Best External SSDs and Hard Drives of 2022 By Matt Safford, Sean Webster published 25 May 22 We've tested dozens of external hard drives and SSDs to pick out those that offer the best balance of performance, features and price.
Best SSDs 2022: From Budget SATA to Blazing-Fast NVMe By Sean Webster, Shane Downing published 25 May 22 We recommend the best SSDs for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.
Apacer's PCIe 5.0 SSDs to Bring 13 GBps Speeds to Alder Lake, Ryzen 7000 By Brandon Hill published 24 May 22 Apacer's new storage devices will be among the first PCIe 5.0 SSDs on the market.
Kingston's New Encrypted SSD Unlocks Via Touch Screen By Mark Tyson published 23 May 22 OS-independent XTS-AES 256-bit encrypted device unlocks with your passcode or phrase and is said to safeguard against Brute Force attacks and BadUSB with its digitally-signed firmware.
AMD Makes Smart Access Storage Official at Computex 2022 By Aaron Klotz published 23 May 22 AMD officially announced Smart Access Storage at Computex 2022. However, the company failed to disclose any serious new details.
Samsung T7 Shield Portable SSD Review: Tough and Consistent Portable Storage (Updated) By Shane Downing published 21 May 22 Update We put Samsung's durable T7 Shield portable SSD through our test regimen to see how it stacks up.
SK Hynix's New SSD Boasts 1.4 Million IOPS By Aaron Klotz published 19 May 22 Well over 1 Million IOPS
QNAP Asks NAS Users to Apply Updates Immediately Due to Deadbolt Ransomware By Mark Tyson published 19 May 22 Deadbolt ransomware is targeting NAS devices using QTS 4.3.6 and QTS 4.4.1.
WD Touts 3D NAND That's 60% Faster and 50% Higher Capacity By Anton Shilov published 13 May 22 Western Digital readies BiCS6, BiCS+ 3D NAND memory for next-generation datacenter and client SSDs.
WD Black D30 1TB SSD Review: Last-Generation Gaming By Shane Downing published 12 May 22 Useful for game storage, but not a whole lot else.
Western Digital Shares Roadmap: 26TB Today, 50TB Tomorrow By Anton Shilov published 11 May 22 Western Digital says ePMR 2 technology will enable 32TB+ HDDs, but HAMR is needed for 50TB hard drives.
MaxLinear Acquires SSD Developer Silicon Motion for $3.8 Billion By Anton Shilov published 5 May 22 MaxLinear boosts its product portfolio with acquisition of SMI.
Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 8TB SSD Review: Big Capacity Meets TLC Flash By Shane Downing published 5 May 22 We put Sabrent's capacious 8TB Rocket 4 Plus through our battery of tests to see how it stacks up to the competition.
Seagate Reveals Star Wars-Branded FireCuda External HDDs By Anton Shilov published 4 May 22 Seagate's special edition Star Wars HDDs have Boba Fett, Grogu, and The Mandalorian outside, and 2TB of SMR storage inside.
Mushkin Delta 1TB SSD Review: Mediocrity Defined By Shane Downing published 4 May 22 Mushkin's 1TB Delta SSD leverages QLC flash, exchanging endurance and performance for more capacity and a lower price point.
Verbatim Launches Write-Once External SSD With 10-Year Warranty By Mark Tyson published 2 May 22 Storage device is designed to solve data retention issues of accidental file deletion or overwriting, and SSD wear. Special Windows software needs to be installed to write data but not for reading.
Solidigm Unveils D7 Series Data Center SSDs: Up to 15.36TB, 7100MB/s By Anton Shilov published 26 April 22 Solidigm, the former Intel SSD division, launched its new enterprise-grade D7-P5520 and D7-P5620 SSDs. The models provide more capacity and performance than the previous generation drives.
Breakthrough Allows for Mass Production of 25 Exabyte 2-Inch Diamond Wafers By Mark Tyson published 26 April 22 The 2-inch Kenzan Diamond wafers are expected to be commercialized in 2023, with 4-inch diamond wafers already in development.
Inland Premium 1TB SSD Review: Standard Fare with a Great Warranty By Shane Downing published 23 April 22 Your basic mainstream NVMe SSD
Tape Storage Shipments Increase 40% in 2021 By Francisco Pires published 21 April 22 Developments in tape storage technology and increasing attention to good backup philosophies explain the market's explosion.
