At Micron Insights, in addition to the announcement of their 5300 and 7300 series SSD, the company unveiled the world’s fastest SSD with their own 3D XPoint, the X100. Little has been said about Micron’s stake in 3D XPoint besides the idea to call their parts QuantX, but it seems like that plan has been changed as we didn’t hear …
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Micron Announces Portable SSD and 96L TLC Powered Enterprise SSDs
Crucial Memory and Micron, their parent company, have got some big announcements today. At Micron Insight in San Francisco, the company announced a bunch of new products, including their first portable SSD under the Crucial brand as well as two new enterprise SSDs. Crucial X8 Portable SSD Crucial’s next step into the consumer market includes a sleek-looking portable SSD, the …
Read More »Toshiba Memory Announces PCIe 4.0 SSDs and demonstrates Market’s First Enterprise/ Data Center PCIe 4.0 SSDs AT FMS 2019
Toshiba Memory utilized Flash Memory Summit 2019 for several key announcements regarding PCIe 4.0 SSDs, including their Next-Gen enterprise and data center NVMe drives and additional form factors. Toshiba Memory is also the first to announce and publicly demonstrate (along with Broadcom), their PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs. The Toshiba Memory CM6 and CD6 are enterprise / data center SSDs that …
Read More »Toshiba Introduces XFMEXPRESS™ – A New Form Factor, Innovative Connector, and Mobile-Friendly Footprint
Toshiba Memory America is utilizing Flash Memory Summit 2019 to introduce their new XFMEXPRESS™ Technology for removable PCIe attached, NVMe memory devices. XFMEXPRESS features a new form factor and a new innovative latching connector that greatly enhances serviceability and upgrade opportunities. Toshiba utilized their extensive background in single-package memory designs to develop XFMEXPRESS, with features that are designed to revolutionize …
Read More »Intel Announces Optane™ Memory M15 Featuring 2 x Additional PCIe Lanes — Computex 2019 Update
Intel is launching their Computex 2019 coverage by announcing their next generation of Intel Optane™ memory, designated as the M15 for 7th generation and later Intel Core™ CPU platforms. The Intel Optane memory M15 features two additional PCIe lanes to provide higher throughput bandwidth for enhanced system responsiveness and acceleration. Intel’s latest Optane offering also includes additional NMVe features, such …
Read More »Toshiba Announces XG6-P NVMe SSD – Industry’s Most Advanced Flash Node and up to 2TB of Capacity– Computex 2019 Update
Toshiba Memory America is kicking off their Computex 2019 presence by announcing the XG6-P NVMe SSD, building on the XG6 series that features class-leading write performance. Toshiba is gearing the new XG6-P towards high-end gaming systems and workstations, as well as for cost-optimized data center usage. The XG6-P series facilitates enhanced data access and application performance by virtue of its …
Read More »Lexar Introduces Memory History Museum With Longsys 20 Year Celebrations
Without a doubt, one of the best parts of being a part of the flash industry over the past 12 years has to be the opportunities this technology has provided. So much of what we take for granted is solely the result of flash technology and it is mind-blowing how we fail to even recognize its existence in so much …
Read More »Intel Announces Optane™ Memory H10 with Solid-State Storage — Combines Memory and Flash Storage in a Single M.2 x 2280 Device
Intel is announcing their newest Optane memory product, designated as Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage. This unique device combines Intel Optane Memory technology with Intel QLC 3D NAND technology in a single M.2 x 2280 form factor offering. This new device offers Optane memory up to 32GB capacity, and Intel 3D NAND solid-state storage of up to …
Read More »Lexar Announces Professional SL100 Pro Portable SSD — World’s Fastest 1TB Portable SSD with USB 3.1 Type-C Connection
Lexar is announcing the new Lexar Professional SL100 Pro Portable SSD, which is currently the world’s fastest 1TB portable SSD, delivering up to 950MB/s reads and up to 900MB/s writes. The SL100 Pro features an aesthetically pleasing brushed aluminum housing that is drop-, shock-, and vibration-resistant. The SL100 Pro’s slim size allows it to fit easily into a pocket or …
Read More »ADATA Announces SD600Q Rugged External SSD with Read/Write Speeds of up to 440MB/s
ADATA is announcing their latest external solid-state drive (SSD) offering, designated as the SD600Q. Their newest external SSD offers excellent performance, delivering sequential read and write speeds of up to 440MB/s, which is some 4X the performance of external mechanical hard drives (HDDs). The SD600Q features 3D NAND Flash memory to provide its excellent performance and superior reliability. The SD600Q …
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