Three companies have announced new SSDs this week, including an interesting new SD card from Apacer.

Seagate has invested in DensBits to create a new family of consumer- and enterprise-grade SSD products.

SandForce's SF-2000 SSD controller has been found to limit encryption to AES-128, rather than the AES-256 originally claimed.

Toshiba has confirmed mass production of ultra-slim 7mm 2.5in SSDs based on 19nm NAND flash.

RunCore has officially launched a range of SSDs with integrated self-destruct mechanism.

SSD specialist STEC has announced a technology for boosting cMLC endurance by thirteen times.

OCZ's new Vertex 4 firmware boasts massively improved sequential read speeds.

KingMax has launched a 1TB 2.5in SSD in Japan which retails for under £1,000.

OCZ has announced the world's first 1TB 2.5in SSD as part of its Octane family of drives.

Intel has formally launched its SSD 330 Series of 25nm-based solid-state drives.