If we look back several years, one couldn’t get an enterprise level SSD without direct company contact, and putting a face to business…maybe even with a firm handshake. Things have changed and, as much as many might think easy access may be good or bad, we are seeing ‘off the shelf design’ far more often these days. Right now, one …
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Yesterday we posted our first ever report on the ADATA Premier Extreme 256GB microSDXC Express Card and it provided us with data transfer speeds over 800MB/s in a card smaller than a dime. This report followed a report we did on the Silicon Motion SM2708 SDXC Express controller some time ago, the same controller found within that microSD Express card. …
Read More » A few years back we did a preview article on a new controller card by Silicon Motion named the SM2708. This controller was originally tested with an engineering sample SDXC ‘Express’ card and returned speeds just below 900MB/s which was in line with the newest SD Association SD7.x standard. To clarify, SD 7.0 pertains to SDXC cards while SD 7.1 …
Read More » This all started through my curiosity as to whether I could gain a better battery life from my new laptop. Things took on a new life from there. After all, we do have just about every main stream SSD available, to include client and even a few not released yet. In this report, you will see the world’s top consumer …
Read More » I am somewhat of a laptop nut. Part and parcel to extensive travel for The SSD Review, my laptop has to be two things; high performing and it must have an amazing battery life. Add to that the fact that I want a big OLED screen that I can flip, USB4 ports in something around 3 lbs and there was …
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 » It is funny how some things come around. A few years ago Silicon Motion requested our review of their newest SM2708 SD Express Controller and we posted such, displaying the worlds first SD card achieving speeds of 900MB/s. That was back in 2021. That controller recently appeared in a Google Alert and it appears the latest Nintendo Switch 2 Gaming …
Read More » The Lexar brand has been around for some time, and in fact, our first mention of Lexar goes all the way back to one of our first Storage Visions meetings in Las Vegas some 14 years ago. Lexar was originally a Micron brand but was acquired by Longsys Electronics in 2017 and Longsys has built on that brand name since, …
Read More » Silicon Motion introduced a new Gen5 SSD controller at Computex 2025 this week. The SMI SM2504XT is a Gen5 4-channel DRAMless SSD controller built on the TSMC 6nm process and capable of speeds up to 3600MT/s. This controller is capable of up to 11.5GB/s read and 11GB/s write with 1.7 million read and up to 2 million write IOPS. This …
Read More » Apologies if we did not make the announcement but we have landed! The SSD Review is on the ground in Taipei, Taiwan, and preparing for Computex 2025. This is our first return to the event since 2019 and we are proud to provide special recognition to SMI who has sponsored us for this event. If you would like to meet …
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