AMD is launching a new family of products today, but unless you follow the rumor mill pretty closely, it's probably not something you?d expect. It's not a new CPU or APU. And it's not a new GPU or memory kit either. Well then, ?what could it be? you ask? Today, AMD is launching its first line of solid state drives (SSDs), targeted squarely at AMD enthusiasts. Whodathunkit?

AMD is calling the new family of drives, the Radeon R7 Series SSD, similar to its popular mid-range line of graphics cards. The new Radeon R7 Series SSDs feature OCZ and Toshiba technology, but with a proprietary firmware geared towards write performance and high endurance...