Storage
Crucial X8, A Different Take On Portable NVMe
Earlier this month we had a chance to see the ASUS U32 20G SuperSpeed USB Portable NVMe case, which makes impressive use of the new USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 standard. As…
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How Super Is USB 3.2 Gen 2×2?
We have been making a bit of fun over the naming of USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 as well as the fact that while all USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 products use the Type-C…
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ADATA M.2 NVMe RGB SSD W/ RTS5762; Spectrix Rises
ADATA wants you to RGB all the things, up to and including your gumstick SSD, which will probably necessitate the invention of a transparent heatspreader so you can see the blinken lights. …
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Addlink S70 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD, Eleven Cents A GB
Sure, you've likely never heard of Addlink before nor their S70 lineup of NVMe SSDs but does that matter if the components are familiar? The drive uses the usual Phison PS5012-E12 controller…
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Team Group Cardea II, A Chip Off The Old Block
Flash does like to be hot but the controller does not, a situation that might be familiar to those who do not sleep alone. Team Group decided that a fair sized chunk…
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Western Digital Using EAMR Technology In 18TB DC HC550 Enterprise Hard Drive
Western Digital recently announced two new CMR hard drives to its enterprise Ultrastar DC HC500 series. Coming in at 16TB and 18TB capacities, the DC HC540 and DC HC550 are aimed at…
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SSD Battle, PCIe 4.0 Versus 3.0
TechSpot grabbed a few of the newer PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs to see how well they take advantage of the extra bandwidth PCIe 4.0 offers, with the Corsair MP600, Sabrent Rocket…
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Sanity Is Restored! USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (98se) Is No More!
No longer will we need to fear the coming of SuperSpeed USB 20Gbps or any of the variety of rather confusing names which the USB-IF considered for the next generation...
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Icy Dock ToughArmor Lite MB607SP-B 4-Bay 5.25-inch Enclosure Review
The Icy Dock ToughArmor Lite MB607SP-B is a rugged quad-bay 2.5" SATA 6Gbps hot swap drive cage that occupies a single external 5.25-inch bay. Built entirely of metal, this product...
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Kingston’s KC2000 PCIe 3.0 NVMe Drive Arrives
PCIe 4.0 has just arrived, however unlike the old SEx port you can actually buy products that use the new interface. The first few that arrived didn't offer much of a performance…
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Samsung Begins Production of 100+ Layer Sixth-Generation V-NAND Flash
While Samsung continues to push its current fifth-generation 3D V-NAND flash to its limits with products like the PM1733, the company is not resting on its laurels with production of...
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Samsung Readies PM1733 PCI-E 4.0 SSD and High-Capacity Memory for AMD EPYC Servers
Following AMD’s launch of EPYC “Rome” server platform earlier this week, Samsung announced that its upcoming PM1733 PCI-E 4.0 solid state drive and new high capacity memory modules are fully...
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Thunderbolts And G Things, Storage Fast As Lightning
G-Technology may not be a household name but if you need some of the the fastest external storage going, the G-Drive Mobile Pro SSD 500GB is something to consider. The internals are…
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Marvell Announces Low-Power PCI-E 4.0 SSD Controllers
Marvell has begun sampling a new series of SSD controllers supporting PCI-E 4.0 and NVMe 1.3c that are aimed at the data center market with lower power and lower cost than…
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Phison’s next-gen PCIe 4.0 SSD Controller Coming in 2020 with Speeds up to 7GB/s
Phison has revealed “the next generation of E16” at this year's Flash Memory Summit, and the improvements are not subtle. Not only does the upcoming PS5018-E18 controller offer significantly higher speeds than…
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ADATA Readies XPG GAMMIX S50 PCI-E 4.0 M.2 SSDs
ADATA recently announced two new M.2 2280 form factor NVMe solid state drives under its XPG brand. The new XPG GAMMIX S50 SSDs come in 1TB and 2TB capacities and sport…
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Lexar’s 2019 SSD Lineup Explored: NVMe, SATA, and USB-C Drives
Lexar is a name known to anyone who has shopped for removable storage over the years, being a fixture in the memory card space in particular until then-parent company Micron...
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Patriot Introduces Entry-Level P200 SATA SSDs
Patriot recently introduced the P200 series which represents its latest entry-level solid state drives. Featuring a SATA 6 Gbps interface and capacities of 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, and 2…
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