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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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For AI and similar enterprise workloads that are heavily reliant on GPU and storage resources, CPU bottlenecks can cause significant idle time, but enterprise storage leaders at HighPoint Technologies have found a solution with the new...
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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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The U.S. government increased technology export restrictions into China today, in a move that delivered crushing blow to Korean manufacturers Samsung and SK Hynix. The restrictions specifically affect production of memory (DRAM) and...
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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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Update, 8/19/25, 1:12 PM ET: Phison, the company whose controllers are used by a few SSD brands, has issued the following statement: "Phison has recently been made aware of the industry-wide effects of the 'KB5063878' and ‘KB5062660’...
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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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Unsurprisingly, Micron is first out of the gate with a PCIe 6.0 SSD—and it's coming in hot. The company just unveiled a new lineup of data center drives built on the G9 NAND tech that first appeared in the 2600, and leading the charge is...
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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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TeamGroup Industrial has just rolled out its latest industrial-grade SSD, the P250Q, and it's packing more than just high performance. The standout feature? A built-in self-destruct mechanism designed to wipe data completely and...
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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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Today we have a bit different of a deals post for you. Rather than focusing on budget-priced 'good enough' hardware, we've got some seriously speedy storage on sale. PCI Express 5.0 SSDs offer transfer rates as high as 14.8 GB/second when...
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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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