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OCZ

OCZ was a brand of Toshiba that was used for some of its solid-state drives (SSDs) before they were rebranded with Toshiba. OCZ Storage Solutions was a manufacturer of SSDs based in San Jose, California, USA and was the new company formed after the sale of OCZ Technology Group s SSD assets to Toshiba Corporation. Since entering the memory market as OCZ Technology in 2002, the company has targeted its products primarily at the computer hardware enthusiast market, producing performance DDR SDRAM, video cards, USB drives, power supply units, and various cooling products. OCZ Storage Solutions was dissolved on April 1, 2016 and absorbed into Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc, which later then became Kioxia.

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OCZ was a brand of Toshiba that was used for some of its solid-state drives (SSDs) before they were rebranded with Toshiba. OCZ Storage Solutions was a manufacturer of SSDs based in San Jose, California, USA and was the new company formed after the sale of OCZ Technology Group s SSD assets to Toshiba Corporation. Since entering the memory market as OCZ Technology in 2002, the company has targeted its products primarily at the computer hardware enthusiast market, producing performance DDR SDRAM, video cards, USB drives, power supply units, and various cooling products. OCZ Storage Solutions was dissolved on April 1, 2016 and absorbed into Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc, which later then became Kioxia.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2000 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 2002 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 2013-03-05 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. publication date: 2014-04-30 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. publication date: 2014-11-06 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  6. release date: 2014 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2000". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "2002". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "2013-03-05". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the publication date is "2014-04-30". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the publication date is "2014-11-06". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. The record states that the release date is "2014". What evidence would count against this claim?
  8. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  9. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359628537

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