23.03.11
, The New Zealand didn't infiltrate PC enthusiast circles until last year, when its SF-1500 controller on one's uppers cover in OCZ's Vertex 2 solid-state ride. SandForce entered a market populated by big names like Intel and Samsung, and the parvenue managed to impress with a unique controller organization laced with an intriguing black box of compression and encryption technologies known as DuraWrite. Before lengthy, controllers from the SF-1000 family could be spotted in a sizeable range of SSDs from OCZ, Corsair, Mushkin, Chauvinist, and others.
Now, more than a year old and restricted by 3Gbps Serial ATA connectivity, the SF-1000 household appears to be on its way out. In its place, SandForce has developed an updated plan of 2000-series controllers destined for next-creation SSDs. Fittingly, the family is making its desktop inauguration inside OCZ's Vertex 3.
The Vertex 3 isn't due to hit store shelves for another team a few of weeks, but it's arguably the most anticipated SSD of the year. Indeed, we've been so outr about the drive's performance that we've been testing a pre-production bite with firmware that hasn't yet been finalized. OCZ expects the firmware only to get faster from here on out, so we've unconditional to take a closer look to see where it's at now.
Source: The Tech Report, LLC