The latest and greatest in SSDs is PCIe 4 and the extreme performance that comes with it, presently showing off speeds up to 7GB/s. Accompanying these high power and rather expensive SSDs is something that we’ve really never had to tackle in the SSD industry, at least not to this extent…heat. At least up until today, Gen 4 SSDs had …
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Samsung 980 Pro Gen 4 NVMe SSD Review (1TB/250GB) – 7GB/s Speed with Cooler Temps
So… on our PCIe Gen 4 Test Bench today we have an SSD that is rather exciting. It is the Samsung 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD and, not only is it the smallest and fastest SSD on the planet right now, but also, it’s…very cool! By cool, we don’t mean that is trendy or awesome per se, but rather, …
Read More »Silicon Power US70 Gen 4×4 1TB NVMe SSD Review
Less than a week ago Canon introduced their newest camera lineup which was highlighted by the Canon EOS mirror-less R5 Digital camera. To anyone who is familiar with cameras, this may be the release of the decade. It is a 45 megapixel camera that will shoot video as large as 8K/30 or 4K/120 with RAW. Myself, I am moving up …
Read More »Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 M.2 1TB Review – Speed, Capacity, Warranty, Reputation and an Amazing Price
In our hands today is one of the few PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the consumer flash industry. Surprisingly, its brand name is that of a relatively new company (at least when it comes to flash); Sabrent. PCIe 4.0 is the latest and greatest bringing data transfer speeds 5GB/s, and as media professionals know, these speeds are everything …
Read More »KIOXIA Announces First Shipments of Latest Generation PCIe 4.0 U.3 SSDs for Enterprise and Data Centers
KIOXIA America Inc. (formerly Toshiba Memory America, Inc.) is announcing that it has begun shipping their new lineup of CM6 (enterprise) and CD6 (data center) Series PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid state drives. The latest PCIe 4.0 specification was designed to double the performance of storage and server systems, enabling data transfer speeds of up to 16.0 gigatransfers per second (GT/s), …
Read More »Kingston Displays Gen 4 and Enterprise SSD Line-Up, Select React Plus 300MB/s SD Cards & Lots More | CES 2020 Update
Gen 4 SSDs have been the most popular feature with respect to upcoming storage at CES 2020 and Kingston had their new ‘Grandview ES’ on display. This SSD will be a mid-range Gen 4 SSD when released. GRANDVIEW ES GEN 4×4 SSD This SSD features the Marvell Whistler plus 12nm PCIe 4 controller, is a 4-channel device at 1.2GT/s per …
Read More »Lexar Displays NVMe Gen 4×4 SSD at 7GB/s and other High Speed Memory Solutions | CES 2020 Update
If you are a fan of the SSDs, you will know that we have had just a bit of Lexar coverage to date. Personally speaking, I have always been a Lexar fan and it is a mainstay in much of my media equipment. Last we wrote, we were able to show you that they have had tremendous luck with …
Read More »ADATA First To Display Innogrit Gen 4×4 Controller that Hits 7GB/s Speeds in ADATA Sage SSD | CES 2020 Update
Wehave been in the game a longtime. Things seem to cycle. I remember years ago when we were at FMS and SMI entered the scene with their newest SSD controller and we pushed for release. It was much the same with Phison and I can remember speaking to them at one point and saying they were great at showing upcoming …
Read More »Seagate FireCuda 520 NVMe PCie 4.0 x 4 SSD Review (1TB)
Whats probably the most amusing, and most unusual characteristic in our review of our second PCIe 4.0 SSD today is the fact that the only way you are going to be running these kind of SSD speeds anytime soon is with an AMD system. It’s not often that we ever catch Intel with its pants down but, at least in …
Read More »Lexar Shows off 7GB/s Gen 4×4 SSD Along With 5G NAS, Memory and 1750MB/s CFexpress Card
Last week in Zhongshan, China, Lexar invited a very small group of international press for a special preview of just a few of their upcoming releases. This event was held at the Longsys/Lexar/Foressee Headquarters which also houses the Lexar Memory Museum. To say that this facility is breathtaking is just a bit of an understatement as it is situated in …
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