Plextor Expands Lineup of PCIe 4.0 SSDs: Up to 7000 MB/s By Anton Shilov published 18 August 21 Plextor's new M10P SSDs use InnoGrit's IG5636 'Rainer' controller.
SK Hynix Adds 2TB Model to P31 Line, Our Favorite Laptop SSD By Anton Shilov published 17 August 21 SK Hynix's power-efficient Gold P31 lineup expands with 2TB option.
Seagate Remains HDD King, But Western Digital is Approaching By Anton Shilov published 16 August 21 Western Digital almost catches up with Seagate in HDD shipments.
TeamGroup Launches PS5-Optimized SSD: Up to 7400 MB/s By Anton Shilov published 13 August 21 TeamGroup releases its fastest SSDs to date: the T-Force Cardea A440 for PS5.
HDD Shipments Set All-Time Capacity Record By Anton Shilov published 12 August 21 Shipped HDD capacity hits 351.4EB in Q2 2021.
X-NAND Technology Gets Patented, QLC Flash with SLC Speed By Aleksandar Kostovic published 9 August 21 NEO Semiconductor has officially patented the X-NAND technology, giving the company an option to license it to big memory makers.
WD Sold $200 Million in Hard Drives for Chia Mining Last Quarter By Anton Shilov published 5 August 21 Sales of Western Digital's high-capacity enterprise drives increase to 7.7 million per quarter.
SK Hynix to Make Intel's NAND Business a Separate Company By Anton Shilov published 4 August 21 SK Hynix to establish a standalone U.S.-based NAND producer after it gets Intel's 3D NAND assets.
HDD Reliability Report Lists Three Drives That Never Failed By Nathaniel Mott published 4 August 21 Backblaze's latest drive reliability report identified three models of HDD that suffered no failures in the last quarter.
Sony Enables SSD Storage Upgrade in PS5: Just Add M.2 SSD By Anton Shilov published 29 July 21 Sony enables upgrade PlayStation 5's storage with an M.2 SSD.
Enterprise SSD Prices Likely to Increase by 15% in Q3 2021 By Aleksandar Kostovic published 29 July 21 TrendForce predicts that enterprise SSDs will experience a 15% price hike in the upcoming quarter, with signs of price correction sometimes towards the end of 2021.
Kioxia Demos HLC 3D NAND and Talks About OLC NAND By Anton Shilov published 27 July 21 Extreme SSD capacity at any cost: Kioxia experiments with 3D HLC NAND, talks 3D OLC NAND.
PCIe 4.0 SSD With Chinese 128L 3D TLC NAND Hits 7.5 GBps By Zhiye Liu published 25 July 21 Chinese vendor Asgard has launched its new AN4 PCIe 4.0 SSD with YMTC's 128-layer 3D TLC NAND chips.
TerraMaster's Compact 16-Bay TB3 DAS Stores Up to 288TB at 2.8GB/s By Anton Shilov published 23 July 21 TerraMaster's D16 DAS puts 288TB of high-performance storage space on your desk.
Seagate to Launch Mass Market 20TB HDDs in the Coming Months By Anton Shilov published 22 July 21 Seagate readies a lineup of 20TB HDDs with PMR and SMR.
Windows 10 Will Support Game-Boosting DirectStorage Tech After All By Aaron Klotz published 19 July 21 Microsoft has apparently changed its mind about supporting just Windows 11 with DirectStorage.
Qnap Launches NAS With Chinese x86 CPU: Zhaoxin-Based Model Available Worldwide By Anton Shilov published 17 July 21 Qnap's TVS-675 NAS packs the KaiXian KX-U6580 SoC and can house six HDDs and four SSDs.
Silverstone's Raven SSD Enclosure: NVMe or SATA, Your Choice By Myles Goldman published 15 July 21 The new Silverstone Raven RVS03 M.2 enclosure supports both NVME and SATA M.2 SSDS with transfer speeds up to 10Gbps.
Thailand Lockdowns Could Worsen HDD Shortage By Anton Shilov published 15 July 21 Lockdowns in Thailand can impact HDD production, report says.
TeamGroup Crams 8TB of Flash Into an M.2 SSD By Anton Shilov published 15 July 21 3D QLC-based TeamGroup's MP34Q SSDs combine high capacity with moderate performance.