. Essentially the problem revolved around an issue with write-cycle endurance of…
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Posted February 16, 2011, 3:45 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
Update: OCZ is now offering free replacements to affected users. More here. OCZ Technology today announced it is the first solid-state drive manufacturer to complete the transition to 2Xnm NAND flash-based storage solutions. Specifically, the company is using 25nm NAND flash…
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Posted January 11, 2011, 10:25 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
OCZ Technology is a US-based manufacturer of computer hardware known for targeting its products primarily at the enthusiast market, first producing performance DDR RAM, USB drives and various cooling products. But in recent years the company has expanded its product portfolio,…
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Posted January 6, 2011, 9:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
Just like it did last year, OCZ revealed several new flash-based storage solutions at CES, including an update to the popular Vertex SSD line with the Vertex 3 Pro and Vertex 3 EX. Both units have a 2.5-inch form factor,…
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Posted October 29, 2010, 10:00 AM by Mike Fischer | Filed in Hardware
Back in June we covered OCZ's unveiling of the RevoDrive, a PCI-Express SSD aimed at high-performance setups. Designed to eliminate the traditional SATA connection bottleneck and take advantage of the PCIe interface's higher transfer rates, the drive was capable of…
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Posted October 20, 2010, 2:41 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
OCZ Technology Group has announced it is opening a new Solid State Drive (SSD) manufacturing plant in Taipei, Taiwan on October 25, 2010. The 20,000 square foot facility, which features test and burn-in technology required by the company's growing OEM…
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Posted September 27, 2010, 7:01 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
OCZ's solid-state offering has expanded further today with the introduction of second-gen Onyx drives. Designed for mainstream desktop and mobile PCs, the Onyx 2 series is faster, more durable, and cheaper than its predecessor. The drives make use of MLC…
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Posted September 15, 2010, 12:14 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
OCZ, one of the more high-end suppliers of advanced memory modules, has released two new series of DDR3 desktop memory with lowered voltage settings: Ultra-Low Voltage (ULV) and Extreme-Low Voltage (ELV). Lower voltage translates into both better power consumption (RAM…
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