M.2 SSDs have been out for some time and, well quite frankly, they still amazing the heck out of me whenever a new one is released.  I mean think about it.  An M.2 SSD is the size of a stick of gum, weighs less than a AAA battery, yet can store 2 million pictures if each was around 500k.  Fifteen …

Silicon Power is announcing four new PCIe NVMe 1.2 SSDs for consumers, geared toward high-performance computing, performance gaming and upgrades.  The new Gen3x4 models are the P34A80 PCIe Gen3x4 NVMe 1.2 SSD, and the P34M85 PCIe Gen3x4 NVMe 1.2 SSD, which adds a heatsink for heat dissipation.  The new Gen3x2 models are the P32A80 PCIe Gen3x2 NVMe 1.2 SSD, and …

On the Test Bench today, we take a look at Intel’s latest NVMe creation, the Intel SSD 660p NVMe M.2 SSD. The 660p, as we will refer to is as from this point on, represents the beginning of the end of days. Okay, just kidding, it really doesn’t. But, it is the first consumer SSD to enter the market with …

Smart IOPS utilized Flash Memory Summit 2018 to display their latest enterprise NVMe SSDs, under the Data Engine™ product series name.  Smart IOPS offers three Data Engine models that focus on three different enterprise usage scenarios: The Data Engine T2HC High Capacity offers up to 25.6TB in a half height half length (HHHL) add-in card form factor.  The T2LL increases …

Its not that often that we are late to the game with many of our reviews, and I must apologize profusely for this one, but better to get it up late than never. We have moved into a new office after a rather lengthy location transition and things are just starting to get back on track.  In any case, today …

Corsair has SSD options for almost any need in the market. Want an entry-level SATA based SSD? The Force LE has you covered. Need high performance? You can choose from the Neutron NX500 or Force MP500 depending on the form factor and capacity that works best for you. Now, we have a new addition for those looking for something in …

SMI has seen a great deal of popularity in their SSD controller solutions in the last few years … but this latest controller is just out there.  Introducing the SM2270 NVMe PCIe Gern 3 x8 16 channel SSD controller.  Yes, that’s right.  It features 16 NAND flash channels. The heart and sole of the SM2270 is its three dual core …

Although it hasn’t hit reviewer hands just yet, Realtek was once again showing off both their newest NVMe RTS5762 and RTS5763DL Dramless controllers this week at FMS. Their flagship RTS5762 is a PCIe 3.0 x4 8-channel controller that is NVMe 1.3 compliant and compatible with the most current variants  of NAND flash including QLC.  It was demonstrating at 3.5GB/s read …

Marvell’s presence at Flash Memory Summit 2018 is highlighted by their new 88SN2400 SSD converter controller for cloud and enterprise data centers.  The 88SN2400 is engineered to convert an NVMe solid-state drive (SSD) into an NVMe-oF SSD, enabling a revolutionary architecture that increases both utilization and scalability within the data center, ultimately lowering the all-important metric of total cost of …

As many of you know, Phison is a well accomplished SSD controller manufacturer. Over the years they have designed some very competitive turnkey solutions for those who don’t have the means to do it themselves, or, helped those who can save some money by simply buying their end product rather than develop their own. Back when SATA was all the …