Super Talent, a company probably best known for their budget Solid State Drives and Flash Memory drives, has announced a new CoreStore TM line of SSD solutions. The new drives use the latest Marvel controller (88NV9143) with new DDR ONFi 2 flash memory. And unlike most SSDs, which utilize a standard SATA interface, the Core Store MP and Core Store…

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Solid State disks are generally capable of higher read and write speeds than hard drives, and since they have no moving parts they tend to be more durable as well. Unfortunately, they tend to be a lot more expensive than hard drives. While bargain hunters can occasionally find 1TB hard disk drives for around $100, you’ll be lucky if you…

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super tYesterday Active Media released 2 new SSDs designed for the Dell Inspiron Mini 9. Now it’s Super Talent’s turn. The company launched a half mini PCIe solid state disk and a double wide half mini PCIe. The half mini model will be available either as an MLC disk with 16GB to 32Gb of storage space, or an SLC disk…

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Super Talent is pushing a new line of solid state disks for the Asus Eee PC S101 (or any other netbook that can accept a mini-PCIe card).  The SSDs feature maximum read speeds of 90MBps and write speeds of 55MBps. 16GB, 32Gb, and 64Gb versions are available. These are MLC or multi-level cell” based chips, which means they’re relatively inexpensive…

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Have an Eee PC 900 or 901 that’s saddled with just 12GB to 20GB of storage space? Japan’s GreenHouse is offering up a line of 32GB and 64GB solid state disks designed especially for Eee PCs. They’ve got read speeds of 35MB/s and write speeds of 15MB/s. The only problem? They’re kind of overpriced, at 115€ to 235€ or about $143…

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Super Talent is getting in on the netbook action with three new SSD modules designed specifically for use in Asus Eee PC laptops. The mini PCIe modules will come in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB varieties. All three have maximum read speeds of 40MB/sec and maximum write speeds of 15MB/sec, which is respectable, but not spectacular. But the price is right….

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