We’re entering an era where smaller, faster, and higher-capacity SSDs are no longer luxuries; they’re necessities. I experienced this firsthand last year while shopping for a new ultrabook. My shortlist of must-haves was clear: a compact form factor, support for at least a 4TB SSD, and PCIe 4.0 performance. Ideally, I wanted PCIe Gen5 speeds, but nothing on the market …
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Lexar has done it again… and this time, Sony Alpha and FX series owners finally have reason to celebrate. For years, they’ve been like kids watching from the sidelines while Canon EOS R5 users like myself enjoyed the benefits of faster CFExpress Type-B storage. But that all changes now. Thanks to Lexar, Type-A users are catching up in a big …
Read More » Samsung introduced an SSD last week that just happens to be a ‘Samsung first’. It is the Samsung 9100 Pro Gen 5 SSD and we have reviewed this previously in its 4TB capacity. Samsung has a reputation of being one of the best in the industry and we might bet that their sales reflect such by a healthy margin. Deservedly, …
Read More » 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 » It is always refreshing when we get something on our bench that is new…maybe even a bit out of the ordinary. On our Test Bench today is the SK hynix Platinum P51 Gen5 2TB SSD and this SSD is as proprietary as they come. The controller, DRAM buffer chip and NAND memory are all SK hynix manufactured and this SSD …
Read More » Just under two weeks ago, we brought you news of a new SanDisk client SSD that promised great Gen4 speeds, while at the same time providing very low active power usage in the area of 4 watts. A high performance low power SSD is a very promising proposition as it provides us with laptops that now reach full Gen 4 …
Read More » Sitting here doing some testing and this years highest pile of SSDs seem to belong to SMI, all containing the SMI SM2508 Gen5 8-channel SSD controller that has taken the industry by storm. The newest sample is rather interesting and there aren’t any reviews for it just yet. It is the Transcend MTE260S Gen5 2TB SSD and don’t ask what …
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 » Our review this morning of the KIOXIA Exceria Plus G2 2TB Portable SSD comes on the heals of our last KIOXIA Review of the Exceria Plus G4 Gen5 M.2 SSD just a few weeks back. Our reviews of KIOXIA products are rather unique as they are Europe and Asia based products that may or may not be predominant in North …
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