OCZ Technology has announced that it will stop producing computer memory, instead focusing on solid state disk storage. The company will exit the DRAM module space by February 28th. While OCZ isn’t exactly a household name, the company makes pretty well-respected computer products including desktop and laptop memory, SSDs, power supplies, flash drives, and peripherals. But ultimately, it looks like…

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Solid State Disks or SSDs offer a number of benefits over traditional hard drives. They tend to be faster, and because they have no moving parts they’re more durable. Sure, you get a limited number of write cycles per disk, but that number is high enough that you’re not likely to kill your SSD in the next 5-10 years no…

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OCZ has announced a series of PCI Express solid state disks designed for netbooks. The SSDs come in 16GB and 32GB versions, and are available with PATA or SATA interfaces. The SATA version clocks in with a 110MB/s read speed and a 51MB/s write speed, while the PATA version is noticeably slower with a 45MB/s read speed and 35MB/s write…

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The OCZ Neutrino DIY Netbook is made for people who aren’t satisfied picking up computers that only come in a handful of preselected configurations. The netbook ships with a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 802.11b/g WiFi, and that’s it. You need to supply your own hard drive or SSD and RAM. The…

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OCZ may have started showing off its Neutrino netbook a few weeks ago, but the company’s making things a bit more official now with a real web page, pricing information, and a ship date. At first glance, the Neturino DIY netbook looks a lot like other mini-laptops. It has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, a 10.1 inch, 1024 x…

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OCZ’s upcoming Neutrino netbook looks like a pretty standard mini-laptop at first glance. It has a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 2 USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, and VGA output and weighs about 2.9 pounds. But here’s the interesting bit: You can choose your own hard drive, RAM, and operating system. That means…

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