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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 …

Cost has always been a prohibitive factor when it came to SSDs.  Not so much for the geeks, gamers and enthusiasts who jumped on board several years ago, but there has always been a group of PC users who might like to transition from the hard drive to the SSD…but the price has never been quite right.  And then there …

The inevitability of advance in flash has brought something that the world still cannot get enough of… storage.  Regardless of what you believe, there never seems to be enough space and higher resolution media would never survive on cards of only a few years back.  Micron’s latest and greatest  96-layer 3D QLC NAND is really the highlight of our review …

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 …

Want to look into the future just a bit?  The picture below shows the latest Toshiba BG4 NVMe 1TB Client SSD and it is just about the same size as an SD card.  To the left and not a competitor brand, we have the Lexar 1TB SDXC card and it reaches great speeds of 95MB/s….which is pretty much it for …

It has been some time now since JMicron released their JMS583 chip which serves as a USB 3.1 Gen 2 to PCIe Gen 3×2 Bridge Controller that enables very high speed and large volume storage in a relatively small M.2 SSD enclosure.  To say the least, this chip has done very well and we have reviewed it in enclosures to …

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 …

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 …

As a camera and computer geek, I am always in search of the perfect peripherals for my PC. Quite frankly, I am always looking for anything that keeps me from having to reach around the back of the PC.  My perfect solution might be dual Tbt3 with 40Gbps transfer, have power delivery and also have SD and MicroSD card slots …

It has been a bit since we posted a review on a 2.5″ notebook SATA3 SSD and that comes with the territory I guess.  We get caught up with the latest and greatest, and we are always amazed that M.2 SSDs the size of a stick of gum can reach mind blowing speeds of NVMe at 3.5GB/s.  Nevertheless, SATA3 SSDs …