The Tech Report charts the evolution of SSD prices since early 2011, you can check out the charts over here.
To get a better sense of the SSD picture, we've analyzed a mountain of pricing information dating from early 2011 to Tuesday. The folks at Camelegg graciously provided the data, which we've sliced, diced, and compiled in pretty graphs. Camelegg tracks prices at Newegg, which should give us a good sense of what's going on in the overall market.

Need some more USB connectivity ? The MondoHub 28-port USB 2.0/3.0 Hub provides four SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports and 24 USB 2.0 ports, which are perfect for charging your devices or transferring data. Measuring 23mm x 229mm x 112mm and weighing 354 grams, the device also has an automatic overcurrent protection and power switches for each port.

It is compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems. The MondoHub 28-port USB 2.0/3.0 Hub retails for $89.99 each. [ThinkGeek]

ADATA presents two new mSATA SSDs: the XPG SX300 and the Premier Pro SP300. ADATA

Research firm iSuppli reports sales of hard disk drives totaled $9.6 billion in the first quarter of the year, a new record thanks to higher average selling prices since the Thai floods severely disrupted the HDD production chain. The record revenue occurs even though shipments fell from 174 million units in Q3 2011 to 145 million units in Q1 2012. iSuppli believes it will take until Q3 2012 before HDD production will recover to pre-flood shipment levels.

The global hard disk drive (HDD) industry surged to record revenue in the first quarter, thanks to higher average selling prices that compensated for the wreckage and loss in shipments left by the October floods in Thailand, according to an IHS iSuppli Storage Market Brief report from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS).

HDD revenue for the first quarter reached $9.6 billion, an industry high that bested the previous record of $9.3 billion in the first quarter of 2010. The rise in HDD revenue occurred even though shipments during the first quarter of 145 million units were less than the 174 million units of the third quarter last year, just before destructive floods in October damaged a wide swath of HDD factories located in Thailand. A full recovery to pre-flood shipment levels is not expected until the third quarter, one full year after the disaster.

Kingston issued a firmware update for its 64GB and 128GB SSDNow V200 SSDs that fixes bugs and improves drive performance, you can download it over here. Additionally, Kingston also cut the MSRP of its SSDNow V200 disks by as much as 40 percent.

Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced a new firmware update for the 64GB and 128GB SSDNow V200 that increases performance and fixes known bugs. Kingston

Century Japan brings you their newest 5-Bay USB 3.0 + eSATA external HDD enclosure, the CRSJ535EU3. Measuring 130mm x 260mm x 185mm and weighing 3,300g, the enclosure is equipped with both USB 3.0 and eSATA connection interfaces, a built-in 60mm cooling fan and can house a total of five 3.5-inch SATA HDDs.

The CRSJ535EU3 will begin shipping from late June for 17,800 Yen (about $225). [Century]

In ongoing quality assurance procedure, Intel has discovered an AES related limitation in their SSD 520 series solid state drives. Intel found out that the controller used in SSD 520 drives, SandForce SF-2281, can

And it's the one used in Corsair's new Neutron SSD (we will be checking that one out real soon).

Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD), a leader in the development of semiconductor SoC (System on Chip) solutions for the data storage market, today unveiled its flagship high-performance LM87800 SATA 6G SSD controller with proprietary eBoost technology. The highly-integrated device brings enterprise-class performance and endurance enhancement to the rapidly growing client SSD market.

Designed to deliver superior performance, the architecture deploys extensive hardware acceleration, dedicated host-side and NAND-side ARM microcontrollers and a 6 Gb/s SATA host interface, enabling the LM87800 to deliver industry-leading performance of 90K sustained random read/write IOPS and 550 MB/s sustained sequential read/write throughput. The LM87800 is fabricated on a low-power and low-leakage process technology and employs sophisticated power management techniques to achieve ultra-low power consumption.

