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The excitement in the client SSD space recently has understandably been on the Gen 5 front. However, cooling requirements have made it difficult for vendors to bring effective M.2 NVMe Gen 5 SSDs to the market. In that context, it appears that Gen 4 M.2 SSDs will continue to have a much longer runway than was previously estimated. In order to better serve that market segment, Silicon Motion is introducing a new product in their PCIe 4.0-capable NVMe SSD controller lineup. The company's roadmap is not much of a secret, as we do expect their Gen 5 client controllers to land in Q4 2023 - in fact, an end product based on it from ADATA was already demonstrated by ADATA at the 2023 CES...
The Toshiba XG5 (1TB) SSD Review
The Toshiba XG5 is their first SSD to ship with 64-layer 3D NAND and is their first mainstream SSD to use 3D NAND. The XG5 is a NVMe SSD...
30 by Billy Tallis on 8/3/2017
Memblaze Launches PBlaze5 SSDs: Enterprise 3D TLC, Up to 6 GB/s, 1M IOPS, 11 TB
Memblaze has introduced its new generation of server-class NVMe SSDs for mixed and mission critical workloads. The PBlaze5 SSDs are based around Micron's 3D eTLC memory and paired with...
19 by Anton Shilov on 6/24/2017
Intel Announces SSD DC P4501 Low-Power NVMe SSD With 3D NAND
A month ago, Intel unveiled a new generation of enterprise SSDs based on their 3D TLC NAND and powered by a new generation of Intel NVMe SSD controllers. Intel's...
17 by Billy Tallis on 6/5/2017
Toshiba Introduces XG5 Client NVMe SSD
After teasing with a demo earlier this month at the Dell EMC World conference, Toshiba is now officially announcing their first SSD based on their 64-layer BiCS3 3D NAND...
5 by Billy Tallis on 5/30/2017
NVMe 1.3 Specification Published With New Features For Client And Enterprise SSDs
The first major update to the NVMe storage interface specification in almost two and a half years has been published, standardizing many new features and helping set the course...
16 by Billy Tallis on 5/24/2017
Toshiba Demonstrates NVMe SSD With 64-Layer BiCS3 3D NAND
Toshiba's transition from planar NAND flash to 3D NAND flash memory has been a long, drawn-out process. Their BiCS 3D NAND architecture is on its third generation but has...
10 by Billy Tallis on 5/8/2017
Intel Announces New DC P4500 And P4600 Datacenter SSDs
Intel has announced the most significant updates to their enterprise PCIe SSD lineup since the launch of their first NVMe SSDs. The new Intel SSD DC P4500 and P4600...
4 by Billy Tallis on 5/2/2017
The Intel Optane Memory (SSD) Preview: 32GB of Kaby Lake Caching
Last week, we took a look at Intel's first product based on their 3D XPoint non-volatile memory technology: the Optane SSD DC P4800X, a record-breaking flagship enterprise SSD. Today...
110 by Billy Tallis on 4/24/2017
The Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X (375GB) Review: Testing 3D XPoint Performance
Intel's new 3D XPoint non-volatile memory technology, which has been on the cards publically for the last couple of years, is finally hitting the market as the storage medium...
117 by Billy Tallis on 4/20/2017
Intel Launches Optane Memory M.2 Cache SSDs For Consumer Market
Last week, Intel officially launched their first Optane product, the SSD DC P4800X enterprise drive. This week, 3D XPoint memory comes to the client and consumer market in the...
127 by Billy Tallis on 3/27/2017
Intel Introduces Optane SSD DC P4800X With 3D XPoint Memory
A year and a half after first publicly unveiling their new 3D XPoint non-volatile memory technology, Intel is launching the first product incorporating the new memory. The Intel Optane...
77 by Billy Tallis on 3/19/2017
Samsung Shows Off A Z-SSD: With New Z-NAND
As the sort of person that can get addicted to deep technology discussions about the latest thing, without due care and attention I could easily fall into the pit...
91 by Ian Cutress on 3/17/2017
The Western Digital Black PCIe SSD (512GB) Review
After acquiring SanDisk and introducing WD Green and WD Blue SSDs, it is no surprise to see Western Digital introduce a WD Black SSD that is a M.2 PCIe...
36 by Billy Tallis on 3/8/2017
Everspin Announces New MRAM Products And Partnerships
Magnetoresistive RAM manufacturer Everspin has announced their first MRAM-based storage products and issued two other press releases about recent accomplishments. Until now, Everspin's business model has been to sell...
22 by Billy Tallis on 3/8/2017
Previewing Silicon Motion SM2260 NVMe Controller With 3D MLC NAND (512GB)
Silicon Motion's SM2260 is their first NVMe PCIe SSD controller. We've already reviewed the Intel SSD 600p using this controller and 3D TLC NAND. This review tests an engineering...
27 by Billy Tallis on 2/17/2017
The Patriot Hellfire M.2 480GB Review: Phison NVMe Tested
The Patriot Hellfire M.2 PCIe SSD is Patriot's first NVMe SSD, and one of several similar products based on Phison's E7 NVMe controller paired with Toshiba 15nm MLC. The...
43 by Billy Tallis on 2/10/2017
Western Digital Announces SanDisk Skyhawk Enterprise NVMe SSDs
Today Western Digital announced the first enterprise NVMe SSDs under their SanDisk brand. The new SanDisk Skyhawk series are 2.5" U.2 SSDs intended for datacenter use. While Western Digital's...
17 by Billy Tallis on 2/7/2017
Western Digital Announces WD Black PCIe SSD
Western Digital has announced the WD Black PCIe SSD, their first PCIe SSD for the consumer market. While the WD Green and WD Blue SSDs introduced last fall were...
19 by Billy Tallis on 1/4/2017
Plextor to Demo Mainstream M8Se NVMe and 3D NAND-Based SSDs at CES
Plextor has announced plans to demonstrate some of its next year’s products at the upcoming CES early next month. In particular, the company will show off the final versions...
3 by Anton Shilov on 12/23/2016
The Plextor M8Pe (512GB) SSD Review
The Plextor M8Pe is their second PCIe SSD and their first to support PCIe 3.0 or NVMe. The M8Pe is a M.2 SSD based on Marvell's 88SS1093 controller and...
64 by Billy Tallis on 12/14/2016
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