The latest in greatest in portable media storage this season is the implementation of USB4 and it’s 4GB/s transfer speeds. Without a doubt, this is a breath of fresh air for the media professional and the storage industry as a whole. Somewhat overlooked, USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 has become a very affordable, speedy and high capacity solution for those having …
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It had to happen sooner or later. I think we are the first to post such. A DRAMless Gen5 SSD that reaches 14GB/s, over 2 million IOPS and stands right beside Gen5 DRAM based SSDs. This is possible thorough BIWIN and the newest release of the Maxiotek MAP1806a 8-channel DRAMless NVMe SSD controller which you will probably be hearing much …
Read More » Sure signs of a storage geek… I haven’t been on the ground no more than 36 hours after returning on a 15hr hr flight from Computex Taipei and I am testing storage. Worse yet… my initial testing for today’s report was only completed at 4:30am this morning… Yup extreme jet lag… But look at this. These two SSDs in this …
Read More » This week at Computex ADATA introduced three new SSDs aptly named the Mars 980 SSD line. In common, they are all based on the SMI SM2508 8-channel NVMe SSD controller and all are capable of the expected 14GB/s read and 13GB/s write speeds with up to 2 million IOPS. All are Gen5 x4 (4-lane) form factor 2280 (22mm wide x …
Read More » Our visit to Patriot at Computex in Taiwan this morning resulted in two interesting Patriot soon-to-be releases…and just a bit of familiarity. First off, Patriot has jumped aboard the Silicon Motion train with their newest PV593 which is a Gen5 SSD based on the SMI SM2508 8-channel NVMe SSD controller. This controller will provide speeds of 14GB/s read and 13GB/s …
Read More » I personally think we lose out on some of the best in North American retail and my visit to KIOXIA at Computex 2025 this morning proved correct. I might compound this belief with mention that KIOXIA (formerly Toshiba) is technically the inventor of flash NAND way back in 1987. KIOXIA, while being a very strong enterprise and data center resource …
Read More » Having been in the flash review business since the beginning, we have seen so many companies come and go. This morning at Computex we visited Lexar when I realized that they are one of the few companies that we have covered consistently for more than 14 years. And would you believe that we were in for a bit of a …
Read More » When a great flash product is introduced, it catches on. This appears to be the case with the newest Kingston Fury Renegade G5 Gen5 SSD, which contains SMI’s latest SM2508 controller. I know most don’t really care what’s inside an SSD but a healthy knowledge of SSDs is a good thing. The reason, of course, is that this SM2508 controller …
Read More » 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 …
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 …
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