Emerging technologies are always an interest when it comes to flash and Micron’s newest HBM4 is a perfect example of that. HBM, standing for high bandwidth memory is just that and is used in applications such as AI accelerators where they are able to respond to the users query more quickly and reason more efficiently. HBM4 uses 3D-stacking and is …
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PCIe 5.0 (Gen 5) has settled into the flash world very well and become the standard in the past year plus, as has SSD increasing capacity points, endurance and power efficiency. We have spoken plenty of KIOXIA’s newest award winning Gen 5 LC9 with its 245TB capacity, still reaching great performance of 12GB/s throughput and over 1 million IOPS for …
Read More » SMI had the SM2504XT Gen 5 SSD controller on display at Flash Memory Summit 2025 this week and this controller is a 4-channel NVMe 2.0 SSD controller that can run at up to 3,600MT/s. When utilizing MSDirect Storage, this controller can operate at an unbelievable 2.4W in active power mode and 1mW in PS4 state. Performance for the SM2504XT is …
Read More » This morning at Flash Memory Summit 2025, we came across a new release by SanDisk identifies as the SN5100s client Gen4 SSD. Normally we might not take a second look at Gen 4 SSDs in this scenario, but this SSD brings to light a main theme at FMS this year…higher speeds with better power efficiency. This SSD will provide 7300MB/s …
Read More » It is great to see well deserved credit where credit is due. Yesterday at Flash Memory Summit 2025, our friends at KIOXIA were awarded the ‘Best in Show’ for their LC9 Series 245.76 TB Enterprise SSD and myself and Jon Coulter from Tweaktown were right there when the award arrived at the KIOXIA booth! Who chose this picture? The LC9 …
Read More » So the Flash Memory Summit 2025 has begun in 2025 and it is our first return since pre-COVID. I always find myself confused with respect to this event, as it plays such a importance in each one of our lives, yet it is relatively unknown to. I would be exaggerating just a bit if I tried to make the sale …
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