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Western Digital is working on its own low-latency flash memory that will offer a higher performance and endurance when compared to conventional 3D NAND, ultimately designed to compete against Optane storage.
Kingston at CES 2018: A 6.4 TB U.2 Enterprise SSD with Four M.2 Behind a PEX Chip
This year at CES, one of the interesting things at the Kingston suite was a demonstration of its new enterprise-grade DCU1000 SSDs. The current U.2 drives use four consumer-grade...
12 by Anton Shilov on 1/19/2018Corsair 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 12/19/2017Toshiba 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 12/18/2017ADATA Launches XPG SX9000: 2.8 GB/s Seq. Read, Marvell Controller, Up to 1 TB of MLC
ADATA has announced its new SSD aimed at the very high end of the market. The new flagship XPG SX9000 drives are based on the Marvell 88SS1093 BTB2 controller...
11 by Anton Shilov on 8/19/2017Viking Ships UHC-Silo SSDs: 25 - 50 TB Capacity, Custom eMLC, SAS, $0.4 per GB
Viking Technology has started shipping their new lineup of ultra high capacity (UHC) SSDs designed to replace 3.5” HDDs in capacity-demanding applications that can take advantage of flash memory...
32 by Anton Shilov on 7/15/2017PNY Launches CS2030 SSDs: Phison PS5007-E7, MLC NAND, 2.8 GB/s
PNY has introduced its new CS2030 lineup of higher-end SSDs designed for desktops and laptops with M.2-2280 slots. The new drives are based on Phison’s PS5007-E7 controller for PCIe...
2 by Anton Shilov on 12/30/2016Corsair Releases Force MP500 SSDs: 3 GB/s, Phison PS5007-E7, MLC NAND
Corsair on Tuesday introduced its flagship Force MP500 lineup of SSDs targeting high-performance gaming PCs. The new drives come in an M.2-2280 form-factor with a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface...
18 by Anton Shilov on 12/16/2016HGST Ultrastar SS200 SSD: Up to 7.68 TB, 1.8 GB/s, Dual-Port SAS 12 Gbps
Western Digital has introduced a new family of Ultrastar SS200 SAS SSDs that wed high-performance with capacities up to 7.68 TB as well as relatively high endurance. The drives...
6 by Anton Shilov on 12/7/2016ADATA SE730, SV620 and SC660 External SSDs Review
We have seen rapid developments in flash technology over the last few years. Performance has been going up at one end (with various new options for interfacing with the...
10 by Ganesh T S on 11/4/2016Toshiba Begins to Sample eMLC-Based ZD6300 7.68 TB SSDs to Customers
Toshiba has quietly expanded its ZD6300 family of SSDs with a 7.68 TB model, its most capacious storage device announced to date. The new drive was designed for mixed...
30 by Anton Shilov on 8/12/2016Corsair Gives Phison PS3110 S10 Another Try: Neutron XTi SSDs Launched
A number of SSD suppliers have released drives based on the Phison PS3110 S10 controllers, with most of these coming in Q4 2014 or Q1 2015 and targeting performance...
12 by Anton Shilov on 6/16/2016The PNY CS1311 and CS2211 SSD Review: MLC vs TLC at 15nm
PNY's latest consumer SSDs incorporate Toshiba 15nm NAND and are based on the Phison S10 controller. The TLC-based PNY CS1211 and MLC-based PNY CS2211 offer the rare opportunity of...
44 by Billy Tallis on 4/15/2016Renice Announces X9 Military-Grade Rugged SSDs with R-SATA Connectors
Shenzhen Renice Technology, a little-known maker of special-purpose SSDs from China, has introduced its new family of drives designed for military and rugged applications. What makes these new drives...
16 by Anton Shilov on 3/25/2016ZOTAC Announces SONIX PCIe SSD Price & Availability
ZOTAC has formally announced its PCIe SONIX SSD, which was first demonstrated at CES earlier this year. Confirming the final specifications and design, the company said that the new...
21 by Anton Shilov on 3/2/2016Micron 3D NAND Status Update
Update: We've got some more information and diagrams from Micron's Winter Analyst Conference earlier today. After samples of their upcoming 3D NAND were sighted in the wild at CES, Micron...
19 by Billy Tallis on 2/12/2016Plextor Introduces M6S Plus SSDs with Toshiba’s 15nm MLC NAND
Plextor this week introduced its M6S Plus SSDs that use Toshiba’s latest MLC NAND flash memory as well as a proven controller from Marvell. The new SSDs offer the...
36 by Anton Shilov on 2/10/2016Patriot Memory Enters PCIe Storage Market with Hellfire SSDs
Patriot Memory has been selling solid-state drives for about eight years now. To date, virtually all of Patriot’s SSDs have used the Serial ATA interface, which became a performance-limiting...
7 by Anton Shilov on 1/5/2016