OCZ ARC 100 240GB SATA SSD Full Review – Barefoot 3 M10 on the cheap
Introduction: OCZ is on what I would consider to be an upswing now that it exists under the relative safety of its parent company, Toshiba. Shortly after they were...
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Author: Allyn Malventano
FMS 2014: Silicon Motion announces new SM2256 controller driving 1xnm TLC NAND
Silicon Motion has announced their SM2256 controller. We caught a glimpse of this new controller on the Flash Memory Summit show floor: The big deal here is the fact that this controller is…
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FMS 2014: Phison announces new quad-core PS3110 SATA 6Gb/s SSD controller
At the Flash Memory Summit, Phison has updated their SSD controller lineup with a new quad-core SSD controller. The PS3110 is capable of handling TLC as well as MLC flash, and the added horsepower…
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FMS 2014: Marvell announces new 88SS1093 PCIe SSD controller
Marvell is notorious for being the first to bring a 6Gb/sec SATA controller to market, and they continue to do very well in that area. Their very capable 88SS9189 controller powers the
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FMS 2014: Samsung announces 3D TLC VNAND, Storage Intelligence initiative
Just minutes ago at the Flash Memory Summit, Samsung announced the production of 32-layer TLC VNAND: This is the key to production of a soon-to-be-released 850 EVO, which should bring the excellent performance…
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Crucial M550 2.5″ SATA SSD Full Capacity Roundup
Introduction: A few months back, we took a look at the ADATA Premier Pro SP920 series of SSDs. Those came equipped with the Marvell 88SS9189 controller. Marvell SSD...
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Western Digital Red 6TB and Red Pro 4TB Full Review – Bigger and Faster
Introduction: *** NOTE *** In the preparation for this review, we noted abnormal behavior with the 6TB Red. After coordination with Western Digital, they replicated our results and will be...
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Western Digital launches 6TB Red and 4TB Red Pro – with a configuration issue
Western Digital has extended its Red line with 5 and 6TB models, sporting 1.2TB per platter. Performance is expected to be slightly improved over the older / smaller capacities of the Red.…
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Western Digital My Cloud Mirror – Consumer Mirrored Cloud Storage
Introduction: Late last year, Western Digital launched their My Cloud series, first with a single-drive My Cloud, and immediately followed up with a beefier small-office product, the 4-drive...
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Tidbits from the 2014 Samsung SSD Summit
Here are some goodies from yesterdays briefings at the 2014 Samsung SSD Summit: Slides from the 3D V-NAND discussion. These provide some additional visuals for what I explained in the intro...
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Samsung 850 Pro 512GB Full Review – NAND Goes 3D!
Samsung has certainly been pushing the envelope in the SSD field. For the past two years straight, they have launched class leading storage products, frequently showing outside-the-box thinking. Their 840...
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Where in the world is Allyn Malventano?
Chicago? Tokyo? Seeking asylum at some random baggage claim...
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