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.
Patriot Admits to Swapping Parts on VPN100 SSD, Performance Unaffected By Zhiye Liu published 13 July 21 Patriot explains the reasons behind the component swap in the brand's Viper VPN100 M.2 PCIe SSD.
Team Group T-Create Expert SSD Review: Ultimate Endurance for Chia Crypto Plotting By Sean Webster published 13 July 21 Team Group T-Create Expert is an expensive and enduring NVMe SSD for content creators and Chia farmers looking for lasting performance.
New WD SN850 SSD Firmware Restores AMD X570 Performance By Zhiye Liu published 12 July 21 Western Digital has released new firmware for the WD Black SN850 to recover the lost performance when connected to the AMD X570 chipset.
Icy Dock Packs 24 SSDs Into Three Drive Bays By Aleksandar Kostovic published 12 July 21 Icy Dock presents a 24 drive solution ideal for workstation PCs, gaming rigs, home servers, and data centers that require high IOPS, high capacity, and low latency storage access.
Even 'Free' Chia Farming Wouldn't Be Profitable at Scale, Cloud Storage Provider Finds By Nathaniel Mott published 9 July 21 Backblaze's calculations indicate that farming Chia at scale wouldn't be profitable even with essentially no operating costs.
This SSD Computes and Plots Chia for You By Francisco Pires published 9 July 21 NGD System's Computational Storage Drives are available in capacities up to 32TB and promise "set-it-and-forget-it" Chia plotting and farming.
Samsung Teases PCIe 5.0 SSDs: Coming in Q2 2022 By Anton Shilov published 8 July 21 Samsung readies PM1743 PCIe 5.0 SSD for enterprises.
Storage Scaler Crams 16 SSDs Into One Board By Ian Evenden published 6 July 21 A Kickstarter campaign hopes to produce a PCIe board with 16 SATA M.2 drives
Intel Reveals Optane SSD P1600X: Entry-Level Boot & Caching SSDs By Anton Shilov published 2 July 21 Intel unveils successors for Optane SSD 800p-series caching drives
Micron: Taiwan Drought Is Over, but More Problems Incoming By Anton Shilov published 1 July 21 Micron: Taiwan drought is behind, but coronavirus outbreak poses risks.
Chia Mining Craze Easing, But HDD Pricing Still Rising By Anton Shilov published 1 July 21 The Chia cryptomining craze has waned, but high-capacity HDDs are still scarce and prices are still high.
Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme SSD: Up to 32TB and 28GB/s By Anton Shilov published 1 July 21 Gigabyte's client Aorus Xtreme SSD can beat enterprise-grade drives.
Micron to Sell 3D XPoint Fab to Texas Instruments for $900 Million By Paul Alcorn published 30 June 21 Micron announced that it has sold its 3D XPoint (Optane) fab in Lehi, Utah to Texas Instruments.
Another Exploit Hits WD My Book Live Owners By Ian Evenden published 30 June 21 Analysis of data-loss attack suggests two ways in, and possibly two different hackers too.
WD My Book Live Owner's Data Disappears Overnight By Ian Evenden published 25 June 21 Owners of WD My Book Live drives are reporting wiped data.
Seagate Launches FireCuda 530: Its Fastest Client SSD to Date By Anton Shilov published 24 June 21 Seagate's FireCuda 530 SSDs Wed Extreme Performance & Extreme Endurance.
TeamGroup Reveals High Performance Z44Q Entry-Level PCIe 4.0 SSD By Anton Shilov published 24 June 21 TeamGroup's T-Force Cardea Z44Q uses 3D QLC NAND, PCIe 4.0 interface.
Sabrent Rolls Out 16TB External SSD For $2,900 By Zhiye Liu published 22 June 21 Sabrent launches the Rocket XTRM-Q external SSD with a 16TB capacity and an eye-watering price tag.
Cigent K2 Secure Portable SSD Review: Stop Ransomware in Its Tracks By Sean Webster published 22 June 21 Cigent pairs secure software with heavily encrypted storage, for those who need to meet data compliance standards.