Enterprise SSD Prices Likely to Increase by 15% in Q3 2021 By Aleksandar Kostovic published 29 July 21 TrendForce predicts that enterprise SSDs will experience a 15% price hike in the upcoming quarter, with signs of price correction sometimes towards the end of 2021.
Kioxia Demos HLC 3D NAND and Talks About OLC NAND By Anton Shilov published 27 July 21 Extreme SSD capacity at any cost: Kioxia experiments with 3D HLC NAND, talks 3D OLC NAND.
PCIe 4.0 SSD With Chinese 128L 3D TLC NAND Hits 7.5 GBps By Zhiye Liu published 25 July 21 Chinese vendor Asgard has launched its new AN4 PCIe 4.0 SSD with YMTC's 128-layer 3D TLC NAND chips.
TerraMaster's Compact 16-Bay TB3 DAS Stores Up to 288TB at 2.8GB/s By Anton Shilov published 23 July 21 TerraMaster's D16 DAS puts 288TB of high-performance storage space on your desk.
Seagate to Launch Mass Market 20TB HDDs in the Coming Months By Anton Shilov published 22 July 21 Seagate readies a lineup of 20TB HDDs with PMR and SMR.
Windows 10 Will Support Game-Boosting DirectStorage Tech After All By Aaron Klotz published 19 July 21 Microsoft has apparently changed its mind about supporting just Windows 11 with DirectStorage.
Qnap Launches NAS With Chinese x86 CPU: Zhaoxin-Based Model Available Worldwide By Anton Shilov published 17 July 21 Qnap's TVS-675 NAS packs the KaiXian KX-U6580 SoC and can house six HDDs and four SSDs.
Silverstone's Raven SSD Enclosure: NVMe or SATA, Your Choice By Myles Goldman published 15 July 21 The new Silverstone Raven RVS03 M.2 enclosure supports both NVME and SATA M.2 SSDS with transfer speeds up to 10Gbps.
Thailand Lockdowns Could Worsen HDD Shortage By Anton Shilov published 15 July 21 Lockdowns in Thailand can impact HDD production, report says.
TeamGroup Crams 8TB of Flash Into an M.2 SSD By Anton Shilov published 15 July 21 3D QLC-based TeamGroup's MP34Q SSDs combine high capacity with moderate performance.
Patriot Admits to Swapping Parts on VPN100 SSD, Performance Unaffected By Zhiye Liu published 13 July 21 Patriot explains the reasons behind the component swap in the brand's Viper VPN100 M.2 PCIe SSD.
Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 M.2 SSD Review: A High-Performance Value (Update) By Sean Webster published 13 July 21 Update Sabrent’s Rocket NVMe 4.0 offers unparalleled speed and endurance for the price.
Team Group T-Create Expert SSD Review: Ultimate Endurance for Chia Crypto Plotting By Sean Webster published 13 July 21 Team Group T-Create Expert is an expensive and enduring NVMe SSD for content creators and Chia farmers looking for lasting performance.
New WD SN850 SSD Firmware Restores AMD X570 Performance By Zhiye Liu published 12 July 21 Western Digital has released new firmware for the WD Black SN850 to recover the lost performance when connected to the AMD X570 chipset.
Icy Dock Packs 24 SSDs Into Three Drive Bays By Aleksandar Kostovic published 12 July 21 Icy Dock presents a 24 drive solution ideal for workstation PCs, gaming rigs, home servers, and data centers that require high IOPS, high capacity, and low latency storage access.
Even 'Free' Chia Farming Wouldn't Be Profitable at Scale, Cloud Storage Provider Finds By Nathaniel Mott published 9 July 21 Backblaze's calculations indicate that farming Chia at scale wouldn't be profitable even with essentially no operating costs.
This SSD Computes and Plots Chia for You By Francisco Pires published 9 July 21 NGD System's Computational Storage Drives are available in capacities up to 32TB and promise "set-it-and-forget-it" Chia plotting and farming.
Samsung Teases PCIe 5.0 SSDs: Coming in Q2 2022 By Anton Shilov published 8 July 21 Samsung readies PM1743 PCIe 5.0 SSD for enterprises.
Storage Scaler Crams 16 SSDs Into One Board By Ian Evenden published 6 July 21 A Kickstarter campaign hopes to produce a PCIe board with 16 SATA M.2 drives
Intel Optane SSD DC P5800X Review: The Fastest SSD Ever Made By Sean Webster published 2 July 21 Powered by a new generation of Optane and a faster SSD controller, Intel’s Optane SSD DC P5800X is a powerhouse PCIe 4.0 SSD that outperforms every drive on the market.
