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Acer MA200 1TB SSD Review: Good enough, and that’s the point
By Shane Downing published
The Acer MA200 is a competent M.2 2230 NVMe SSD with reasonably good performance and power-efficiency, even if it’s not the fastest drive out there.

Silicon Motion increases sales of SSD controllers amid NAND shortage, but expects NAND shortages to get worse in 2027
By Anton Shilov published
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.

TeamGroup shows off external SSD with wireless ‘self-destruct’ function
By Jowi Morales published
TeamGroup released a plethora of new SSDs and RAM kits at Computex 2026, offering a mixture of design, performance, and security.

Phison shows PCIe 6.0 X3 SSD controller with 28 GB/s of bandwidth and 6.8 million IOPS, supports 2 petabytes per drive
By Paul Alcorn published
Beastly PCIe 6.0 SSDs sampling in December.

New Silicon Motion SM2524XT chip brings 14 GB/s to mainstream SSDs
By Anton Shilov published
Silicon Motion announces its SM2524XT mainstream SSD controller that promises 14 GB/s read speed, up to 2.5 million random IOPS, and sustained random performance.

Huawei develops 122TB SSD with new packaging tech to sidestep US sanctions on 3D NAND chips
By Jowi Morales published
Necessity is the mother of invention.

Fake Samsung SSD spotting comes to CrystalDiskInfo as AI crunch drives sophisticated counterfeit market
By Zhiye Liu published
CrystalDiskInfo's new feature will tell you whether your Samsung SSD is the real deal or not.

SSD prices skyrocket by 300% in Japan, bringing 8TB Samsung 9100 drive to an eye-watering $3,500
By Jowi Morales published
Samsung SSDs saw massive price hikes across multiple Japanese PC retailers, with prices going up to $3,500 for 8TB drives.
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