Best External Drives: Portable SSDs and Hard Drives of 2021 By Matt Safford, Sean Webster These external hard drives and SSDs offer the best balance of performance, features and price.
Best SSDs 2021: From Budget SATA to Blazing-Fast NVMe By Sean Webster Based on our extensive lab tests, we recommend the best SSDs for every need and budget.
Get This WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe SSD for under $100 By Jason England Right now at Newegg, the WD Blue SN550 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD is now available for less than $100.
British Regulators May Slowdown SK Hynix Acquisition of Intel's NAND Business By Anton Shilov The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority is probing the SK Hynix Intel deal.
Acer and Predator-Branded RAM, SSDs Decloak By Andrew E. Freedman Biwin is bringing Acer and Acer Predator-branded SSD storage and RAM modules to the PC building market.
Microsoft Admits to Game Performance Issues By Anton Shilov Windows 10 KB5001330 and KB5000842 updates can cause performance degradations.
Microsoft's DirectStorage API to Support PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs, DirectX 12 GPUs By Anton Shilov Microsoft shares first details about DirectStorage requirements.
Report: Samsung Mulls Outsourcing eMMC, Embedded Flash Storage Controllers By Anton Shilov Samsung is reportedly considering outsourcing production of its memory controllers in favor of high-margin orders.
Intel Axes Optane SSD DC P4800X SSDs with Memory Drive Technology By Anton Shilov Intel discontinues SSDs with Memory Drive Technology software.
MSI Goes SSDs: Three Series of Spatinum SSDs Incoming By Anton Shilov MSI quietly starts to ship Spatinum SSDs to PC makers.
Get $350 off This Sabrent 2TB Rocket M.2 SSD By Jason England Right now at Amazon and B&H, the Sabrent Rocket 2TB NVMe SSD is down to just $249.98 — a massive $350 saving!
Corsair MP600 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Faster Speed, Less Endurance By Sean Webster Corsair’s MP600 Pro is a fast and secure M.2 NVMe SSD that keeps cool with innovative cooling solutions.
SK Hynix Envisions 600-Layer 3D NAND & EUV-Based DRAM By Anton Shilov SK Hynix is looking at 600-layer 3D NAND, EUV-based DDR5 SDRAM, converged computing-in-memory devices.
SSD Sale: Get up to $90 off Samsung SATA and NVMe Storage By Jason England For a limited time at Amazon, you can save up to $90 on Samsung SATA and NVMe SSDs — prices starting from just $55.
PCIe 6.0 Ready for Chip Designs: Synopsys Unveils Complete PCI Express 6.0 Solution By Anton Shilov Synopsys has DesignWare controller, physical interface, and verification IP for 5nm chips.
Samsung Fab Shutdown Creates An SSD Controller Shortage By Aaron Klotz Due to severe power outages in Texas, Samsung's SSD controller production has been halted, causing a temporary shortage of Samsung SSDs.
The Samsung 980 SSD Spotted: A DRAM-Less PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD By Anton Shilov Samsung's 980 SSDs are almost here, but they are slower than Samsung's 970 Evo Plus.
Russia's Elbrus Development: A Homebrew SSD Controller By Anton Shilov Kraftway develops own SSD controller for the Elbrus ecosystem.
Team Group EX 2 Elite 512GB SSD now Just $46 on Newegg By Jason England Right now at Newegg, you can get this 512GB Team Group EX 2 Elite SSD for just $46.99 — down from $53.99.
SSD Deal: Crucial P5 1TB M.2 NVMe Down to $119 at Amazon By Jason England Right now at Amazon, you can pick up the Crucial P5 1TB SSD for $30 off the list price — taking the cost down to just $119.99.
