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Rostec
This USB flash drive can only store 8KB of data, but will last you 200 years

By Anton Shilov Published

The Blaustahl USB storage device can hold only 8 kilobytes of data for 200 years.

USB Flash Drives
GlobalFoundries
Chipmaking to go subzero — 3D flash memory manufactured at -70C with next-gen tool

By Anton Shilov Published

SK Hynix reportedly says 3D NAND chipmaking goes subzero as higher flash memory stacks must be produced at -70C temps.

Tech Industry
Official image of a near-complete SummerCart 64 build.
SummerCart64 open source N64 flash cart revealed

By Christopher Harper Published

SummerCart64 is an open source Nintendo 64 flash cartridge that doubles as a 64DD upgrade.

Nintendo
Western Digital Building
Western Digital confirms HDD and NAND flash shortages, warns partners of higher pricing

By Christopher Harper Published

Western Digital messaged partners to inform them of supply constraints and rising prices amidst tumultuous industry conditions. Prices could increase by 10% for HDDs, more for NAND.

HDDs
Samsung CMM-H CXL Expansion Card
World's first hybrid CXL device combines flash memory and DRAM — storage tiering comes to remote memory over PCIe

By Aaron Klotz Published

Adding more DDR5 memory to your server is no longer the only way to increase RAM capacity.

CPUs
Xtacking 3.0 promo image
Chinese flash memory maker claims breakthrough - QLC NAND matches endurance of TLC NAND

By Anton Shilov Published

YMTC's X3-6070 3D QLC NAND can sustain 4,000 P/E cycles, according to the company.

SSDs
Shot of The Sphere in action from Sphere Entertainment's promo YouTube video.
The Sphere in Las Vegas features 4PB of flash memory at 400 GB/s to deliver 16K content

By Christopher Harper Published

The Las Vegas "Sphere" is run by Sphere Entertainment, who now shares more technical details on how The Sphere is run.

Tech Industry
Intel SSD
Soaring SSD prices could hobble NAND flash industry with reduced demand, Phison CEO cautions

By Matthew Connatser Published

SSD controller manufacturer Phison is warning the NAND industry that if prices go too high, demand may drop.

SSDs
Resizable BAR support
Nvidia Turing graphics cards get Resizable BAR support via modified UEFI

By Mark Tyson Published

NvStrapsReBar mod for GTX 16- and RTX 20-series GPUs is recommended only for power users.

GPUs
Kioxia BG6 M.2 2230 SSD
Kioxia's BG6 M.2 2230 SSD is 1.7x Faster Than BG5, Doubles Capacity

By Mark Tyson Published

Kioxia BG6 SSDs offer a leg-up in speed and capacity compared to the previous gen BG5 devices, with speeds up to 6.0 GB/s and capacities up to 2 TB.

SSDs
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