Samsung and Western Digital Team Up for ZNS SSDs By Anton Shilov published 30 March 22 Samsung and Western Digital to standardize and develop crucial technologies for ZNS SSDs.
Phison: Enthusiast PCIe 5.0 SSDs Will Require Active Cooling By Anton Shilov published 26 March 22 Active cooling will be required for high-performance PCIe 5.0 SSDs, as other drives will get hotter.
New Platform Lets GPUs and FPGAs Use Intel Optane Memory Modules By Anton Shilov published 24 March 22 GPUs, FPGAs, and special-purpose accelerators can now use large memory pools consisting of system memory and Optane Persistent Memory modules.
Want to Upgrade a Mac Studio SSD? Not So Fast By Anton Shilov published 22 March 22 Apple's Mac Studio has modular SSDs, but it does not mean they are upgradeable. At least, not for now.
Sony's Nextorage Launches PlayStation 5 SSDs in the U.S. By Anton Shilov published 18 March 22 Nextorage's NEM-PA drives for PS5 set to be available in the USA.
Mushkin's New SSD Boasts Impressive 7415 MBps Reads By Anton Shilov published 16 March 22 Mushkin's Vortex Redline SSDs feature graphene heat spreader, unbeatable performance
Nvidia Unveils Big Accelerator Memory: Solid-State Storage for GPUs By Anton Shilov published 15 March 22 Nvidia teams up with IBM to attach solid-state storage to GPUs — not the first time this sort of idea has appeared.
Kingston Fury Renegade SSD Review: A Refined KC3000 By Shane Downing published 14 March 22 The Kingston Fury arrives with up to 7 GBps of sequential throughput, making it one of the fastest SSDs on the market, and also comes with more write endurance.
Intel Teases Third-Gen Optane Memory, New Tech By Anton Shilov published 12 March 22 Intel's third-gen Optane Persistent Memory is heading for Sapphire Rapids.
Mandalorian-Themed Beskar SSDs Prove Seagate Knows the Way By Mark Tyson published 11 March 22 The surface pattern on these storage products is designed to resemble the texture of Bescar, or Mandalorian steel, a material tough enough to deflect a light saber strike.
Microchip's New SSD Controller Enables 200TB Data Center PCIe 5.0 Drives By Anton Shilov published 9 March 22 Microchip's new controller will enable next-generation SSDs for PCIe Gen5-supporting servers.
Phison CEO Expects Tighter NAND Flash Supplies in May 2022 By Mark Tyson published 7 March 22 The delay between the accident and the timing of the shortfall likely reflects inventory cycles. Previous reports warned of NAND flash pricing spikes of between 5 and 10% in Q2 2022.
WD Red SN700 SSD Review: An Improved SN750 by Another Name By Shane Downing published 6 March 22 The WD Red SN700 is a PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD that's designed specifically for use in a NAS.
Forspoken Showcases DirectStorage for PCs to Boost NVMe SSD Performance By Anton Shilov published 3 March 22 Forspoken for PCs supports AMD's screen-space ambient occlusion, screen-space reflections, raytraced shadows, and Super Resolution. It will also be the first game to use Microsoft DirectStorage.
Intel's Optane Memory Business Outlook Looks Murky (Updated) By Anton Shilov published 2 March 22 3D XPoint and Optane no longer Intel's focus, says chief executive.
Inland Prime M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Entry-Level on the Cheap By Sean Webster published 25 February 22 The Inland Prime is an affordable, convenient entry-level NVMe drive with a solid warranty.
Kioxia's New UFS Storage to Offer Near PCIe Gen4 Performance By Anton Shilov published 24 February 22 Next-generation UFS storage devices from Kioxia use MIPI M-PHY 5.0, offer performance of modern SSDs.
Intel's Fourth-Gen Optane Teased, but Future Looks Gloomy By Anton Shilov published 16 February 22 A tidbit reveals the existence of plans for the fourth generation of Intel's Optane tech, but recent news points to an inglorious end to the once-heralded memory.
Seagate IronWolf 525 SSD Review: The PCIe 4.0 NAS Upgrade By Sean Webster published 14 February 22 Leveraging a Phison E16 and BiCS4 TLC, the Seagate IronWolf 525 was built to endure demanding NAS workloads.
Adapter Turns SSDs Into Cheap CFExpress Cards By Anton Shilov published 3 February 22 Build your own CFexpress card using a cheap adapter and save hundreds of dollars .