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• Flash SSD Update: More Results, Answers*
  Monday 14 July 2008 – 06:40
  Acknowledging that our initial article on the efficiency of Flash SSDs was based on an inaccurate test procedure for battery runtime, we looked at more SSDs and HDDs. Our conclusion, however, was not far off, as Flash SSDs can do much better.
• The SSD Power Consumption Hoax*
  Friday 27 June 2008 – 05:00
  Manufacturers tout the power savings of flash-based solid state drives compared to conventional hard drives. True? Check out our notebook battery tests.
• 14-Way SSD Hard Drive Roundup*
  Monday 18 August 2008 – 05:30
  Having found a number of SSDs that don’t deliver on their efficiency promises, we decided to put 14 different drives to the test. Here is the latest roundup--dominated by a single product.
• Redefining Solid State Storage with HyperDrive 4*
  Thursday 8 November 2007 – 11:12 in Hardware
  SSD drives are coming, but RAM drives are the real thing for true enthusiasts. These things are super fast. We compare the new HyperOS RAM drive to SanDisk's SSD drive.
• Will SSDs Take Over The Enterprise?*
  Thursday 17 July 2008 – 08:50
  What can flash SSDs can do for high-end enterprise storage? To find out, we compared eight state-of-the-art Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 drives with eight MemoRight flash SSDs in RAID setups.
• Memoright SSDs: The End of Hard Drives?*
  Friday 9 May 2008 – 03:10 in Hardware
  Memoright has achieved an important milestone with its flash SSD: the device’s performance is truly better than that of any competing hard drive we have seen to date. Any skepticism one might have had about SSDs’ future should now be put to rest.
• CES 2007: Samsung launches UMPC with flash hard drive*
  Monday 8 January 2007 – 12:54
  One of the first opportunities to get your hands on a 1.8", NAND flash-based solid state disk (SSD) drives may be Samsung's upgraded ultra mobile PC (UMPC).
• Intel's X25-M Solid State Drive Reviewed*
  Monday 8 September 2008 – 04:00
  Intel jumps into the flash SSD market with the new mainstream 80 GB X25-M 2.5” flash drive, based on a smart controller. This SSD utilizes 10-channel MLC flash memory and it’s a real performance screamer.