3D TLC
Micron has introduced its Micron 9550-series SSDs, which it claims are the fastest enterprise drives in the industry. The Micron 9550 Pro and 9550 Max SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface promise unbeatable performance amid enhanced endurance and power efficiency, which will be particularly beneficial for data centersMicron's 9550-series solid-state drives are based on a proprietary NVMe 2.0b controller with a PCIe Gen5 x4 interface and 232-layer 3D TLC NAND memory. The drives will be available in capacities ranging from 3.2 TB to 30.72 TB with one or three drive writes per day endurance as well as U.2, E1.S, and E3.S form factors to cater to the requirements of different types of servers. As far as performance is concerned, the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD...
Seagate at CES 2019: BarraCuda 510 and FireCuda 510 M.2 NVMe
Seagate recently returned to the consumer SSD market with the BarraCuda SSD. It didn't make much of a splash, but Seagate got their feet wet and kicked off a...
4 by Billy Tallis on 1/7/2019
ADATA Reveals XPG SX6000 Lite: An Entry-Level NVMe SSD
ADATA has introduced a new lineup of PCIe SSDs aimed at the entry-level market. The XPG SX6000 Lite drives are based on the same controller as the XPG SX6000...
16 by Anton Shilov on 12/18/2018
ADATA Announces XPG Gammix S11 Pro: SM2262EN, 3D TLC, Up to 3.5 GB/s
ADATA on Thursday introduced its highest-performing SSD to date, featuring sequential read speeds of up to 3.5 GB/s and random read speeds of up to 390K IOPS. The enthusiast-class...
12 by Anton Shilov on 12/13/2018
The Seagate BarraCuda (500GB) SSD Review: Getting Back In The Game
Seagate has been one of the top names in the storage industry for decades, but it's almost exclusively for their hard drives. The company has been largely absent from...
39 by Billy Tallis on 12/7/2018
SK Hynix Launches 96-Layer 3D NAND and Discloses QLC Plans
SK Hynix this week officially launched its new 96-layer 3D NAND flash memory chips, which feature a new architecture and a faster interface. The NAND has already been qualified...
4 by Anton Shilov on 11/8/2018
The Corsair Force MP510 SSD (960GB) Review: A High-End Contender
The Corsair Force MP510 isn't the first retail Phison E12 drive to hit the shelves but it's the first one to hit our testbed. The Phison controller paired with...
43 by Billy Tallis on 10/18/2018
Corsair Launches Force Series MP510 NVMe SSD
Today Corsair is launching the Force Series MP510 as their new high-end M.2 NVMe SSD. The MP510 is a big improvement over the preceding MP500, replacing the Phison E7...
12 by Billy Tallis on 10/16/2018
Kingston HyperX Savage EXO External SSD Capsule Review
Kingston had announced plans at the 2018 CES for a high-performance external SSD targeting the gaming market. The HyperX Savage EXO USB 3.1 Gen 2 SSD went on sale...
3 by Ganesh T S on 10/2/2018
Kingston Launches HyperX Savage Exo External SSD
Kingston has announced its new external SSDs. The HyperX Savage Exo drive is uses a USB Type-C interface and are compatible with Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, Microsoft’s Xbox One...
3 by Anton Shilov on 9/27/2018
Seagate Fast SSD and SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 1TB USB 3.1 DAS Review
The advent of 3D TLC flash and high-speed interfaces such as USB 3.1 Gen 2 and Thunderbolt 3 has resulted in a number of economical high-performance direct-attached storage devices...
17 by Ganesh T S on 9/27/2018
The Team Group Delta RGB SSD Review: Lite Performance, Light Drive
Today we're looking at another SATA SSD with RGB lighting, but the Team Delta RGB is very different from our previous RGB SSD. The lighting design is far more...
14 by Billy Tallis on 9/26/2018
The Kingston HyperX Fury RGB SSD Review: Bright Idea, Dimmed Performance
Kingston's HyperX gaming brand is introducing their first SSD with adjustable RGB LED lighting. The LEDs add significantly to the price tag, but internally it's a mid-range SATA SSD...
45 by Billy Tallis on 9/24/2018
GIGABYTE Launches M.2 PCIe SSDs: Phison PS5008-E8T, Up to 512 GB
GIGABYTE this week expanded its lineup of SSDs with its new M.2 PCIe drives. The company keeps its cautious approach to the storage market and for now continues to...
12 by Anton Shilov on 9/20/2018
KLEVV Launches NEO N500 SSDs Based on SK Hynix’s 72-Layer 3D NAND
SK Hynix’s subsidiary KLEVV has introduced its new client SSDs based on the manufacturer’s 72-layer 3D NAND flash. The KLEVV NEO N500 drives are aimed at entry-level desktops and...
0 by Anton Shilov on 9/14/2018
Phison: PS5012-E12 Controller in Mass Production, 20+ SSDs Incoming
Phison and its partners have been absent from the high-end SSD market in the past couple of years. This is partly because its memory supplier, Toshiba, was somewhat late...
14 by Anton Shilov on 9/7/2018
Samsung Launches Broad Range Of Datacenter SSDs
Today Samsung is launching a new generation of datacenter SSD models that are intended for small and medium businesses and will be sold through online retailers. Most of the...
14 by Billy Tallis on 9/4/2018
ADATA 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 8/28/2018
HGST Launches Ultrastar DC SS530 SSDs: 3D TLC NAND, 15.36 TB, SAS 12 Gbps
Western Digital has quietly added its new HGST Ultrastar DC SS530-series SSDs to its lineup of products. The new drives are aimed at mission-critical storage applications, such as financial...
9 by Anton Shilov on 8/2/2018
The Silicon Motion SM2262EN SSD Controller Preview: Good And Bad Amplified
Silicon Motion's high-end NVMe controller is being updated as the SM2262EN. It sets new records by improving on the strengths of the original SM2262, but it also exacerbates the...
28 by Billy Tallis on 8/1/2018
The ADATA XPG SX8200 & GAMMIX S11 NVMe SSD Review: High Performance At All Sizes
With the ADATA XPG SX8200 and the related XPG GAMMIX S11, ADATA has moved past the performance limitations of their earlier NVMe SSDs and finally delivered high-end drives at...
19 by Billy Tallis on 7/25/2018
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