The LM87800 features highly robust data recovery capability based on Link_A_Media Device's eBoost technology. eBoost significantly enhances the endurance of current and future generation NAND flash to bring enterprise-class reliability and lifetime to client SSDs while maintaining superior performance throughout the life of the SSD. eBoost achieves these key system objectives through the use of proprietary adaptive signal estimation techniques coupled with powerful on-the-fly error correction technology.

With 8 NAND channels supporting the high-speed ONFi 2.3 and Toggle 1 flash interfaces, the LM87800 can access up to 1 terabyte of commodity NAND flash while also cost-effectively supporting today's mainstream SSD capacities of 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB. The LM87800 supports NAND flash from all major vendors including SLC, MLC and eMLC flash families.

"We are very pleased to announce the availability of the LM87800, our flagship SATA SSD controller designed to deliver unsurpassed performance for PC and related applications," said Dr. Hemant Thapar, CEO, Link_A_Media Devices. "The feature-rich LM87800 includes our eBoost technology which significantly enhances NAND Flash endurance to enable next generation MLC Flash in enterprise-class Client SSDs."

"Link_A_Media's SSD controller has enabled us to design our fourth generation of SSDs, the Neutron Series, to reach incredible new levels of performance and reliability," said Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products at Corsair. "We are extremely excited to bring this state-of-the-art SSD technology to consumers."

Featured in Corsair's groundbreaking Neutron Series SSDs, winner of the prestigious "Best of Computex 2012" award from Tom's Hardware, Corsair's Neutron are the industry's first SSDs to deploy the LM87800 controller.

Offered as a turn-key solution, the LM87800 comes complete with qualified and field-proven host interface and NAND management firmware, reference designs and documentation to enable customers to quickly design-in and bring to market leading-edge SSD products. LM87800 samples are available now.

Key Features

• SATA 6G host interface
• 8 NAND channels, up to 4CE per channel
• Support for 2y-nm and 1x-nm NAND Flash from all major Flash vendors
• ONFi 2.3, Toggle Mode 1 and Legacy NAND interfaces
• Proprietary endurance improving eBoost technology
• End-to-end user data path protection
• Strong BCH ECC capability with area/power efficient decoder architecture
• Enterprise-class proven firmware for NAND management and data transport operations
• Variable NAND over-provisioning
• Efficient garbage collection and global wear leveling
• RAID/Chipkill technology
• Proven unsolicited power loss management
• Low power design
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Microsoft Windows 7 TRIM support

Performance (using MLC NAND)

• Sequential Read: 550 MB/s
• Sequential Write: 550 MB/s
• Random Read (4KB): 90K IOPS
• Random Write (4KB): 90K IOPS

RunCore introduced their new Pro VI 2.5-inch 7mm solid state disks.

RunCore, the leading manufacturer of high-performance and rugged solid state drives (SSDs), today introduced their new Pro VI 2.5in 7mm SSD for Ultrabooks, offering higher and more stable performance than previous 7mm SSDs.

According to latest results of various research institutions, it is estimated that more than a million Ultrabooks will be bought within 2012 as the retail price is expected to drop into the $799 to $899 range. Recently SSD pricing has already been declining, encourageing PC suppliers to use SSDs in their products, in particular Ultrabooks. In addition to the Pro V Ultra SSD, RunCore once again introduce another new 7mm SSD

Corsair is proud to bring you their newest line of USB 3.0 flash drives, the Flash Voyager Slider. Coming in four different storage capacities: 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, these plug-and-play flash drives feature a capless design, a retractable USB 3.0 connector and support for major operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models are priced at $12.99, $17.99, $29.99 and $64.99, respectively. [Corsair]

Cprsair launches the Neutron Series solid-state drives (SSDs), the industry's first consumer SSDs to feature the LM87800 6Gb/s SSD controller from Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD). Also available in an extreme performance Neutron GTX model, the new SSDs bring professional-grade performance and reliability to PC enthusiasts, content creators, and IT professionals.

