Items tagged with SSD
We're seeing a similar plot line with AI demand compared to the crypto craze that enraptured the market a few years ago. First, GPUs became scarce and in high demand, with high prices not far behind. Next, even CPUs entered the fray, and...
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MSI is launching a faster version of its magnetic portable solid state drive (SSD) that more than doubles the rated speed capability of the Datamag 20Gbps we reviewed less than a year ago. As the name implies, the new Datamag 40Gbps taps...
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Raspberry Pi Foundation figured it was high time it offered its own-brand solid state drive (SSD) in a 1TB capacity, and so that's exactly what it has done. It joins existing 512GB and 256GB capacity options, all of which are offered in...
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Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB SSD: MSRP $999 The Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB SSD is the first PCIe Gen 5 consumer drive with a huge 8TB capacity and performance that rivals some of the fastest SSDs currently on the market. Excellent All-Around Performance...
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Phison has issued another statement, and possibly its last on the matter, in regards to the recent brouhaha surrounding reports of solid state drives (SSDs) failing from a pair of supposedly buggy Windows 11 updates. Following thousands of...
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SK hynix says it has begun mass production of its 321-layer 2-terabit (Tb) quad-level cell (QLC) NAND flash memory, which marks the first implementation of QLC NAND to employ more than 300 layers. Notably, SK hynix demoed 321-layer 1tb...
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Samsung is expanding its rip-roaring fast 9100 Pro solid state drive (SSD) line with a beefy 8TB model, effectively doubling the capacity of the previous top option. Available with or without a heatsink, the new 8TB drive gives potential...
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Kioxia might not be a household name for many PC enthusiasts, but the company is synonymous with "fast storage" in the server and datacenter world. The technologists at the Japanese multinational have been hard at work and came up with a...
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Phison is warning customers that a document purporting to originate from the company and detailing recent SSD failures stemming from a buggy Windows update is a total fake. There may actually be an issue that is affecting some storage...
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Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB SSD: $429.99 The Samsung 9100 Pro marks the company's entrance into the high-performance PCIe Gen 5 consume SSD market and it's a force to be reckoned with. Excellent All-Around Performance Configurable Via Samsung...
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Lexar is taking direct aim at PlayStation 5 owners with its newest solid state drive offering, the Play 2280 SE, which it says has enough storage capacity to hold around 100 triple-A games. Or put another way, it's a 4TB SSD. That's four...
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Kioxia is not messing around with its latest ultra high-capacity solid state drive (SSD) offerings for the enterprise. To wit, the company announced it is expanding its LC9 series with what it rightfully claims is the industry's first...
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Fellow gamers and content creators, it probably comes as no big surprise that the latest Steam hardware survey shows that pretty much everyone is running low on available storage space. The ballooning size of games has been the source of...
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Transcend is trotting out a new top-of-the-line solid state drive (SSD) with some impressive speed metrics, at least on paper (we haven't spent any hands-on time with it yet), and it's probably deserving of a more exciting name. As it...
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Crucial T710 SSD - MSRP Starting @ $179 (1TB), $279 (2TB) Crucial is back at it with its latest high-performance, PCIe Gen 5 SSD, the T710, and it's the company's fastest NVMe M.2 drive to date. Excellent Performance Fast Game Level Loads Relatively Low Power Sold With Or Without Heatsink...
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Kioxia is demonstrating some prototype storage solutions built around its 8th generation BiCS Flash memory featuring CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology, which the company is billing as a breakthrough architecture for data...
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Phison E28 SSD Controller - MSRP TBD The Phison E28 PCIe Gen 5 SSD controller is the follow-up to the company's popular and speedy E26, which will power the next wave of enthusiast-class, high-performance, more efficient solid state...
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Microsoft is making a pitch to buy a new PC before Windows 10's support lifecycle expires, and ASUS is echoing the same sentiment. But what if all you really need to give your PC a jolt is some fast, new storage? Then you're in luck...
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Genshin Impact Limited Edition External SSD: MSRP $139 Seagate's limited edition Genshin Impact themed external SSD, offers a healthy 1TB of storage and speedy transfer speeds approaching 1GB/s. Slim And Lightweight Stylized Chassis...
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There's been a lot of hardware (and software) announced at this year's Computex event, not all of which is focused on AI and/or new graphics cards. Case in point, Micron expanded its solid state drive (SSD) storage family with a couple of...
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Every hardware and software outfit right now is like, 'You get AI, you get AI, you get AI...everyone gets AI!'. There are product segments where an AI infusion makes a lot of sense, though, and Phison sees fast solid state drive (SSD)...
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SanDisk is laying claim to the fastest PCIe Gen 5.0 solid state drives on the planet (in the consumer realm, presumably) with its new WD_Black SN8100 series, the same one that made an early appearance on Amazon ahead of the official...
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