Way back in the 1980s, it seemed inevitable that solid state drives (based on memory chips) would eventually replace hard drives (based on rotating magnetic platters). The only question was when, and ...

Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

The explosion of data volumes means there is more data available for analysis than ever before. But some types of data are more suitable for analysis than others, and storage technology needs to know ...

Assuming I’m right about Seagate’s fully-integrated cache architecture, this drive ought to blow away everything else on the market. The Register includes test results showing SSD-like performance for ...

The introduction by SanDisk of a solid state drive (SSD) and Samsung’s shipping its first hybrid hard disk drive (HDD) this month marks the latest turning point for the notebook computer storage ...

Was doing the review for the Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive and the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD, and I really needed to do a boot time comparison for the Seagate Momentus XT, so I decided why not do it in ...

Marvell introduces a new storage controller designed specifically for a high-performance hybrid of a traditional hard drive and a solid state drive. CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with ...

In view of continual drops in SSD prices, notebook vendors are more willing to adopt SSD/HDD hybrid storage devices for business-use models in 2015, with the proportion of hybrid business-use ...

We heard about OCZ's clever crossbreed a few months ago, but couldn't be sure about pricing for this premium model. Turns out, it's significantly less than we'd guessed: $499 for a 100GB SSD and 1TB ...

MSI has launched a netbook that uses both solid-state and hard-disk drives. The U115 Hybrid, unveiled on Monday, comes with a solid-state disk (SSD) for most of the PC's operations, together with a ...

If you’re weighing up the differences between an SSD and HDD for PC gaming – we’ve covered the essentials for you here. SSDs have been around for a while now, but for many still gaming on a HDD (Hard ...