Storage
SK hynix is one of the few vertically integrated manufacturers in the flash-based storage market. The company is well-established in the OEM market. A few years back, they also started exploring direct end-user products. Internal SSDs (starting with the Gold S31 and Gold P31) were the first out of the door. Late last year, the company introduced the Beetle X31 portable SSD, its first direct-attached storage product. In February, a complementary product was introduced - the Tube T31 Stick SSD. The Beetle X31 is a portable SSD with a Type-C upstream port and a separate cable. The Tube T31 is a take on the traditional thumb drive with a male Type-A interface. The size of the Beetle X31 makes the use of a bridge solution...
NVMe 1.4 Specification Published: Further Optimizing Performance and Reliability
Just over two years after the last major update, a new version of the NVM Express (NVMe) protocol specification for SSDs has been published, bringing a wealth of new features.
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TeamGroup T-Force Xcalibur ARGB DDR4-4000 at Computex
At Computex 2019, TeamGroup unveiled a couple of new products aimed at users looking for high-end components. One of these was its refreshed T-Force Xcalibur DDR4 memory now with...
3 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/12/2019
PNY 2 TB XLR NVMe SSD: PCIe 4.0 x4, Up to 4.8 GB/s
Since many high-end SSDs these days are bottlenecked by a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface, next-generation drives featuring a PCIe 4.0 x4 connector were among the highlights of this year’s...
21 by Anton Shilov on 6/10/2019
Maxio Technology: New Line of Cheaper NVMe SSD Controllers
Known primarily for controllers designed for inexpensive SATA SSDs, Maxio Technology is now expanding into the space of higher-performance drives featuring a PCIe interface. At Computex, the company demonstrated...
8 by Anton Shilov on 6/7/2019
The OWC Aura Pro X2 SSD Review: An NVMe Upgrade For Older Macs
Apple was an early adopter of PCIe SSDs, introducing them in 2013 when the NVMe specification was still in its infancy and before any M.2 NVMe hardware was available...
32 by Billy Tallis on 6/5/2019
Silicon Motion: PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD Controller in Development, Coming Q2 2020
Being the next step in PCIe, SSD controller makers are looking to release their PCIe 4.0 designs into the market. Silicon Motion is not an exception, with its upcoming...
27 by Anton Shilov on 6/4/2019
Seagate Announces Helium-based 16 TB Exos and IronWolf Hard Drives
Seagate is launching their 16 TB CMR (conventional magnetic recording) helium drives today under two product lines - the Exos X for datacenter usage, and the IronWolf / IronWolf...
37 by Ganesh T S on 6/4/2019
A USB Stick as an SSD? A New Silicon Motion SM3282 Single-Chip Controller for USB SSDs
Silicon Motion has introduced its first single-chip controller for portable USB SSDs. The SM3282 promises to enable makers of portable drives to offer up to 400 MB/s sequential read...
46 by Anton Shilov on 5/31/2019
Phison’s PS5016-E16 & PS5019-E19: The First PCIe 4.0 Client SSD Controllers
In the recent years SSD controllers and NAND flash memory have become so fast that the PCIe 3.0 x4 interface used by M.2 SSDs has become a bottleneck for...
12 by Anton Shilov on 5/31/2019
ADATA Shows Off SMI’s Prototype PCIe 4.0 x4 512GB SSD: An SM2267 SSD
One of the world’s largest suppliers of memory modules and SSDs, ADATA is a company to watch when it comes to the latest technologies. This is certainly the case...
6 by Anton Shilov on 5/30/2019
Intel Announces Optane Memory M15: 3D XPoint On M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4
The first major hardware update to Intel's consumer Optane M.2 drives is coming soon, with the Optane Memory M15 drive intended for caching use. Compared to the original Optane...
9 by Billy Tallis on 5/29/2019
Toshiba Announces XG6-P NVMe SSD For Client And Datacenter
Toshiba has announced a new variant of their XG6 client NVMe SSD: the XG6-P that adds a 2TB option to the family. The previous XG5 generation of SSDs followed...
0 by Billy Tallis on 5/29/2019
GIGABYTE Teases PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD in Press Release: 5 GB/s
A press release sent out by GIGABYTE on Friday said that the company would demonstrate one of the industry’s first SSDs featuring a PCIe 4.0 interface at Computex next...
42 by Anton Shilov on 5/24/2019
ADATA Launches XPG Spectrix S40G RGB SSD: Up to 3.5 GB/s and Loads of RGB
When high performance alone is not enough to impress, RGB lights are here to help. ADATA has officially introduced its XPG Spectrix S40G RGB SSD, which offer's the company’s...
10 by Anton Shilov on 5/24/2019
Mushkin’s Helix-L SSDs Available: Pushing the Price of 3D TLC
Mushkin this week said that it had started shipments of its Helix-L SSDs that promise to combine high performance and relatively low prices. The drives use Silicon Motion’s entry-level...
12 by Anton Shilov on 5/22/2019
Silicon Power’s Bolt B75 Pro: An External SSD up to 2 TB, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C
Silicon Power has introduced its new external SSD series that promises to bring together reliability, performance, and compatibility with the latest PCs featuring a USB Type-C interface. The Silicon...
15 by Anton Shilov on 5/22/2019
Kingston Launches Client-Focused KC2000 M.2 NVMe SSD: 96L TLC On SM2262EN
Kingston's latest flagship client/consumer SSD is launching today: the KC2000, which is set to replace the two year old KC1000. The KC2000 was previewed early this year at CES...
3 by Billy Tallis on 5/20/2019
Toshiba Memory & Western Digital Finalize Fab K1 Investment Agreement
Toshiba Memory and Western Digital on Friday announced that they had finalized a formal agreement regarding a joint investment in the K1 manufacturing facility near Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan...
1 by Anton Shilov on 5/20/2019
The Team Group MP34 512GB SSD Review: Refining Phison's NVMe Workhorse
Team Group's MP34 is a high-end NVMe SSD based on the familiar combination of the Phison E12 controller and Toshiba 3D TLC, but the price drops enabled by the...
17 by Billy Tallis on 5/15/2019
SK Hynix Begins Sampling of 96-Layer 1 Tb 3D QLC NAND
SK Hynix recently started sampling of its 1 Tb 96-layer NAND flash memory devices featuring its PUC 3D QLC architecture. The new 1 Tb chip will enable SSD makers...
14 by Anton Shilov on 5/10/2019
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