Available in capacities of 120GB, 240GB and 480GB, Neutron Series GTX SSDs are designed with toggle NAND flash memory to deliver up to a super-high 90,000 random read and write IOPs (input/output operations per second), which speeds up data-intensive tasks like video and image editing. These drives also provide superior sequential speeds of up to 555 MB/s read and 500 MB/s write, for lightning fast file access.  The standard Neutron Series models, available in 120GB and 240GB capacities, provide up to 90,000 random read IOPs and 85,000 random write IOPs with sequential speeds of up to 555 MB/s read and 370 MB/s write. i

All Neutron Series models incorporate LAMD's powerful on-the-fly error correction and advanced NAND management technologies which improve the endurance of onboard flash memory, giving the SSD's enhanced reliability and durability. The Neutron Series GTX drives also include adaptive DSP technology which maintains superior performance throughout the lifetime of the SSD. Neutron Series and Neutron Series GTX models are backed with a 5 year warranty.

Neutron Series SSDs provide impressive read and write speeds with both compressed and non-compressible data regardless of file type. This is a significant advantage compared to other SSDs on the market which offer quick load times with compressible files, but get bogged down significantly when reading compressed data such as video files.

"The Neutron Series SSDs, a strategic collaboration between Corsair and LAMD, reflects the shared commitment to performance, quality, and reliability ingrained in our companies," said Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products at Corsair. "Together we've raised the standard for SSDs, and we have more exciting products on the way."

"LAMD has built our reputation engineering high-performance, high-reliability SSD controllers for mission-critical enterprise storage solutions," said Dr. Hemant Thapar, CEO of LAMD. "Now, with Corsair’s commitment to delivering innovative, high-performance SSD solutions, we are pleased to bring our advancements in SSD technology to all PC users."

The new SSDs bring broad compatibility for desktop and notebook PCs thanks to their standard 2.5

U Transfer USB stick eliminates the need for using a computer as a medium to transfer information from one stick to another. It is equipped with a display that is hopefully a touchscreen, and has a slot at one end to hook up another stick. File transfers promise to be easy, and I can imagine myself using this stick at live blogging events.

It is a cool concept that will hopefully hit the light of production. Click the pics.

OCZ will showcase the Company's latest enterprise and client storage solutions at Computex 2012 in Taipei, Taiwan June 6 through June 9 at the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC).

Continuing to demonstrate leadership in both the enterprise and consumer markets, OCZ will display a comprehensive lineup of its innovative SSD products. For business, server, and OEM clients, OCZ will showcase PCI Express (PCIe) SAN acceleration and replacement solutions, and unveil the impending Intrepid 3 SATA III SSD Series based on the Everest 2 architecture. Live demos at the booth will include both the current industry-leading Z-Drive R4 CloudServ PCIe SSD that delivers over one million IOPS, and the highly anticipated Z-Drive R5 Series based on the co-developed OCZ-Marvell Kilimanjaro platform that raises the bar in performance, reliability, and endurance. OCZ will also showcase the VXL Storage Accelerator software that enables large scale deployment of a virtualized environment for businesses to eliminate the need for costly tier-1 SANs in a wide range of enterprise IT infrastructures.

For client storage, OCZ will showcase the flagship Vertex 4 SATA III SSD, along with the upcoming 'Lightfoot' portable SSD designed with the Intel

Biwin announced the world's first 10-channel 2.5-inch SATA III (6 Gbits/sec) SSD, the enterprise class NuvoDrive NX, offered in 80 GB, 160 GB and 300 GB capacities.

Virtually all current SATA III SSDs have 4- or 8-channel controllers. The NuvoDrive NX's is based on an advanced new 10-channel controller that alleviates the issue of flash bandwidth on the SATA III bus for high speed sequential transfers. The 10-channel controller also, for the first time, makes popular 80 GB, 160 GB and 300 GB capacities available in a SATA III SSD.

