SSD: Plextor passes to the M5S

Plextor prepares to launch new SSD series M5S. A priori, they should be even faster than the M3 and M3P.

Plextor attacked the DSS with serious market, evidenced by his records M3 and M3P tests. And the mark (acquired by Philips-LiteOn in 2009) is not to stop there. A new SSD arrives, the M5S which promises to be faster even than its predecessors.

Plextor course highlights the quality of its firmware development which "guarantee the performance of exception in time", by leveraging technologies such as Instant Restore, the Global Wear Leveling or Bad Block Management. And thanks to its certification TrueSpeed (another Plextor technology), the M5S promises to reach 390 MB/s write, and 73,000 and 70,000 IOPS and 520 MB/s read speeds. Unfortunately, Plextor details not under some conditions and on what reference.

Because the M5S Plextor will be offered in three capacities: 64 GB from $ 99.99, from $ 159.99 128 GB and 256 GB $ 299.99. Plextor will finally focus on after-sales service of quality, offering a "VIP" access to buyers of the M5S on its support site, including allowing download PlexTool, a tool that allows you to manage and monitor the best his DSS and be updated easily. We do not yet know if the SSD will benefit from the guarantee of 5 years of Plextor, or only a 3 year warranty.

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Nostalgeek 2001 (18) : Via, Wi-Fi, Plextor

This summer, we will offer you the return of a topic, Nostalgeek. And we decided to dwell on a specific year: 2001. Distant and close both, the year 2001 is interesting to analyze, to show developments in the high-tech in 10 years. Each day, during the holidays, we will offer you a retrospective of a week of 2001, with the news of the day and a small analysis on what there is in 2011.

And we are in May 2001.

Via chipsets specialist, is well and poster sales on the rise, in 99 million of $ on April. Intel, meanwhile, decreased the price of its processors: the recent Pentium 4 1.7 GHz is worth $352 (and this is the top of range) and other models are worth between 193 and $256.

In 2011, Via has a turnover of 15.7 million from $ in April. At Intel, processors for individuals reach $1,000 and a few high-end models exceed $500. The price of ix (excluding extreme and Pentium) Core ranges from $113 to 583.

In the GPU, the rumours about the next entry-level NVIDIA circulate. The NV17 would therefore be a "GeForce 3 MX".

In 2011, it is known that the NV17 was a variant of the GeForce 2, exit as the GeForce 4 MX and GeForce 3 chip was never declined in a low version of range.

In storage, the first 24 x writers arrive (3.6 MB/s) and Plextor will offer IDE, SCSI and FireWire versions. In networks, the first products Wi - Fi at a correct price arrive: card 802.11 b (11 Mbps) about €250 and access points including an Ethernet, a modem V.90 and the WEP. The 64-bit WEP, to pay about €500 and for the 128-bit WEP, the price rises to 1 €350. Remember that Apple provides its products AirPort (trade name) for $100 card and $300 the kiosk (Ethernet/V.90/WEP 64-bit).

In 2011, the engravers are SATA and possibly USB (2.0 or 3.0) but the IDE, the SCSI and the FireWire are very rare. In Wi - Fi, cards work to 450 megabits/s and are integrated into the computers and access points incorporate Ethernet 1 gigabit/s. In the majority of cases, the access point is available with subscriptions to the Internet.

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