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Intel Sells NAND Business To SK Hynix For $9 Billion
Acquisition of Intel's NAND business division makes SK Hynix the second largest NAND flash manufacturer in the world after Samsung
Huawei Loses Case Against Former Staffer’s Startup CNEX
Chinese giant loses US court case against CNEX Labs after accusing it of stealing trade secrets
US Start-Up Accuses Top Huawei Executive Of Conspiracy To Steal Trade...
The confrontation between Huawei and a start-up co-founded by one of its ex-employees arrives amidst broader trade tensions with China
Second Hand Drives On eBay Still Hold Personal Data
Report reveals worryingly amounts of personal data still held on second hand drives for sale
Apple Offers Free Repairs For Faulty iPhone X, Macbook Models
Tech giant offers free-of-charge repair for problems with the expensive iPhone X and Macbook
Samsung Targets Enterprise Storage With 30TB SSD
Solid state disk with whopping 30TB capacity begins production run at Samsung factories
Samsung Electronics Chip Unit Set To Dethrone Intel Amidst Record...
Profits were led by strong demand for smartphone and server memory, while Samsung's flagship Galaxy Note 8 boosted handset growth
Google, Facebook, Microsoft Lead Growing Appetite For Enterprise-Grade...
Intel, the current leader in supplying enterprise storage disks, is feeling the pressure from Samsung
Intel Launches Line Of Super-Fast Optane SSD Cards
The Optane memory technology is significantly faster than NAND flash, with features aimed to please cloud operators
Intel 3D NAND SSDs Target Consumer, Business And Data Centre
New more affordable SSDs launched that promise more performance in a smaller footprint
Seagate Launches World’s Highest Capacity SSD
60 terabyte flash monster will ship to data centres in 2017
Intel Tightens Cloud Focus With New Xeon Chips, SSDs And Partnerships
Chip giant expands Xeon line with new processor models and partnerships to aid cloud workload migrations
Western Digital Coughs Up £12.2bn For SanDisk
Purchase of flash storage giant Sandisk is latest in large acquisition deals currently reshaping tech industry
Facebook Study Into SSDs Finds ‘Several Distinct Failure...
But paper in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University claims that read disturbance errors do not increase failure rates
SanDisk Releases Low-Cost Z400s SSD
SanDisk takes swipe at traditional hard drives with 'affordable' SSD aimed at verticals and consumers
Fujitsu Goes All Flashy With Eternus DX200F
Flash performance at an affordable price? Yes according to Fujitsu with its new all-flash storage array
Seagate And Micron Sign SSD Deal
Firms join forces to strengthen positions in next-generation SAS SSDs and NAND flash memory
Samsung Unveils Tiny 1TB External SSD At CES 2015
Small enough to fit in your pocket, Samsung packs an SSD storage punch
Samsung Promotes SSDs With A Facebook Game And Giveaway
Catch an SSD flying across the screen, and you can win a real PC upgrade
Avere: SSD Plus Cloud Storage Beats Local Drives
Independent SPEC tests back up the claim by solid state cloud storage maker that we can all chuck out our hard drives
Plextor Adds Full-Disk Encryption To Solid-State Drives
Plextor's M6M mSATA and M6S SSDs support full-disk encryption using the 256-bit AES standard
Toshiba Saves Bankrupt OCZ With £21m Buyout
Toshiba confirms it has acquired the popular yet unprofitable SSD brand OCZ after it filed for bankruptcy
Toshiba Offers To Take Over Bankrupt OCZ Business
The popular yet unprofitable SSD brand is likely to survive
Torvalds’ Dead SSD Delays 3.12 Linux Kernel
Even the father of Linux is not immune to hardware failure
IDC: Disk Storage Revenues Level Off
Hard disk revenues have reached a levelling-off period due to price competition and growing demand for solid-state storage in the enterprise
Flash Storage Is Ready To Drive Out HDDs
Flash storage is reliable enough to take the place of hard drives in enterprise storage, says Chris Preimesberger
Samsung Reveals First V-NAND SSD For Enterprises
Samsung unveils its first solid state drive (SSD) products based on its 3D V-NAND technology
Seagate: Hybrid Drives Don’t Need More Than 8GB Of NAND
In the future, all hard drives could feature a chunk of Flash memory
Seagate Quarterly Revenue Down Almost A Quarter
Results still beat analyst expectations, yearly revenue remains high and the company is optimistic