SSDs
When Western Digital introduced its Ultrastar DC SN861 SSDs earlier this year, the company did not disclose which controller it used for these drives, which made many observers presume that WD was using an in-house controller. But a recent teardown of the drive shows that is not the case; instead, the company is using a controller from Fadu, a South Korean company founded in 2015 that specializes on enterprise-grade turnkey SSD solutions. The Western Digital Ultrastar DC SN861 SSD is aimed at performance-hungry hyperscale datacenters and enterprise customers which are adopting PCIe Gen5 storage devices these days. And, as uncovered in photos from a recent Storage Review article, the drive is based on Fadu's FC5161 NVMe 2.0-compliant controller. The FC5161 utilizes 16 NAND channels supporting...
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Toshiba Introduces Datacenter SSDs With 64L 3D NAND
Toshiba is announcing a trio of new enterprise SSD models intended for large-scale datacenter deployments. The new CD5, XD5 and HK6-DC respectively use 2.5" U.2, M.2 22110 and 2.5"...
0 by Billy Tallis on 3/19/2018
Power Outage at Samsung’s Fab Destroys 3.5% of Global NAND Flash Output For March
A half-hour power outage at Samsung’s fab near Pyeongtaek, South Korea, disrupted production and damaged tens of thousands of processed wafers. Media reports claim that the outage destroyed as...
62 by Anton Shilov on 3/16/2018
ADATA Announces XPG SX950U SATA SSD
ADATA has announced a replacement for their top SATA SSD, finally moving their SATA lineup entirely to 3D TLC NAND flash memory. The outgoing XPG SX950 (based on Micron...
0 by Billy Tallis on 3/14/2018
The Intel Optane SSD 800p (58GB & 118GB) Review: Almost The Right Size
Intel's first Optane products hit the market almost a year ago, putting the much-awaited 3D XPoint memory in the hands of consumers. Today, Intel broadens that family with the...
116 by Billy Tallis on 3/8/2018
Western Digital Announces Client NVMe SSDs With New In-House Controllers
Western Digital has announced their first client NVMe SSDs with their SanDisk 64-layer 3D TLC NAND. These drives are also the first to feature Western Digital's new in-house NVMe...
11 by Billy Tallis on 2/28/2018
Samsung 30.72 TB SSDs: Mass Production of PM1643 Begins
Update 2/21: Adding power consumption figures for the PM1643 drive, new features. Samsung this week announced that it has started mass production of its PM1643-series SSDs. These are monstrous data...
22 by Anton Shilov on 2/20/2018
TEKQ Rapide Thunderbolt 3 External SSD Review
Flash-based external direct-attached storage (DAS) devices have evolved rapidly over the last few years. Starting with simple thumb drives that could barely saturate USB 2.0 bandwidth, we now have...
33 by Ganesh T S on 2/20/2018
The Intel SSD DC P4510 SSD Review Part 1: Virtual RAID On CPU (VROC) Scalability
Today, Intel is introducing their 64-layer 3D TLC NAND to the enterprise SSD market with the new Intel SSD DC P4510 NVMe drive. They are also finally giving us...
21 by Billy Tallis on 2/15/2018
The Latest High-Capacity M.2: The Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, Reviewed
The Samsung 860 EVO is the mainstream side of Samsung's new generation of consumer SATA SSDs, though our 2TB M.2 drive is a bit of a niche product. Like...
33 by Billy Tallis on 2/14/2018
Micron Readies 3D QLC NAND-Based Datacenter SSDs for Nearline Storage
Micron has revealed plans to release datacenter-class SSDs based on 3D QLC NAND memory in an effort to compete in the nearline storage market. Briefly announced at a conference...
29 by Anton Shilov on 2/12/2018
SK Hynix Announces SSDs with 72-Layer 3D NAND ICs, Own Controllers
SK Hynix this week has said it has completed development of its enterprise-grade SSDs based on its 512 Gb 72-layer 3D TLC NAND chips as well as its own...
7 by Anton Shilov on 2/8/2018
Patriot Demos Viper M.2 SSDs with Phison E12, Up to 2 TB
In January, Patriot demonstrated its upcoming Viper M.2-branded high-end SSDs. The new drives are powered by Toshiba’s 64-layer BICS 3D NAND flash memory and Phison’s latest PS5012-E12 controller. The...
5 by Anton Shilov on 2/8/2018
ATP Launches M.2 NVMe SSDs: 3D MLC, SMI, Extreme Temps, Up to 2.5 GB/s
ATP has introduced its new lineup of SSDs aimed at industrial applications and are designed to withstand harsh environmental conditions, such as extreme temperatures and humidity. The new ATP...
9 by Anton Shilov on 2/2/2018
The Crucial MX500 500GB SSD Review: A Second Look
After an initial launch of just the 1TB capacity, the full Crucial MX500 lineup is now on the market, but facing new competitors. We look at how the more...
25 by Billy Tallis on 2/2/2018
Plextor Launches M8V SATA SSD
Plextor has introduced the M8V series, their latest budget SATA SSDs, now with 64-layer 3D TLC NAND. Plextor's budget SATA drives tends to use whatever controller and NAND combination...
10 by Billy Tallis on 2/1/2018
Samsung Launches Z-SSD SZ985: Up To 800GB Of Z-NAND
Samsung announced today that they are officially launching their first Z-SSD product, the SZ985. The Z-SSD uses Samsung's Z-NAND memory, a high-performance derivative of their 3D NAND flash memory...
45 by Billy Tallis on 1/29/2018
The Intel SSD 760p 512GB Review: Mainstream NVMe Done Right
Intel's third generation consumer NVMe SSD is here. After the big expensive drive based on their enterprise SSDs and the affordable M.2 drive that was barely an upgrade over...
52 by Billy Tallis on 1/23/2018
Samsung Announces 860 PRO And 860 EVO SATA SSDs
After more than three years of ruling the consumer SATA SSD market, the Samsung 850 series is being replaced. The 850 PRO and 850 EVO that first brought 3D...
21 by Billy Tallis on 1/23/2018
The Samsung 860 PRO (512GB And 4TB) SSD Review: Replacing A Legend
The Samsung 850 PRO has been the top SATA SSD for years. Samsung is now replacing it with an updated premium SATA SSD, one that promises to be the...
64 by Billy Tallis on 1/23/2018
Micron Introduces 5200 Series Enterprise SATA SSDs
Today Micron is updating their enterprise SATA SSD family to use their 64-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory. Aside from the new flash, the new 5200 series is almost...
7 by Billy Tallis on 1/23/2018
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