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 …
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Netstor NA622TB3 Thunderbolt 3 SSD Enclosure Review- 4 SSDs & a PCIe Switch
Thunderbolt 3 has been around for some time now and, as bumpy of a start as it initially seemed to have had, it seems to be fitting quite well in today’s world of anything media. With 40Gbps bi-directional travel that for some odd reason is limited to 2.8GB/s throughput, there are just so many other things that come along with …
Read More »Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage Review (512GB) – Recognizing Hot Data Performance Once Again
Teton Glacier. We can probably all agree that this is one of the coolest product code names to date. This code name applies to the subject of our report today which is the 512GB version of the Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage. To look at, this SSD is unique in that, although its mechanism of operation is …
Read More »Lexar SL100 Portable SSD Review (1TB)
So we have been on a bit of a roll with Lexar products for the last week or so, and that is a good thing. For those not familiar with Lexar, they had a very strong presence in the media storage world, originally a Micron company but sold to Longsys of China back in August of 2017. This of course …
Read More »Lexar 1TB Professional SDXC Review – Another First for Lexar
A few days back, we did a review on the first 1TB microSD card to make it outside of manufacturers test facilities and the only negative of that review was that we couldn’t tell you when it would be available, or the cost. That was the Lexar 1TB High-Professional microSDXC which is the smallest 1TB storage drive in the industry …
Read More »Intel Announces Optane™ Memory H10 with Solid-State Storage — Combines Memory and Flash Storage in a Single M.2 x 2280 Device
Intel is announcing their newest Optane memory product, designated as Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage. This unique device combines Intel Optane Memory technology with Intel QLC 3D NAND technology in a single M.2 x 2280 form factor offering. This new device offers Optane memory up to 32GB capacity, and Intel 3D NAND solid-state storage of up to …
Read More »MyDigitalSSD M2X Type-C External M.2 SSD Enclosure Review
Not to often that we have to eat crow (figuratively speaking) but our review today is just that. A few months ago, we reviewed the JMicron Type-C NVMe M.2 SSD to USB 3.1 Gen 2 adapter and quoted it as being ‘not quite ready for prime time.’ Simply, I was wrong. As a reviewer, we sometimes get caught up in …
Read More »Kingston Displays Newest KC2000, A2000 and DC1000m SSDs – CES 2019 Update
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 …
Read More »New SSD Company Asura Unveils Genesis Xtreme M.2 SSD at 3..4GB/s – CES 2019 Update
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 …
Read More »Toshiba BG4 SSD 1TB SSD Has Speed of 2.4GB/s Yet Its the Size of a Quarter – CES 2019 Update
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, …
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