Storage
Sabrent's lineup of internal and external SSDs is popular among enthusiasts. The primary reason is the company's tendency to be among the first to market with products based on the latest controllers, while also delivering an excellent value proposition. The company has a long-standing relationship with Phison and adopts its controllers for many of their products. The company's 2 GBps-class portable SSD - the Rocket nano V2 - is based on Phison's U18 native controller. Read on for a detailed look at the Rocket nano V2 External SSD, including an analysis of its performance consistency, power consumption, and thermal profile.
The Toshiba XG6 1TB SSD Review: Our First 96-Layer 3D NAND SSD
For the second year in a row, Toshiba is the first to ship a new generation of 3D NAND. The new XG6 NVMe SSD for OEMs otherwise changes little...
32 by Billy Tallis on 9/6/2018QNAP Announces TS-332X Three-Bay NAS with 10 GbE
QNAP has announced its new three-bay NAS designed for SOHO market. The TS-332X also happens to be one of the industry’s first three-bay NASes that integrates a 10 GbE...
22 by Anton Shilov on 9/5/2018ADATA Announces XPG SX6000 Pro SSDs: Realtek RTS5763DL with 3D TLC
ADATA on Tuesday introduced its new XPG SX6000 Pro SSDs, which are aimed at mid-range gaming PCs. The new SSDs are based on the Realtek’s latest RTS5763DL SSD controller...
0 by Anton Shilov on 8/28/2018The Samsung Portable SSD X5 Review - Thunderbolt 3 and NVMe in a Premium Enclosure
Samsung is launching their first Thunderbolt 3 SSD, the Portable SSD X5, today. It places an OEM version of their 970 EVO NVMe SSD behind an Alpine Ridge controller...
23 by Ganesh T S on 8/28/2018SSD Form Factors Proliferate At Flash Memory Summit 2018
Last year, Intel and Samsung proposed new form factors for enterprise/datacenter SSDs with the goal of overcoming the shortcomings of the existing M.2, U.2 and PCIe add-in card form...
26 by Billy Tallis on 8/17/2018ATP Announces eMMC5.1 3D NAND Storage For Extreme Temperatures
ATP recently introduced its new eMMC storage solutions designed for industrial applications and rough environments. The storage devices are based on 3D NAND memory and can work in SLC...
1 by Anton Shilov on 8/15/2018Flash Memory Summit 2018, Yangtze Memory Technology Keynote Live Blog: Unleashing 3D NAND
The final talk of this session is from Yangtze Memory Technology (YMTC). We published their announcement this week, but they have set a very interesting talk for the show...
5 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018Flash Memory Summit 2018, SK Hynix Keynote Live Blog: NAND Development
Second keynote of the session is SK Hynix
1 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018Toshiba Announces XL-Flash Low-Latency 3D NAND
At Flash Memory Summit today, Toshiba announced a new variant of 3D NAND flash memory, XL-Flash. Made with the same basic process as their 96-layer BiCS4 3D NAND...
3 by Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018Flash Memory Summit 2018, Micron Keynote Live Blog: QLC Flash
The afternoon keynote session has talks from Micron, SK Hynix, and YMTC, speaking all about future Flash products. This first talk is titled 'QLC Flash: Metting the Challenges of...
0 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018Flash Memory Summit, Western Digital Keynote Live Blog
Second Keynote for us: Western Digital
0 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018Western Digital Announces OpenFlex Storage Architecture and NVMeoF Storage Devices
Western Digital on Tuesday introduced its new OpenFlex storage architecture and the first family of products supporting it. The OpenFlex architecture promises to enable operators of datacenters to independently...
3 by Anton Shilov on 8/7/2018Flash Memory Summit, Toshiba Keynote Live Blog
We're here at Flash Memory Summit! One of the first keynotes of the event is Toshiba, speaking about their use of Flash.
1 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018ASUS Unveils FX External HDDs with Aura Sync RGB & AES-256 Encryption
ASUS has introduced its new FX family of external storage devices, which are aimed at gamers and feature the company’s Aura Sync RGB lighting. The FX drives can store...
3 by Anton Shilov on 8/7/2018The Intel SSD 660p SSD Review: QLC NAND Arrives For Consumer SSDs
The first consumer SSD with QLC NAND has arrived, and it shows that there isn't much to worry about. For most use cases, the Intel SSD 660p is as...
93 by Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018IBM And Everspin Announce 19TB NVMe SSD With MRAM Write Cache
A new generation of IBM's FlashSystem storage appliances will be adopting a new architecture with magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) write caches instead of capacitor-backed DRAM. MRAM is one of the...
15 by Billy Tallis on 8/6/2018MRAM Developer Day, IBM Keynote Live Blog
Third Keynote in this session is from IBM Research: STT-MRAM is Ready for Applications Today.
0 by Ian Cutress on 8/6/2018Samsung Starts Mass Production of QLC V-NAND-Based SSDs
Samsung on Monday announced the industry’s first consumer SSDs based on QLC V-NAND memory. The drives will be available with capacities of up to 4 TB and will target...
6 by Anton Shilov on 8/6/2018MRAM Developer Day, GlobalFoundries Keynote Live Blog
Second Keynote today is from GlobalFoundries, Everspin's MRAM partner.
1 by Ian Cutress on 8/6/2018Silicon Motion Announces SM2270 Enterprise NVMe SSD Controller
At Flash Memory Summit this week, Silicon Motion is previewing their first SSD controller designed specifically for enterprise and datacenter SSDs. The new SM2270 will be Silicon Motion's largest...
3 by Billy Tallis on 8/6/2018