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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.

Kingston Fury Renegade SSD Review: A Refined KC3000 (Updated)

By Shane Downing published 9 January 23

Update The Kingston Fury arrives with up to 7 GBps of sequential throughput, making it one of the fastest SSDs on the market, and also comes with more write endurance.

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

Solidigm P44 Pro SSD Review: Platinum P41, Take Two (Updated)

By Shane Downing published 3 January 23

Editor's Choice

Update That Solidigm P44 Pro is the SK hynix Platinum P41 under a different name. Under the new umbrella it has access to Solidigm’s software support and the MSRP is more attractive.

Kingston NV2 SSD Review: Cheap But Risky

By Shane Downing published 2 January 23

A generic budget SSD with irregular hardware

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.

Inland TN436 SSD Review: Retail 2230 Drive That Comes Up Short

By Shane Downing published 26 December 22

A good option to have, but passable at best

Corsair MP600 GS SSD Review: Middling, but Capable

By Shane Downing published 23 December 22

The Corsair MP600 GS isn't exactly an exciting mid-range PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. It provides enough performance, but is not priced competitively. But it does do SLC caching a bit differently.

Corsair EX100U Portable SSD Review: The Good, The Bad, and the Average

By Shane Downing published 22 December 22

Middle-of-the-road SSD that fits in your pocket

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.