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Microsoft Trying to Kill HDD Boot Drives By 2023: Report

By Paul Alcorn published 8 June 22

Industry analyst firm Trendfocus reports that Microsoft is moving to force OEMs to stop using HDDs for boot drives.

8-Port M.2 NVMe RAID Controllers Offer Up to 28,000 MB/s of Storage Bandwidth

By Aaron Klotz published 7 June 22

HighPoint has created two new fast M.2 RAID Controller PCIe cards, capable of housing up to eight drives, for a total of 64TB of storage and up to 28,000MB of bandwidth on a single card.

Phison Demos M.2 PCIe 5.0 x4 SSD: Up to 12GBps Reads

By Anton Shilov last updated 15 June 22

Phison showcases its PS5026-E26 SSD with Micron's 3D TLC NAND memory.

Lexar SL660 Blaze 1TB Portable SSD Review: Taking a Stand with RGB

By Shane Downing published 28 May 22

We put the Lexar SL660 Blaze through a battery of tests to see if it comes out on top.

Apacer's PCIe 5.0 SSDs to Bring 13 GBps Speeds to Alder Lake, Ryzen 7000

By Brandon Hill last updated 15 June 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 last updated 13 July 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 last updated 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 last updated 6 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 last updated 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.

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