Hard Drive Prices Skyrocket In Asia Due to New Chia Cryptocoin, Scalpers Capitalize By Zhiye Liu New reports from Seagate, China, and Japan reveal price hikes in hard drives over the last couple of weeks.
Hard Drive and SSD Shortages Could Be Imminent If New Cryptocurrency Blooms By Zhiye Liu Cryptocurrency miners are snatching up hard drives and SSDs in China in wake of the new Chia cryptocurrency.
Report: Samsung Mulls Outsourcing eMMC, Embedded Flash Storage Controllers By Anton Shilov Samsung is reportedly considering outsourcing production of its memory controllers in favor of high-margin orders.
Patriot Viper VP4300 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Killer Looks, Fast Performance By Sean Webster Patriot pairs InnoGrit’s high-speed PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe controller with Micron’s 96L TLC and gives you both a heatsink and graphene label to keep it cool.
Adata XPG Gammix S70 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Big Heatsink, Hot Performance By Sean Webster Adata’s XPG Gammix S70 is a fast PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 SSD powered by a new InnoGrit NVMe SSD controller and Micron’s 96L TLC flash.
Intel Axes Optane SSD DC P4800X SSDs with Memory Drive Technology By Anton Shilov Intel discontinues SSDs with Memory Drive Technology software.
MSI Goes SSDs: Three Series of Spatinum SSDs Incoming By Anton Shilov MSI quietly starts to ship Spatinum SSDs to PC makers.
Seagate Has Shipped 3 Zettabytes of HDDs By Anton Shilov Seagate has shipped three zetabytes of hard drive storage in more than 41 years.
Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Bus-Saturating Performance in Style By Sean Webster Update Sabrent’s Rocket 4 Plus is a high-performance M.2 NVMe SSD powered by Phison’s PS5018-E18 NVMe SSD controller and Micron’s 96L 3D TLC NAND flash.
WD Black SN850 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Top-Tier Storage for Gamers and Pros (Updated) By Sean Webster Update With all-new, robust hardware, WD’s Black SN850 delivers bleeding-edge performance and reliability.
Micron and Western Digital Each Exploring Ways to Buy Kioxia By Anton Shilov Kioxia might be acquired by Micron or Western Digital.
SanDisk Extreme v2 Portable SSD Review: Twice the Speed, Better Security By Sean Webster SanDisk’s Extreme v2 is a fast and secure portable NVMe SSD for content creators and travelers who need a consistent and reliable storage solution.
Corsair MP600 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Faster Speed, Less Endurance By Sean Webster Corsair’s MP600 Pro is a fast and secure M.2 NVMe SSD that keeps cool with innovative cooling solutions.
SK Hynix Envisions 600-Layer 3D NAND & EUV-Based DRAM By Anton Shilov SK Hynix is looking at 600-layer 3D NAND, EUV-based DDR5 SDRAM, converged computing-in-memory devices.
Seagate: 100TB HDDs Due in 2030, Multi-Actuator Drives to Become Common By Anton Shilov Seagate outlines its technology roadmap: HAMR, Bit Patterned Media, Multiple Actuators.
Intel's 670p SSD Gets A Big Price Drop By Aaron Klotz Newegg has dropped pricing for Intel's 670p SSD by a significant amount.
Silicon Power UD70 M.2 SSD Review: Low-Cost PCIe Gen3 Speed By Sean Webster The Silicon Power UD70 poses a serious threat in the value market due to its potent combination of Phison’s E12S SSD controller and Micron’s 96L QLC flash.
The Samsung 980 SSD Spotted: A DRAM-Less PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD By Anton Shilov Samsung's 980 SSDs are almost here, but they are slower than Samsung's 970 Evo Plus.
Team Group EX2 SATA SSD Review: Affordable but Lacking By Sean Webster Leveraging Silicon Motion’s SM2258XT and SanDisk BiCS4 TLC, Team Group’s EX2 is a responsive, low-cost SATA SSD that comes in popular capacities.
Intel SSD 670p M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Scaling QLC to New Heights By Sean Webster Intel’s SSD 670p is a secure, responsive M.2 NVMe SSD featuring the company’s new 144-Layer QLC flash. It also comes backed with a five-year warranty.
