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   #14. Posted at 09:43 PM on Jun 16th 2009 Edit   Reply
zamb
The company also offers 2.5" SiliconDrive III SSDs with IDE interfaces,...

As opposite to SATA? Didn't you mean PATA?

Or am I wrong?
Ziyad.
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#14, They mean the same thing here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...  :  wibeasley  (#15)  «
#15, From your own link: The terms "integrated drive electronic...  :  stdRaichu  (#20)  «
#20, I still don't think my statement, "They mean the same ...  :  wibeasley  (#21)  «
#20, And from your own excerpt, the term IDE is interchange...  :  cobalt  (#23)  «

   #19. Posted at 01:30 AM on Jun 17th 2009 Edit   Reply
Ushio01
Based on there read/write speeds I'd guess there SLC's using Samsung based memory controllers.
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#19, I can confirm that their older devices use Samsung SLC chips...  :  just brew it!  (#22)  «

   #17. Posted at 12:16 AM on Jun 17th 2009 Edit   Reply
AbRASiON
Well they sound awful! However WD have to start somewhere! Before they are priced out of the industry selling old style disks.

In 4 years time ALL PC's will come with a regular SSD.
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#17, In what way are they awful? They're explicitly not aiming at...  :  just brew it!  (#18)  «

   #16. Posted at 11:56 PM on Jun 16th 2009 Edit   Reply
just brew it!
The markets they're targeting are the same markets that SiliconSystems already had a presence in. We use some of their hardware (the previous-gen SiliconDrive II actually) where I work, in fact I have a few of their CF and USB "disk on module" SSDs sitting on my desk.

I believe they use their own controller and firmware, though I suppose it may be a tweaked version of something they've licensed from elsewhere. We selected them because they are available in versions which are qualified for use at extreme temperatures, and they have a special "secure erase" command which can zero the entire device in just a few seconds (yes, it's a military application).

Unless WD starts aggressively pushing them into the consumer market, I don't see them becoming price competitive with other consumer SSD options any time soon. The units I'm currently working with cost several times as much as consumer SSDs of similar capacity.
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   #6. Posted at 05:34 PM on Jun 16th 2009 Edit   Reply
BRiT
For their sake, they better have the quality and reliability down as well as a low price, since their specs are anemic compared to other current SSD models.
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#6, If their random write performance is close to those numbers ...  :  adisor19  (#7)  «
#6, Looking at the markets these things are being sold too, I do...  :  Kurotetsu  (#9)  «
#6, To the uninitiated yeah the STR is low. There's more to a HD...  :  MadManOriginal  (#13)  «

   #12. Posted at 07:24 PM on Jun 16th 2009 Edit   Reply
odizzido
I'd love to see a review of one of these on here.
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   #11. Posted at 06:21 PM on Jun 16th 2009 Edit   Reply
albundy
well, this time, there's more than 2 to 3 competitors, so quality and reliability are just 1 of 11 reasons to file. this should be an LoL!
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   #1. Posted at 04:57 PM on Jun 16th 2009 Edit   Reply
indeego
also Firefox 3.5 RC just hit...
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Mozilla-Firefox-v35-for-Window...
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#1, Neat! Thanks for mentioning that. It's not on the FF site fo...  :  OneArmedScissor  (#10)  «

   #5. Posted at 05:19 PM on Jun 16th 2009 Edit   Reply
wingless
WD is known for their quality and reliability (outside of Raptors). I'm looking forward to seeing how well built these are. I hope they can handle Geoff's SSD test and put up some good numbers.
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#5, I'm guessing Geoff won't be able to get his hands on one of ...  :  ssidbroadcast  (#8)  «

   #4. Posted at 05:12 PM on Jun 16th 2009 Edit   Reply
_Sigma
I'd really like one of the 1.8" SSDs for my laptop...I really dislike the slowness of a 5400rpm drive
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   #2. Posted at 05:02 PM on Jun 16th 2009 Edit   Reply
adisor19
What controller do these things use ?

Adi
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#2, Probably their own design, or to be a bit more precise a Sil...  :  Helmore  (#3)  «
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