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Puget Abandons Samsung 990 Pro SSDs Over Reliability Concerns

By Brandon Hill published 3 February 23

Reliability concerns surrounding the Samsung 980 Pro and 990 Pro have Puget rethinking its storage choices.

Backup Company Reveals Hard Drive Failure Rates For 2022

By Zhiye Liu published 31 January 23

Backblaze has published the company's annual report on hard drive failure rates for last year.

Samsung Issues Fix for Dying 980 Pro SSDs

By Brandon Hill published 31 January 23

Samsung 980 Pros can go into a read-only failure mode that can make data recovery difficult, if not impossible. A firmware fix is available.

Intel Discontinues Optane SSD DC P4800X Drives

By Anton Shilov published 30 January 23

Intel says it will cease selling Optane SSD DC P4800X SSDs by October.

Enthusiast Brings IDE Back with 2.5-Inch SSD

By Anton Shilov published 25 January 23

Enthusiast builds custom SSD to replace his 2.5-inch IDE hard drive.

Don't Buy Scammy $100 16TB SSDs on Amazon

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal published 17 January 23

You can't buy a portable 16TB SSD for $120 and you can't trust Amazon

Tape Storage Soars While HDD Sales Crash

By Anton Shilov published 17 January 23

Sales of LTO tape for archive storage increased in 2022, in contrast to decreases in HDD sales.

HDD Shipments Almost Halved in 2022

By Mark Tyson published 16 January 23

HDD shipments were hit hard in 2022. The one bright spot was a slight rebound in 2.5-inch laptop HDDs during Q4, but the industry was down by about 42% over the year.

Biwin Demos Acer Predator GM7 SSD With Banned Chinese Fab's Flash, Planned for US Market

By Paul Alcorn published 12 January 23

Biwin demoed its Acer-branded Predator GM7 SSD with a banned NAND maker's flash at CES 2023.

Samsung Launches First SSDs Based on 5nm Controller

By Anton Shilov published 12 January 23

Samsung uses 5nm process technology to build controller for next-generation SSDs.

Adata Teases First SMI-Powered PCIe 5.0 SSD, New CXL DDR5 Card

By Paul Alcorn published 8 January 23

Adata showed off its new PCIe 5.0 SSD and a CXL DDR5 memory device at CES 2023.

Phison E26 SSD Preview: PCIe 5.0 SSDs Are Finally Here

By Shane Downing published 4 January 23

The fastest drives are just around the corner

512GB SSDs and Performance Laptop HDDs Hit Price Parity

By Mark Tyson published 28 December 22

With the slowdown in demand for client computers and components, 512GB SSD pricing is now on par with a 256GB SSD six months ago.

Samsung Raises 3D NAND Pricing Following YMTC Blacklisting

By Anton Shilov published 20 December 22

Samsung is raising its 3D NAND pricing, as PC makers reportedly cancel orders from YMTC following blacklisting by the U.S. DoC.

Blacklisted YMTC May Soon Be Forced to Abandon 3D NAND

By Anton Shilov published 16 December 22

TrendForce believes that after getting into U.S. DoC's Entity List, YMTC will not be able to continue producing competitive 3D NAND.

Tesla's $350 1TB SSD Can Withstand Vehicle Vibrations Like All SSDs

By Brandon Hill published 14 December 22

Tesla's $350 automotive-grade external 1TB SSD for games and Sentry Mode footage goes on sale Feb. 2023.

U.S. to Blacklist 30+ Chinese Companies, Including 3D NAND Maker YMTC

By Anton Shilov published 14 December 22

Over 30 Chinese semiconductor companies, including YMTC, will be added to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List and will lose access American technologies.

Backblaze Expects HDD Storage Costs to Hit One Cent per GB by 2025

By Francisco Pires published 13 December 22

Cloud storage specialist Backblaze expects pricing on Hard Disk Drive (HDD) storage to maintain its downward trajectory, reaching one cent per GB by 2025.

Liquid Cooled HDD Study Touts Greater Reliability, Lower TCO

By Mark Tyson published 12 December 22

Iceotope worked with Meta to convert air-cooled, HDD-packed servers to precision single-phase immersion cooling - showing wide-ranging benefits including lower TCO and greater reliability.

Akasa's Gecko Cooler for M.2 SSDs Features a Blower Design

By Mark Tyson published 12 December 22

Akasa’s Gecko Cooler with blower design claims to generate

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