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SK Hynix May Sell Yet-to-Be Completed Chinese Fab: Report (Updated)

By Anton Shilov published 25 April 23

Market uncertainties plus China sanctions

Corsair's MP600 Mini M.2 SSD Launches for Valve Steam Deck Upgrades

By Brandon Hill published 25 April 23

Corsair launches a new M.2 2230 SSD suitable for the Valve Steam Deck or Microsoft Surface family

Adata Legend 960 Max SSD Review: Now With Extra Toppings

By Shane Downing published 23 April 23

A better Legend 960, thanks to the heatsink

DirectStorage 1.2 Adds Buffered IO Mode to Speed HDD Performance

By Mark Tyson published 20 April 23

Microsoft DirectStorage 1.2 can help speed HDD systems with a new buffered mode, as well as delivering general performance improvements and implementing bug fixes.

Seagate Hit with $300 Million Fine for Shipping 7.4 Million HDDs to Huawei

By Anton Shilov published 20 April 23

Seagate to pay record fine for shipping 7.4 million hard drives to Huawei from 2020 to 2021.

Micro Center Inland 256GB Free SSD Promotion

Micro Center Offers New Customers a 256GB SSD for Free

By Aaron Klotz published 17 April 23

Micro Center has a promotion going on right now where new customers can get a free Inland 256GB SATA SSD at Micro Center's brick-and-mortar locations.

Crucial T700 SSD Preview: Fastest Consumer SSD Hits 12.4 GB/s

By Shane Downing published 17 April 23

The Crucial T700 looks to be the fastest PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD that will be available on the market, arriving as early as May. Its passive cooling is a nice addition to what is an incredibly fast drive.

Suspicious Cyclist Caught Smuggling 6,000 MicroSD Cards Into China

By Mark Tyson published 10 April 23

A cyclist was caught trying to bring 6,000 microSD cards in from zero VAT Hong Kong to mainland China. He acted suspiciously and sought to avoid the gaze of customs officers.

Lexar Professional NM800 Pro SSD Review: Cool Temps, Great for PS5

By Shane Downing published 9 April 23

A good grab if you want a fast 2TB drive with a heatsink

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Requires a Staggering 155GB of Drive Space

By Aaron Klotz published 7 April 23

The storage requirements for Jedi: Survivor are among the highest in the industry, requiring 155GB for a base install of the game.

Seagate, EK Bring Tiny Lightsabers to M.2 SSDs

By Aaron Klotz published 6 April 23

Seagate has partnered with EK to create new special edition Star Wars themed FireCuda NVMe SSDs. Featuring Lightsaber faceplates honoring Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Darth Vader.

Addlink S90 Lite SSD Review: Capacity on the Cheap

By Shane Downing published 6 April 23

The Addlink S90 Lite is a mediocre budget PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD that’s best bought at 2TB with current pricing. It’s generic on the whole, aside from having weak sustained performance.

Kioxia Researchers Demo Hepta-Level Cell NAND Flash, Nearly Doubling the Capacity of QLC

By Aaron Klotz published 3 April 23

Kioxia researchers have successfully built a new NAND flash technology with the potential of having nearly twice the capacity of QLC NAND flash, while being significantly cheaper to produce.

Best Buy Lists More Affordable Xbox Storage Expansion Cards From WD

By Anton Shilov published 3 April 23

BestBuy lists Western Digital's Xbox Series X|S external storage expansion cards, then removes listing.

Kioxia and WD Unveil World's Fastest 3D NAND Flash Memory

By Anton Shilov published 31 March 23

Kioxia's and Western Digital's 218-layer 3D NAND device boasts 1Tb capacity, 3.2 GT/s interface speed.

Samsung Talks 1 Petabyte SSDs: Thousands of Layers, Packaging Innovations

By Anton Shilov published 30 March 23

Samsung expects physical, logical scaling and packaging innovations to enable Petabyte-size SSDs.

Corsair MP600 Pro LPX SSD Review: Another Day, Another Drive

By Shane Downing published 30 March 23

The Corsair MP600 Pro LPX is an undistinguished high-end PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD that would work fine in a PlayStation 5 but falls behind its peers in most respects. Get it on sale, if possible.

Ecuadorian Journalists Targeted by Exploding USB Drives

By Mark Tyson published 22 March 23

Some news outlets in Ecuador have received booby-trapped USB drives designed to explode when inserted into a device. Only one of the five known devices detonated.

Drive Study Shows Most Failures Occur in Under Three Years

By Aaron Klotz published 17 March 23

A new report from Secure Data Recovery suggests that a potentially bad hard drive will fail in just under three years. This is most likely to occur with Hitachi and Seagate drives.

SK Hynix's 300-Layer 3D NAND to Increase SSD Performance and Lower Costs

By Anton Shilov published 17 March 23

SK Hynix discloses details about its next-gen 300-layer 3D TLC NAND.

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