It is great to see a company mature in the tech space and Phison is a prime example of this as they proudly displayed their newest E12 NVMe SSD controller at CES this week. This just may give Samsung a run for their money. The PS5012-E12 is an eight-channel NVMe controller, built on the TSMC 28nm process and will see …
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Toshiba Announces New BG SSDs With TLC BiCS Flash In World’s Smallest Form Factor
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., a world-leading producer of storage technology and devices, is announcing that it will be showcasing its new BG series of solid-state drives (SSDs) featuring cutting-edge BiCS FLASH™ with TLC technology and Toshiba’s new single-package ball grid array (BGA) NVMe PCIe Gen3 x2 SSD at the 2016 Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, CA from 8/8 …
Read More »Seagate FireCuda 530 Gen 4 SSD Review – Setting a New Standard in Performance
It was only a matter of time until SSDs really got hooked into the gaming scene and today, there isn’t a gamer around without flash media overseeing the storage of their gaming system. Seagate released their FireCuda 520 back in December of 2019 with the ‘FireCuda Gaming’ label and today we are reporting on their latest release, the FireCuda 530 …
Read More »Intel NUC Pro Kit NUC11TNKV7 Review – Intel Moves to the Best in Sabrent Storage
Much has changed in PC sales through the years, yet much is the same. Things can be unpredictable. Looking back, there have been instances of manufacturers selling their own brand laptops and ultra books equipped with competitors SSDs as storage, simply to maximize sales of their own higher cost…and higher performing SSDs. In fact, if you think you are getting …
Read More »Phison E18 B47R Fortis NVMe Gen 4 SSD Evaluation Sample Preview – The Great Intel/AMD Test Bench Comparison
Over the past few months, there has been much discussion as to when we will start seeing Micron’s newest B47R Fortis 3D TLC memory inside an SSD, and exactly who would do it first. Kudos to Phison. For those not familiar with this memory, B47R is Micron’s latest 176-Layer 3D TLC premium NAND flash memory which is able to achieve …
Read More »Phison PS5018-E18 Gen 4×4 NVMe SSD Controller Prototype First Look (2TB) – Phison Raises the Bar
Up real early this morning to write about the Phison E18 NVMe SSD Controller as there have been more than a few readers that have reminded us more than a few times that the E18 is coming over the past few months. Well the Phison E18 hit key reviewers hands yesterday and trust me when I say it is gaining …
Read More »WD Black AN1500 2TB RGB NVMe SSD RAID Card Review – 6.5GB/s, 5-Year Warranty and It Boots!
Take a look at the three SSDs below. They are as fine of an example as you can get to demonstrate just how far we have come in flash technology. On the left is the Intel 910 Data Center SSD. Paul Alcorn posted his review of this SSD way back in 2012. It had top speeds of 2GB/s, IOPS up …
Read More »Apricorn Aegis Fortress L3 2TB External SSD Review – Top Level Data Security Hands Down
If you have been following us for awhile, you might remember our review of the Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3 flash drive that we did back in August of 2016. Back then, any flash drive at 480GB was something to get your hands on, much less one that would also qualify as one of the most secure flash drives worldwide. …
Read More »ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB NVMe SSD Review
If we look back at the last few months of SSD progression, it becomes rather evident that there is just a bit of a fist fight between competing SSD controller manufacturers, SMI and Phison. SMI has maintained a solid footprint in the industry for the last few years but most recently, Phison released its 5012-E12 controller which has gained quite …
Read More »Samsung 860 QVO SSD Review (1TB/2TB) – Every Little Bit Counts
If you are up to spec in the tech storage field, 4-bit mlc (multi-level cell) is all the rage. If you are a typical consumer, things get just a ‘bit’ confusing. After all, what does your search for adequate storage have to do with anything but price, warranty, speed and capacity? Actually quite a bit (intended pun), as electronic storage …
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