Toshiba is announcing its latest consumer SSD, designated as the TR200, providing DIY enthusiasts and gamers with the first storage upgrade option that utilizes 64-layer 3D flash memory. The TR200 represents an affordable means of upgrading your desktop or notebook PC to being far more responsive and productive than those that still utilize traditional hard disk drives (HDDs). The TR200 …
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Apacer Announces PT920 COMMANDO PCIe NVMe SSD With Assault Rifle-Style Housing
Apacer is announcing their latest gaming-oriented PCIe NVMe SSD, designated as the PT920 COMMANDO. The most immediately compelling aspect of the PT920 is that the shroud is shaped like the trigger guard, sight aperture and ejection port of an assault rife. The housing also enables a convection cooling system to improve heat dissipation. Apacer is offering the PT920 COMMANDO in …
Read More »Toshiba XG5 NVMe SSD Review – 3D BiCS 64-Layer Flash Shines
Flash memory, at the consumer level, came to the forefront in late 2007 and has changed everything we do, without most understanding , or caring to understand the reason why. Its advance has changed our world and we do things every day that somehow touches flash memory in some way, shape or form. The easiest example might be a quick …
Read More »AkiTiO Announces Thunder3 RAID Station – Computex 2017 Update
An old friend introduced us to a company at Computex 2017 this year, and I have to admit it was an introduction that I am glad we made. AkiTiO specializes in storage designs to include, not only RAID cases but also, they have some amazing designs that speak to network and eGPU Nodes for laptops with Thunderbolt 3. Their latest …
Read More »High Speed Multi-M.2 SSD Adapters Make an Appearance – Computex 2017 Update
If you have read our latest review of the Kingston DCP1000 SSD, you will see that multi-M.2 SSD designs can result in some of the highest speeds we have seen in SSD performance. In the case of the Kingston DCP1000, we pulled off performance of 7GB/s throughput and 1.2 million IOPS from a single AIC (add-in card) HHHL design. This …
Read More »Plextor Announces M9Pe and Release of M8Se NVMe SSDs – Computex 2017 Update
Plextor announced their production of their newest M9PE PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe this week at Computex 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan. The M9Pe is based on the Marvell 88SS1093 controller, code named Eldora, and Toshiba’ newest 512gb BiCS 3D TLC 64 layer memory. Available in either M.2 or PCIe add-in card, the M9Pe will be equipped with a heatsink as it …
Read More »Show Full of Same NVMe SSDs with Different Stickers – Computex 2017 Update
Probably one of the most amusing things that we are seeing at Computex 2017 is the fact that several manufacturers are sporting very similarly constructed SSDs, with different stickers. It is reminiscent of how the industry started with many 3rd party sellers simply rebranding Intel’ first X-25M SATA 2 SSD almost 10 years ago. All have a very common theme. …
Read More »ADATA Showcases NVMe SSD Performance, Variation & a Gamers SSD – Computex 2017 Update
ADATA has never been short of SSD variation at any tech events we have covered in recent years, consistently displaying drives with a variation of controllers, memory, as well as performance designed for any number of tasks. This year at CES was no different. Let’s jump in with their very own Gamers SSD right off: GAMMIX S10 GAMING SSD Based …
Read More »Toshiba Announces XG5 NVMe SSD — Industry’s First 64-Layer BiCS 3D Memory SSD
Toshiba is announcing the XG5 M.2 NVMe SSD, representing the industry’s first SSD to ship with 64-layer BiCS FLASH™ 3D memory. First demonstrated at Dell/EMC World, the XG5 is geared toward mainstream computing, thin performance notebooks, and enthusiast desktops and laptops. Utilizing Toshiba’s BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory and its vertically stacked cell structure allows for higher capacity in the …
Read More »Micron Displays Smallest 256Gb Die Comparison – Computex 2017 Update
While spending time with Crucial at Computex Taipei today, we had the opportunity to see a comparison in NAND size that was quite interesting. This sheet below displays Micron’ 16nm planar NAND as well as their Gen1 3D memory and their latest Gen 2, possibly the smallest footprint in the industry. Examining this sheet is a great example of how technology is …
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