A short time ago, we reviewed an SSD from a mostly unheard of company named Yottamaster. They are a China-based SSD manufacturer and they sent us the ‘Amazon available’ Yottamaster Y7000 Gen4 QLC which we reviewed here. This SSD contained a Maxio MAP1602a ‘Falcon Lite’ 4-channel NVMe SSD controller based on TSMC’s 12nm process which was paired with YMTC 232-layer …
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If I could ask a company to put the complete package of storage products together, it would be exactly what ProGrade Digital has done. It starts with a ProHub by which an assortment of different readers could connect by USB-C for high speed. ProGrade Digital did just that with their PG20 Pro Hub and infused this with the latest in …
Read More » So… We seem to have a bunch of new high-end gear in hand and that is thanks to ProGrade Digital who sent over just a bit more than we expected. If you are a camera or video professional, or enthusiast as I happen to be, finding this on the doorstep is simply Christmas. Everything is Thunderbolt 4/USB 4 in some …
Read More » If you check out our site regularly, you might notice that we are starting somewhat of a ProGrade review kick in the week before Computex 2025. It’s no coincidence as one day we awoke to find the below stack of goods on our doorstep… all Thunderbolt 4 or USB 4.0 related and all from ProGrade Digital. All fast storage stuff. …
Read More » Perhaps one of the most annoying things to me is when technology moves up a step but nobody is really ready for it. Take the step from PCIe 4.0 to PCIe 5.0 for instance. After all, who wouldn’t benefit from data transfer jumping from 7GB/s to 14GB/s right? And it is not like there isn’t any warning well ahead of …
Read More » There is a simple rule with flash technology, more commonly known as SSD storage; everything must go faster. It has always been the same in the progression of PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), USB (Universal Serial Bus) or ThunderBolt. Let’s keep it real simple. PCIe speaks to your computers internal storage while USB and Thunderbolt speak to external storage. Way …
Read More » On the Test Bench today is a Yottamaster Y7000 Pro Gen4 4TB SSD and we are certain that you are asking yourselves that same question that we were not three weeks ago? Who the heck is Yottamaster? Yottamaster is a China-based flash storage business that ‘focuses on providing professional-grade storage solutions for a wide range of users, including individuals, gamers …
Read More » Isn’t competition a great thing? I have always considered the development of flash technology as somewhat a sport. It is simply one company trying to create a faster, larger and more reliable SSD than that of which was just released by another. I remember sitting in a business meeting at Samsung HQ in Seoul, South Korea, many years back and …
Read More » Once again, we are tackling yet another SSD manufactured by BIWIN and, when we check out Amazon, we can actually find the ‘FA’ line of SSDs available for sale in Canada and the USA. BIWIN is the official licensee and manufacturer of Acer and HP brand products and, as we had stated in our review of the BIWIN NV7400 and …
Read More » A few days ago, we posted a review of a new Gen 5 SSD from a China-based company named BIWIN. It was the Predator GM9000 and we liked what we saw. The GM9000 is not yet available in North America, but BIWIN is expanding their portfolio and will have a full line of products within reach soon enough. BIWIN sent …
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