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Toshiba

Toshiba's 20TB HDDs Are Ready For Primetime

By Anton Shilov last updated

SATA-IO validates Toshiba's upcoming 20TB HDDs for interoperability.

M.2 SSD

Western Digital, Kioxia Lose 'At Least' 6.5 Exabytes of 3D NAND Due to Contamination (Updated)

By Paul Alcorn last updated

Kioxia and Western Digital reported that two factories have suffered from contamination issues that scuttled at least 6.5 exabytes of flash memory.

Toshiba

Toshiba: 26TB HDDs Due Within a Year, 40TB HDDs in Five Years

By Anton Shilov published

Toshiba discloses MAS-MAMR, HAMR roadmap.

Intel Optane

Intel's Optane Business Haemorrhaged Over Half a Billion Dollars in 2020

By Mark Tyson published

Intel launched Optane with great fanfare in 2015 as a paradigm-shifting bridge between DRAM and NAND. However, it might only still exist as a loss leader to sell Xeon processors.

Sintech

Adapter Turns SSDs Into Cheap CFExpress Cards

By Anton Shilov published

Build your own CFexpress card using a cheap adapter and save hundreds of dollars .

Adata

Silicon Motion: Enthusiast-Grade PCIe 5.0 SSDs on Track for 2022

By Anton Shilov published

High-end PCIe 5.0 x4 SSDs based on controllers from Innogrit, Phison, and Silicon Motion to arrive this year.

Fixed storage disks

Windows 11 KB5008353 Might Finally Fix Disk Performance Issues

By Mark Tyson published

KB5008353 appears to put the final nail in Windows 11's slow disk coffin, as well as deliver important fixes to Bluetooth, multi-display, and zombie icon issues.

Hard drives

Seagate HDDs Top and Bottom Backblaze’s 2021 Failure Rates Data

By Michelle Ehrhardt published

Backblaze’s 2021 HDD stability report reveals how resilient hard drives have become.

Seagate

Seagate: We Are Shipping 22TB HDDs

By Anton Shilov last updated

Hybrid 22TB SMR HDDs from Seagate are shipping.

TeamGroup

TeamGroup Reveals First PCIe 5.0 x4 SSD for PCs, Over 13 GBps

By Anton Shilov last updated

TeamGroup's T-Force Cardea PCIe Gen5 SSD comes with aluminum and graphene heat spreaders and is compatible with laptops and desktops.

Intel

Optane Rides Again: New Intel Datacenter Drives Incoming

By Anton Shilov published

Optane memory is no longer made by Micron, but new Intel Optane SSDs keep coming.

Harvard University, dye storage

Harvard’s New Dye-Based Storage Could Preserve Data for Thousands of Years

By Isaac Rouse published

Similar to the caveman paintings of olde, liquid-based data storage has surfaced yet again, taking the method to the technological next level.

Corsair

Corsair Launches PS5-Ready MP600 Pro LPX SSD: Up to 7.1 GBps

By Anton Shilov published

PC gaming company Corsair launches an SSD for Sony's PlayStation 5 game console.

Samsung 870 EVO

Puget Releases Hardware Reliability Report: CPUs, GPUs and SSDs

By Brandon Hill published

The 2021 reliability report looked at failure data from CPUs, GPUs, RAM and more.

Micron

Micron Ships First 176-Layer QLC SSDs: Up to 4,500 MBps Read Speeds

By Brandon Hill published

Micron's 176-layer QLC NAND will first hit the client market with the 2400 SSD. It uses a PCIe Gen4 interface to deliver up to 4,500 MBps read speeds (though write speeds are lower).

Qnap

Qnap's 4-Bay NAS Gets 80TB, Thunderbolt 4, 10GbE Connectivity

By Anton Shilov published

Qnap announces TS-464T4 NAS with Intel's Jasper Lake, Thunderbolt 4, 2.5GbE, and 10GbE.

SK Hynix

SK Hynix Launches Its Fastest Client SSDs to Date: Up to 7 GBps

By Anton Shilov published

SK Hynix’s Platinum P41 offers 7000 MB/s throughput.

ioSafe

ioSafe's New Disaster-Proof NAS Can Store 100TB and Withstand 1,550F of Heat

By Anton Shilov published

ioSafe's 1520+ NAS can withstand fire and floods, house five 3.5-inch HDDs.

Intel

Intel Demos Lightning Fast 13.8 GBps PCIe 5.0 SSD with Alder Lake

By Anton Shilov published

Intel demonstrates Core i9-12900K and Samsung PM1743 SSD at 13.8 GB/s.

Storage

New Malware Uses SSD Over-Provisioning to Bypass Security Measures

By Aaron Klotz published

Korean researchers have discovered two major vulnerabilities revolving around the over-provisioning feature built into all modern SSDs.

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