SSD News

Last week we went over the top SATA based SSD on the market, the Samsung 850 Pro. Today, we are going to take a look at the top M.2 drive on the market…which also happens to be by Samsung, the XP941! Most manufacturers have been releasing SATA based M.2 drives recently. These drives have a 6Gb/s interface limit. And while …

Lite-ON, a leading producer of enterprise flash storage devices, is announcing its new EP1 series of M.2 PCIe Gen 2×4 enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs). Lite-ON’s EP1 series are designed to solve today’s enterprise storage challenges and address the limitations that hard drive technology imposes on storage infrastructures. Lite-ON’s announcement of the EP1 series is being made at Dell World 2014 …

VisionTek Products LLC, a leading producer of high-performance upgrades for PCs and Macs, is announcing its new VisionTek USB Pocket SSD series of thumb-drive sized solid state drives (SSDs). Featuring the speed, enhanced reliability and storage capacity rivaling factory-installed and aftermarket internal SSDs, VisionTek’s USB pocket SSD can be used with almost any Windows, MAC OS-X or Linux based operating …

G.SKILL International Co., Ltd., a leading producer of high-performance memory and SSD devices, is announcing the Phoenix Blade Series of PCIe SSD, representing the next generation of high-capacity and high-speed storage alternatives. With a design that incorporates the newest flash-based solid state storage technology, and offering error correction and failure handling support, G.SKILL’s Phoenix Blade PCIe SSD is an ideal …

Samsung has had a strong track record with SSDs. Their drives offer high reliability as well as high performance for those with a need for speed.  They are one of the few manufacturers that designs and manufacturers every major SSD component in their drives. That alone should tell you about their expertise and strength in the industry. And it is …

Crucial has been a leader in delivering value to their customers, whether it be in their SSDs or their great customer support. A few weeks ago we dubbed their new MX100 one of the best budget 2.5″ SSDs out. It follows in the footsteps of their M550. However, the new MX100 series doesn’t have any M.2 or mSATA form factors …

Early last month we began to hear reports of Samsung 840 EVO SSD owners experiencing issues with low read speeds of data that had not been touched/moved for an extended period of time after being written. In most cases, this data had been present in the flash memory for a period of weeks or months. As time went on, reads …

Focused on the SanDisk Extreme Pro, last week’s SSD of the Week was aimed towards high end SATA performance at a cost that wouldn’t break the bank. This week, we will be following a similar trend, however this time, we are focusing on the PCIe interface. When working with large media files, speed is king. The faster you can edit …

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., world-leading producer of advanced memory technology devices, is announcing that it has begun mass production of the industry’s first 3-bit multi-level cell (MLC) three-dimensional (3D) Vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory modules geared for use in solid state drive (SSDs). The 3-bit MLC V-NAND is Samsung’s newest second generation 3D V-NAND product, utilizing 32 vertically stacked cell …

ADATA Technology, a world-leading producer of high-performance DRAM memory and NAND flash devices, is announcing its SR1010 enterprise grade server SSD. The SR1010 features comprehensive data encryption, superior performance and reliability that is compatible with multiple operating systems. Data centers and enterprise servers require a robust and effective mechanism to prevent incalculable damage and vital data loss in the event …