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Kingston Demos E1000 PCIe NVMe SSD Capable of 1.25 Million IOPS and More! – CES 2016 Update

CES has been quite interesting so far, with many new consumer storage devices on the horizon. This year, however, Kingston hasn’t announced anything new on the SSD front, that is, for consumer storage. They did, however, show off some of their newest enterprise products including the E1000 PCIe NVMe AIC and announced a new client SATA SSD, the KC400. The …

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LaCie Unleashes New 1TB External Chromé SSD and Porsche Design Desktop Drives – CES 2016 Update

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LaCie, the premium brand from Seagate Technology, has just unleashed the fastest USB storage solution on the market at CES 2016! Designed by Neil Poulton the LaCie Chromé is a sleek combination of style and performance. The polished aluminum enclosure attaches to a removable magnetized display stand and the back features magnetized cable management. Through the use of a pair of …

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Zotac Showcases New PCIe SSD – CES 2016 Update

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The SSD Review made their stop at the Zotac suite to see their latest and greatest entry into the consumer storage market. On display was their 2.5″ form factor SSD line up, as well as their new PCIe SSD. First up was the display of their 2.5″ form SSD’s, ranging in capacities from 120GB, 240GB and 480GB. These were announced …

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Silicon Motion Announces Updated SM2246EN SSD Controller Supporting 3D NAND — CES 2016 Update

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Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, a world-leading provider of NAND flash controllers for solid-state drives (SSDs), is announcing that its widely-adopted SM2246EN controller has been updated to support commercial 3D NAND.  This represents the world’s first turnkey merchant SSD controller that supports 3D NAND from multiple vendors.  The enhanced SM246EN will further drive the adoption of the most price-competitive high-performance SSDs …

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SanDisk Announces Big Capacity Boost For SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick and SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0: CES 2016 update

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SanDisk Corporation, a world-leading producer of flash storage devices, is announcing a huge capacity boost for their SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick and SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0. The SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick is now available in a capacity of 200GB, and the SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 is now offered in a 128GB capacity.  This gives consumers even …

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Storage Visions 2016 Overview — Partnerships and Collaboration That Benefit All

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We are back in Las Vegas this week for CES 2016, which for us starts the day before with Storage Visions 2016.  CES, as the name implies, is the Consumer Electronics Show, while Storage Visions focuses on the Enterprise (non-consumer) side of  the storage industry.  Storage Visions’ main focus is on various forms of collaboration on storage initiatives and emerging technologies, …

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SNIA & Plexistor Demonstrate DDR4 NVDIMM – Storage Visions 2016 Update

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On display at the Storage Networking  Industry Association (SNIA) was a demonstration of Plexistor’s software defined memory with Smart Modular technologies DDR4 NVDIMM, which compares the throughput and latency of an Intel 750 NVMe PCIe SSD to their DDR4 NVDIMM. SNIA also demonstrated their latest storage certification that allows you to further your knowledge of storage solutions to the SNIA standard. …

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Samsung Announces The Portable SSD T3 For Fast And Dependable External Storage

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Samsung Electronics America is announcing the Samsung Portable SSD T3, a premium multi-terabyte external solid state drive (SSD) in a palm-sized form factor.  The T3 features Samsung’s proprietary Vertical NAND (V-NAND), along with Samsung TurboWrite technology to provide superior performance to consumers, business and IT professionals, as well as content creators for the quick and easy  storage and transfer of large multimedia …

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VisionTek Announces Three New Capacities of USB 3.0 Pocket SSD in Thumb Drive-Sized Form Factor

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VisionTek Products LLC, U.S.-based producer of award-winning, high-performance accessories and upgrades for PCs and Macs, is announcing the addition of three new capacities to its lineup of VisionTek USB 3.0 Pocket SSDs in thumb drive-sized form factor. The three new capacity offerings are 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB, all utilizing high-endurance MLC NAND. VisionTek’s USB 3.0 Pocket SSD is similar in …

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