Storage companies have surprisingly poor memories, as they keep changing their drive's internals without notice even though they tend to get caught doing it. Crucial was recently reminded of this when they…
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Introduction: Samsung launched their 850 line of SSDs in mid-2014 (over three years ago now). The line evolved significantly over time, with the additions of PRO and...
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A month ago, WD and Toshiba each put out releases related to their BiCS 3D Flash memory. WD announced 96 layers (BiCS4) as their next capacity node, while Toshiba announced them reliably storing…
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Adata have added a new series of SSDs to their Ultimate lineup, the SU900, which ranges from the 256GB model sent to The Tech Report to review straight through to a…
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Kitguru has another Phison PS3110-S10 based SSD up for review, the Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB SATA SSD. This drive is heavily packaged compared to others, with sixteen 32GB 15nm MLC NAND packages…
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We've seen a lot of high end SSDs lately so it is nice to be able to link to the new VX500 series from OCZ, or Toshiba to be more technically correct. …
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Introduction: Intel launched their Datacenter 'P' Series parts a little over two years ago. Since then, the P3500, P3600, and P3700 lines have seen various expansions and spinoffs....
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A recent post over at benchlife.info included a slide of some significant interest to those who have been drooling over XPoint technology: For those unaware, XPoint (spoken 'cross-point') is a...
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Micron have unveiled their new line of 3D NAND, the SATA 6Gbps TLC 1100 and the NVMe MLC 2100, although they only shared details of the former. The 1100 will introduce DEVSLP…
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While not quite within Ryan's Law, the Mushkin Reactor 1TB model usually sells for around $240. As the price implies this drive uses MLC flash but the three year warranty should…
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It has been a while since we heard from OWC, over a year since Al saw their offerings at Storage Vision, so it is interesting to see a new PCIe...
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Now that Adata's XPG SX930 240GB SSD has been out for a while it is worth revisiting for enthusiasts on a budget. It is currently $80 on Amazon, short of Ryan's…
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Over at the SSD Review you can check out PNY's newest SSDs, the TLC based CS1311 and the faster MLC based CS2211 which offers ECC RAM and extra data security features as…
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Patriot is launching into PCI-E based storage with its new Hellfire line of solid state drives. While Patriot is more commonly known for its flash memory (USB drives and SD cards) and…
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Silicon Motion has updated their popular SM2246EN controller to support MLC 3D NAND from IMFT and SK Hynix: The SM2246EN acts as a gateway for third parties to make their own SSDs. Adding…
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Last year we saw Micron toy with the idea of dynamically flipping flash memory dies between SLC and MLC modes. Ok paper, it sounded like a great idea - get the...
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Given that we are anticipating a launch of the Samsung 850 EVO very shortly, it is a good time to back fill on the complete performance picture of the 850 Pro...
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The Tech Report took a different look at Micron's M600 SSD than Al did in his review. Their benchmarks were focused more on a performance comparison versus the rest of...
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