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Phison CEO claims NAND shortage could last a staggering 10 years
By Sunny Grimm published
AI profits are changing the landscape of storage and memory, perhaps fundamentally

IBM announced the world’s first HDD, the 3.75MB RAMAC 350 disk storage unit, 69 years ago today
By Mark Tyson published
This massive stacked magnetic disk design earned the nickname the ‘baloney slicer.’

Star Wars Outlaws developer explains that Nintendo Switch 2 game cards are too slow for a physical game release
By Mark Tyson published
Ubisoft wasn’t being ‘cheap’ by opting to deliver Star Wars Outlaws for Nintendo Switch 2 via Game-Key Card, according to a developer who worked on the title.

New report blames Phison's pre-release firmware for SSD failures — not Microsoft’s August patch for Windows
By Kunal Khullar published
The curious case of failing SSDs, following Microsoft’s August security patch for Windows, has once again taken an unexpected turn.

Remaking a Commodore 64 Datasette from 1982 using 1993 microcassette tech
By Mark Tyson published
Recreating the Commodore 64's famous 1982 datasette using 1993 tech and 2025 know-how

UltraRAM with DRAM-like speeds, 4,000x the durability of NAND, and data retention for up to a thousand years, is now ready for manufacturing
By Mark Tyson published
Efforts to commercialize UltraRAM have made a significant stride forward with the development of a scalable new industrial process.

Months after Elon Musk's DOGE crusade to wipe it out, LTO tape storage is bigger than ever
By Mark Tyson published
Tape storage shipments have enjoyed their fourth consecutive year of growth, increasing 15.4% according to the most recent data.

Holographic ribbon aims to oust magnetic tape with 50-year life span and 200TB capacity per cartridge
By Mark Tyson published
Further details about HoloMem’s holographic tape have come into view.

This new SSD will literally self destruct if you push the big red button it comes with — Team Group posts video of data destruction in action
By Mark Tyson published
Team Group's new M.2 2280 SSD comes with a big red button. Hold it one second too long, and it destroys your NAND instead of just erasing the data.
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