Storage
Sabrent's lineup of internal and external SSDs is popular among enthusiasts. The primary reason is the company's tendency to be among the first to market with products based on the latest controllers, while also delivering an excellent value proposition. The company has a long-standing relationship with Phison and adopts its controllers for many of their products. The company's 2 GBps-class portable SSD - the Rocket nano V2 - is based on Phison's U18 native controller. Read on for a detailed look at the Rocket nano V2 External SSD, including an analysis of its performance consistency, power consumption, and thermal profile.
Lite-On and Tsinghua Unigroup Create $100 Million Joint Venture for SSD Operations in China
Lite-On has announced that it had signed an agreement with Tsinghua Unigroup to establish a joint venture in China. The JV will develop and build SSDs in Suzhou. The...
6 by Anton Shilov on 1/5/2018Plextor Launches M9Pe NVMe SSDs
Today Plextor is officially launching their first SSDs with 3D NAND flash memory: the M9Pe family of NVMe SSDs. Based on Toshiba's 64-layer BiCS3 3D TLC NAND, the M9Pe...
10 by Billy Tallis on 1/2/2018Corsair Launches the Neutron NX500 1.6 TB PCIe SSD
Corsair has started selling its highest-capacity PCIe SSD to date, the Neutron NX500, featuring 1.6 TB of NAND. The drive is based on the Phison E7 controller as well...
12 by Anton Shilov on 12/19/2017The Crucial MX500 1TB SSD Review: Breaking The SATA Mold
The Crucial MX500 is the next generation SATA SSD from Micron's consumer division. As the latest MX series drive, the MX500 is positioned to be a mainstream product with...
91 by Billy Tallis on 12/19/2017Toshiba Samples eUFS Devices for Vehicles: Extended Temps & Reliability Features
Toshiba this month announced that it had started sample shipments of the industry’s first automotive grade embedded UFS storage devices for ADAS and infotainment systems. The new eUFS chips...
15 by Anton Shilov on 12/18/2017The Intel Optane SSD 900p 480GB Review: Diving Deeper Into 3D XPoint
Our first look at the Intel Optane SSD 900p only included the smaller 280GB capacity. We now have added the 480GB model to our collection, and have started analyzing...
69 by Billy Tallis on 12/15/2017Western Digital to Use RISC-V for Controllers, Processors, Purpose-Built Platforms
Western Digital recently announced plans to use the RISC-V ISA across its existing product stack as well as for future products that will combine processing and storage. The company...
10 by Anton Shilov on 12/14/2017Toshiba Launches MN06ACA 10 TB HDD for NAS: 7 Platters, Up to 249 MB/s
Toshiba continues to apply its seven-platter HDD platform to new applications and market segments, increasing hard drive capacity to 10 TB and slightly improving performance. Recently the company introduced...
10 by Anton Shilov on 12/14/2017Lite-On Announces Enterprise EPX M.2 NVMe SSDs: 3D TLC, Up to 1920 GB, 1800 MB/s
Lite-On has added its new EPX-series enterprise-class SSDs to its lineup. Based around 3D TLC NAND memory and in the uncommon M.2-22110 form-factor, the new drives are aimed at...
7 by Anton Shilov on 12/8/2017Toshiba Announces 14 TB PMR MG07ACA HDD: 9 Platters, Helium-Filled, 260 MB/s
Toshiba is announcing its first family of helium-filled hard drives today. It includes the industry’s first 14 TB HDD with nine platters featuring perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology without...
24 by Anton Shilov on 12/7/2017Samsung Starts Production of 512 GB UFS NAND Flash Memory: 64-Layer V-NAND, 860 MB/s Reads
Samsung on Tuesday announced that it had initiated volume production of UFS NAND flash memory chips with 512 GB capacity based on its latest 64-layer 512 Gb V-NAND. The...
11 by Anton Shilov on 12/5/2017Microsoft Announces Azure VMs with Dual 32-core AMD EPYC CPUs
Microsoft is the first cloud container provider to formally announce a new range of VMs based on the AMD EPYC platform. These VMs will be called the Lv2 Series...
12 by Ian Cutress on 12/5/2017Toshiba Samples New UFS 2.1 NAND: Up to 900 MB/s Reads For 2018 Smartphones
Toshiba has announced that it had started sample shipments of its latest UFS storage devices based on its 64-layer BICS3 3D TLC NAND memory. The new devices are compliant...
12 by Anton Shilov on 12/4/2017Toshiba Unveils 10TB HDDs for Video Surveillance: Support for up to 64 HD Streams
Toshiba has announced its third-generation SV-series hard drives designed for always-on video surveillance applications. The new HDDs can record videos from 64 HD cameras simultaneously, offer up to 10...
10 by Anton Shilov on 11/30/2017The Samsung PM981 SSD Review (512GB, 1TB): Next Generation Controller And 3D NAND
The Samsung PM981 is an OEM SSD featuring a newer generation of controller and flash than the current retail 960 EVO, resulting in improved performance and hopefully lower prices...
53 by Billy Tallis on 11/30/2017Toshiba Updates XG5 NVMe SSD With Faster And Larger XG5-P
Today Toshiba is announcing a new variant of their XG5 client NVMe SSD for the OEM market. The new XG5-P offers improved performance over the original XG5 and introduces...
2 by Billy Tallis on 11/30/2017The Samsung SSD 850 120GB Review: A Little TLC for SATA
The latest entry level SSD from Samsung has no suffix and bears neither the PRO or EVO appellation. It is a new entry-level SATA SSD featuring Samsung's latest 64-layer...
31 by Billy Tallis on 11/27/2017Micron Demos 3D NAND-Based 11 TB U.2, 8 TB SATA Enterprise SSDs at SC17
At the SC17 trade show, Micron is demonstrating several currently unavailable products for the enterprise market. Among other things, the company is showcasing its upcoming Micron 9200 ECO U.2...
16 by Anton Shilov on 11/15/2017Seagate BarraCuda Pro 12TB HDD Review
Data storage requirements have seen an exponential increase over the last several years. Both cloud and local storage requirements continue to be served by hard drives where workloads are...
62 by Ganesh T S on 11/15/2017FreeTail EVOKE Pro SDXC UHS-II Memory Card Capsule Review
Digital cameras and camcorders employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage of captured content. There are different varieties of memory cards catering to various performance levels. CompactFlash (CF...
3 by Ganesh T S on 11/13/2017