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Seagate Technology has reportedly notified its customers abouts its plans to raise prices on new hard drive orders and for demands that exceed prior agreements, echoing a similar move by Western Digital, which increased its prices earlier this month. These changes come in response to a surge in demand for high-capacity HDDs and constraints in supply due to decreased production capabilities of both Seagate and Western Digital, reports TrendForce. According to industry insights reported by TechNews, the sector anticipates that the scarcity of high-capacity HDD products will persist throughout the current quarter and possibly extend over the entire year. It is forecasted that HDD prices will rise by 5% to 10% in Q2 2024 alone and could increase further as a reault of the ongoing...
Computex 2014: Transcend Shows SSD370 with Custom Firmware, SSD & RAM Upgrade Kits for Macs
Transcend has lately been shifting their focus and the company's strategy now is to concentrate on providing upgrade kits to Mac users. That was evident at their Computex booth...
5 by Kristian Vättö on 6/11/2014
The Intel SSD DC P3700 Review Part 2: NVMe on Client Workloads
Last week we reviewed Intel's first NVMe drive: the DC P3700. Based on a modified version of the controller in Intel's SSD DC S3700/S3500, the P3700 moves to an...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/10/2014
Computex 2014 ADATA Booth Tour: 2TB SX930 SSD, Micro SSDs, Power Banks, Wireless Chargers and More
We already covered ADATA's DDR4 last week but they had a ton of other interesting products at their booth. I'll start with the SSDs as they are the most...
15 by Kristian Vättö on 6/9/2014
Computex 2014: Kingston Announces V310 & HyperX Fury SSDs, Shows SF3700 And Marvell PCIe SSDs
Unlike many manufacturers, Kingston didn’t have a booth or suite at Computex but instead they held a one-day HyperX gaming event on the top floor of one of Taipei’s...
35 by Kristian Vättö on 6/8/2014
Computex 2014: Plextor Announces M6 Pro SSD & PlexTurbo Software
While Computex is already over for this year, we still have a lot of stuff to go through and post. I stopped by at Plextor's booth earlier this week...
8 by Kristian Vättö on 6/8/2014
Computex 2014: Update on SandForce SF3700 & A Live Demo
One of the key things I have been looking forward to at Computex is hearing more about the third generation SandForce controller i.e. the SF3700. I just stopped by...
9 by Kristian Vättö on 6/4/2014
Computex 2014: Samsung Launches TLC-Based 845DC EVO for The Enterprise
While this is technically not a Computex announcement, Samsung is launching their TLC NAND based 845DC EVO today. This isn't Samsung's first TLC based enterprise SSD as a while...
11 by Kristian Vättö on 6/3/2014
Computex 2014: SanDisk Announces Extreme Pro SSD
Continuing our Computex coverage, SanDisk is launching their new flagship Extreme Pro SSD today here in Taipei. SanDisk is targeting the enthusiast and professional crowd with the drive by...
6 by Kristian Vättö on 6/3/2014
AnandTech Participates in Roundtable Discussion with Intel and Supermicro about P3700 and NVMe
Earlier this evening, Intel announced a new family of NVMe based PCIe SSDs, including the P3700. I reviewed a 1.6TB version of the P3700 here. A few weeks ago...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2014
Intel SSD DC P3700 Review: The PCIe SSD Transition Begins with NVMe
In 2008 Intel introduced its first SSD, the X25-M, and with it Intel ushered in a new era of primary storage based on non-volatile memory. Intel may have been...
85 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2014
Crucial MX100 (256GB & 512GB) Review
Computex is officially kicking off today and unlike many of the products announced at trade shows, we actually have a full review of the Crucial MX100 that is launching...
50 by Kristian Vättö on 6/2/2014
Seagate Acquires SandForce From Avago/LSI
Seagate has just announced that they will be acquiring LSI's Accelerated Solution Division and Flash Components Division from Avago, which translate to LSI's Nytro lineup along with the SSD...
37 by Kristian Vättö on 5/29/2014
JMicron JMF667H Reference Design (128GB & 256GB) Review
Back in 2008 and 2009, JMicron was a relatively big name in the SSD industry. Many OEMs were using their controllers as there weren't many alternatives and JMicron had...
28 by Kristian Vättö on 5/29/2014
Synology Introduces DS414slim with Marvell ARMADA 370
NAS units capable of only accepting 2.5" drives have been a rarity, but the launch of WD Red drives in that form factor has given a boost to vendors...
33 by Ganesh T S on 5/28/2014
Samsung SSD XP941 Review: The PCIe Era Is Here
For most of the last decade, SATA has been the dominant interface in the consumer storage space. As long as hard drives were the major media for storage, SATA...
110 by Kristian Vättö on 5/15/2014
SanDisk Announces X300s SSDs
While most SSD manufacturers are likely holding their product announcements until Computex next month, SanDisk has today announced a new model to their business SSD portfolio: the X300s. Most...
22 by Kristian Vättö on 5/13/2014
ASRock Rack C2750D4I Review: A Storage Motherboard with Management
One of the purposes of Intel’s Avoton CPUs is cold storage. ASRock produced the C2750D4I for that need – a mini-ITX motherboard with a 25W eight core CPU, support...
85 by Ian Cutress on 4/29/2014
Synology Launches Entry Level Four-Bay DS414j
Synology's j-series NAS units have traditionally provided consumers with a very budget-friendly entry-level window into the DSM (Disk Station Manager) ecosystem. As the amount of user-generated data in the...
15 by Ganesh T S on 4/29/2014
Micron M500DC (480GB & 800GB) Review
While the client SSD space has become rather uninteresting lately, the same cannot be said of the enterprise segment. The types of workloads in the enterprise world can require...
37 by Kristian Vättö on 4/22/2014
G-Technology and LaCie Roll Out Thunderbolt 2 Lineup
Thunderbolt is Intel’s high-bandwidth, do-everything connector, designed as a potential future path for all things external to a system - displays, USB devices, external storage, PCI Express, and even...
24 by Ganesh T S on 4/11/2014
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