NuvoDrive NX features a large 256 MB DRAM cache to dramatically accelerate random write performance. NuvoDrive NX will deliver up to 80,000 4K random write IOPS for both compressible and incompressible data types. It supports sequential read and write speeds upwards of 500 MB/sec.

NuvoDrive NX SSDs are equipped with all the latest endurance, reliability and security features including: BCH ECC built in, global wear leveling, AES 128 and 256 encryption, native TRIM support, and support for SMART commands. NuvoDrive NX is sampling now to OEMs, and will be in mass production in Q3. Biwin will showcase a working demo system with the NuvoDrive NX at Computex Taipei, June 5-9 in Nangang Hall booth # J1218.

Supporting Quote
"The Biwin NuvoDrive NX offers superior write speed compared to existing SATA III SSDs. Its advantage increases in small block random writes. And it beats competing SSDs hands down in 4K random write operations for incompressible data. Technology innovations like the 10-channel controller architecture and beefy DRAM cache make this performance possible." - Joe James, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Biwin America.

OCZ has released the Agility 4 -- aimed at the mainstream segment is comes with the Indilinx Everest 2 controller. It's available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, with the latter one delivering a read speed of up to 400MB/s, write speed of up to 400MB/s, and 85,000 IOPS random 4k write IOPS.

OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today unveiled its new Agility 4 SSD series that delivers an ideal balance of 6Gbps SATA III interface speed, exceptional input/output operations per second (IOPS) performance, and enterprise-grade endurance and reliability all in a value-oriented SSD. Utilizing OCZ

Haha, okay well .. they are just cool and funny I guess, worthy enough for a newspost. If you dugg Marvel

Verbatim released a new line of SATA III internal SSDs. Available in two different storage capacities: 120GB and 240GB, these 2.5-inch SSDs are packed with a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a SandForce SF-2281 controller, SMART / TRIM support, a MTBF of 2 million hours and can deliver read and write speeds of up to 550MB/s and 510MB/s, respectively.

The 120GB and 240GB models are now available for purchase for $144.99 and $344.99, respectively.

Well, why not, there's nothing wrong with SATA II speeds if prices right of course. Here comes a new line of SATA II SSDs from Silicon Power, the T10. Available in 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB sizes, these 2.5-inch SSDs feature a brushed aluminum metal body, built-in DDR2 DRAM Cache memory, TRIM support, built-in S.M.A.R.T and ECC error correction functions and can deliver a maximum data transfer rate of 278MB/s. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment. [Silicon Power]

An updated chart reflects the evolution of the pricing of hard disk drives since the Thai floods in October. Prices have fallen slightly since the previous chart that was published in early-April, but it appears they're stabilizing at a "new normal".

Prices have fallen slightly since our early-April update. The Deskstar 7K1000.D 1TB has enjoyed the most dramatic drop, and it can now be had for an even hundred bucks. Our favorite mechanical drive, Samsung's Spinpoint F3 1TB, was briefly down to $80 before returning to $110. (If you enter the promo code EMCYTZT1637 before tomorrow, you can nab the drive for $80.) Both of those terabyte drives cost less than WD's Caviar Black, which has at least been discounted by $10 over the past month and a half.

The other drives we've been following are low-RPM "green" models from Samsung and WD. These higher-capacity drives have dropped in price slightly since the beginning of April, but the cuts only amount to $10 per drive. We're still a long way from pre-flooding levels. [via techreport]

MARSHAL is about to launch a new USB 3.0 cloning docking station namely the MAL-4535SBKU3. This standalone cloning docking station (no computer required) comes with a USB 3.0 connection interface and provides two SATA slots for 2.5-inch & 3.5-inch HDDs/SSDs (can be used simultaneously). The MAL-4535SBKU3 will hit the market from late June for 3,980 Yen (about $50). [Product Page]