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Well… I am kind of speechless at just how I should be starting this report because, quite frankly, it has been rather unexpected.  For years now, the SSD industry has had an unofficial divide between premium SSDs and those that are intended for the value point.  Typically we can separate the big boys from the rest by their controller, controllers …

I remember a time when people were amazed of the high capacity that a CF card could have.  It was all the rage for the media world.  Years past and we saw the popularity of SD cards, and eventually the need for microSD cards grew exponentially.  Yes… I realize I am dating myself here….just about as far back as the …

Last week at CES we spent a bit of time with Kingston and learned of their newest lineup for the 2019 season.  First up,  Kingston showed off its A2000 which is a PCIe 3.0×4 M.2 SSD and will be available in capacities from 256GB to 1TB.  This SSD is equipped with the SMI SM2263 controller and Intel 3D TLC 64-layer NAND …

Without a doubt, one of my favorite things about tech shows is being contacted last-minute by a company nobody has ever heard of, and being asked to check out their first SSD.  This happened at CES 2019 and the company name is Asura.  They are a brand new company who is hoping to market a new SSD with all the …

It is always great to see where we are going in tech as CES and other tech shows.  Phison held true to this showing off their latest PS5016-E16 controller performing at over 4GB/s read and write. This controller is PCIe 4.0 and is a 4 lane controller, something that tech has yet to accommodate in the consumer world. To get …

We have already done a similar post below but I wanted to throw in a few pics of my own from our Toshiba visit which highlighted the Toshiba BG4 SSD which is literally the size of a quarter.  With specifications listing performance at 2250MB/s read and 1700MB/s write with 380K read and 190K write IOPS, this SSD is very impressive, …

I have been a Lexar fan for too many years to remember so one might imagine that I became just a bit concerned when they were sold off to Longsys, a manufacturer having a great reputation abroad, but without a similar following by media professionals here in North America.  We met with the new owners shortly after the purchase and …

PLEXTOR’s CES 2019 announcement features two new consumer SSD models.  The M9V (SATA) and M10Pe (PCIe) SSDs both feature the newest and upgraded PLEXTOR performance boosting utilities that increase performance and reliability by 20%. PLEXTOR’s new M10Pe, geared toward gamers and application-intensive users, is a PCIe SSD that pairs 96-layer 3D NAND with an industry-proven controller to achieve sequential read …

Intel is using CES 2019 to pique interest in their latest storage device, designated as the H10 — a combination of Intel Optane™ Memory and QLC 3D NAND solid state storage in a single M.2 form factor module.  Intel refers to the H10 as “an SSD intelligently combining the superior responsiveness of Intel Optane Memory and the storage capacity of …

Lexar is announcing the NM Series of M.2 SSDs, their newest addition to their internal SSD lineup.  The M.2 NM series offers a traditional SATA III (6Gb/s) model (NM200), as well as three PCIe NVMe models (NM500, NM520, NM600) for both entry-level users as well as enthusiasts, gamers and content creators. The NM200 SATA III (6Gb/s) model is designed in …

Welcome to our 2019 coverage of the ever-impressive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.  The first news to hit the pipeline is Toshiba announcing their BG4 series of ball grid array (BGA) solid-state drive (SSD).  Toshiba’s ultra-compact NVMe™ SSDs pair both the flash and an all-new controller into a single package, creating design flexibility that is ideal for ultra-thin PC …

Sony is announcing three new versions of their ATOM X SSDmini geared toward professional use in Sony ATOMOS recorders.  Film makers continue to turn more and more to DSLR and mirrorless cameras for content creation, and the new ATOM X SSDminis easily attach to the ATOMOS line of recorders, helping to eliminate the internal compression and time limits of the …

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 …

Micron is announcing immediate availability of its newest SATA Enterprise SSD offering, this time featuring Micron 3D QLC NAND.  The 5210 ION SATA SSD is targeted toward the large data pools encountered in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning applications, real-time analytics of big data, object and block storage, media streaming and other read-intensive usage scenarios. By utilizing Micron’s new …

HighPoint is announcing its latest NVMe RAID controller, designated as the SSD7102, and supporting up to 4 x off-the-shelf M.2 x 2280 SSDs.  The latest addition to their SSD7100 series of RAID controllers, the SSD7102 can be used to boot the host system from either the individual SSDs or from RAID arrays.  HighPoint is ensuring that the PCIe Gen 3.0 …