Latest SSDs News
16-year-old SATA II SSD survives 1 petabyte of writes — 25x more than the drive's endurance rating
As part of an experiment, an enthusiast has written one petabyte of data on a legacy Sandisk P4 SATA II SSD that was released 16 years ago.
Chinese makers of DRAM modules, SSDs have a serious advantage over American and Taiwanese suppliers, says SMI SVP
CCP directives can be lifebuoy for Chinese producers of DRAM modules and solid-state drives as domestic memory makers may be obliged to support the module industry.
SMI says Nvidia is driving its consumer PCIe 6.0 roadmap, not AMD and Intel
Nvidia may be ahead of AMD and Intel with PCIe Gen6-supporting platform for client PCs due to its client agentic AI ambitions, and that roadmap has suppliers like Silicon Motion paying attention.
'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec
Vice president of client storage solutions at Silicon Motion warns that the retail SSD market has almost disappeared as NAND makers prioritize shipments of memory to AI data centers.
SMI's PCIe 6.0 SSD controller for consumer SSDs coming next year, but severe NAND shortages will get even worse in 2027 as AI data centers swallow supply
Silicon Motion's Nelson Duann discusses NAND supply crisis in the consumer SSD market and the future of consumer storage.
Louis Rossmann is suing Samsung after firm offers refund for defective SSD while still selling the drives on Amazon [Updated]
Right to Repair activist Louis Rossman threatens to sue Samsung after the SSD maker failed to replace his dead 990 Pro 4TB SSD under warranty.
Crushing shortages force Biwin into $1.86 billion NAND deal for SSDs
Biwin signs a 24-months supply agreement with an unknown NAND maker to get memory worth $1.86 billion.
Silicon Motion increases sales of SSD controllers amid NAND shortage, but expects NAND shortages to get worse in 2027
Sales of Silicon Motion’s SSD controllers are record high, but supply of NAND for client applications may get worse in 2027, the company tells us.
