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Micron's out at the Consumer Electronics Show shouting, 'You get a Gen5 SSD, you get Gen5 SSD, you get a Gen5 SSD!'. Okay, maybe not quite literally, but it did use the annual tech showcase as a launchpad for its new Micron 3610 NVMe solid...
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There's a whole lot of uncertainty in the consumer DRAM and storage space with AI pushing demand for NAND flash memory chips to unprecedented levels, but one thing is for certain—the accompanying parts are in place for whenever the market...
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SanDisk is bidding farewell to its WD Black and WD Blue storage brands and replacing them with its new Optimus line, which it has broken down into three performance tiers: Optimus, Optimus GX, and Optimus GX Pro. A bolder design...
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Kioxia is expanding its range of client solid state drives with its new BG7 series. Most of the new SSDs feature the company's 8th generation BiCS Flash 3D featuring CMOS directly Bonded to Array (CBA) technology. The only exception is the...
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Sometimes we can all use a little reassurance that everything will be okay. If you're PC enthusiast, now is definitely one of those times, as the booming AI market is gobbling up NAND flash memory chips and other hardware at a breakneck...
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Are we about to lose another NAND flash brand in the consumer storage space? Following Micron's decision to pull its 29-year-old Crucial brand from the consumer market to focus on higher margin data center clients, rumors began to swirl...
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Crucial X10 Portable SSD (2TB): MSRP - $239, Sale Price - $209 The Crucial X10 is a rugged, dust and water-resistant external USB SSD, that offers excellent performance in a compact package. Compact Enclosure IP65 Dust And Water Resistance Broad Compatibility High Capacities Available Strong...
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It's Black Friday 2025 and not a moment too soon with the ongoing DRAM and storage supply crisis (especially for DRAM!), but there are still some great SSD deals available for buyers today. Below, we'll list the best options we were able...
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Storage prices may be on the rise (boo!), but flagship solid state drives are also getting faster (hooray!). We've seen a handful of new SSDs push the envelope lately, and Silicon Power's new XPower XS90 Gen 5 SSD joins the bunch with...
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Samsung is showing off a couple of new storage products that it plans to showcase at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2026, one of which is a cleverly designed solid state drive (SSD) with a modular aspect to it. Called the...
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A new wave of flagship solid state drives (SSDs) that nearly saturate the available PCI Express 5.0 bandwidth available to x4 NVMe storage drives is starting to be appear. In back-to-back announcements, both PNY and Corsair unveiled new...
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Teamgroup is targeting gamers with its new T-Force Z54E, a solid state drive (SSD) that leverages Phison's E28 controller to push write and especially read speeds pretty close to the theoretical limit for NVMe storage on the PCI Express...
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Earlier this year, Synology made headlines for all the wrong reasons when it announced it would be limiting support for third-party drives in its 2025 NAS lineup. Following months of backlash, however, a new update has mostly reversed this...
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The sea of PC gaming handhelds has seen a rapid expansion since Valve popularized the category with its Steam Deck. Even Microsoft, which is invested in its Xbox consoles, jumped into the fray with a collaborative effort with ASUS. With...
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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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