SSDs
When Western Digital introduced its Ultrastar DC SN861 SSDs earlier this year, the company did not disclose which controller it used for these drives, which made many observers presume that WD was using an in-house controller. But a recent teardown of the drive shows that is not the case; instead, the company is using a controller from Fadu, a South Korean company founded in 2015 that specializes on enterprise-grade turnkey SSD solutions. The Western Digital Ultrastar DC SN861 SSD is aimed at performance-hungry hyperscale datacenters and enterprise customers which are adopting PCIe Gen5 storage devices these days. And, as uncovered in photos from a recent Storage Review article, the drive is based on Fadu's FC5161 NVMe 2.0-compliant controller. The FC5161 utilizes 16 NAND channels supporting...
Mushkin Launches Reactor Armor 3D and Triactor 3D 2TB SATA SSDs: 3D NAND, SM2258
Mushkin at CES demonstrated its new SSDs in 2.5”/7 mm form-factor aimed at mainstream PCs with a SATA interface. The new Reactor Armor 3D and Triactor 3D use 3D...
36 by Anton Shilov on 1/16/2017
Marvell Show the 88SS1079 Controller: An Updated 88SS1074
At CES, Marvell announced an updated version of its popular 88SS1074 SATA SSD controller in the 88SS1079. There's no significant change to performance or features as far as we...
1 by Ian Cutress & Billy Tallis on 1/13/2017
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
Samsung CES 2017 Event Live Blog
We're here at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center covering Samsung's announcements for CES 2017.
26 by Joshua Ho & Billy Tallis on 1/4/2017
LaCie Launches Rugged and d2 Thunderbolt 3 Storage Devices
LaCie at CES introduced its new storage devices with Thunderbolt 3 interface. The new LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt USB-C and the LaCie d2 Thunderbolt 3 support 2.5” and 3.5” storage...
0 by Anton Shilov on 1/4/2017
PNY Launches CS2030 SSDs: Phison PS5007-E7, MLC NAND, 2.8 GB/s
PNY has introduced its new CS2030 lineup of higher-end SSDs designed for desktops and laptops with M.2-2280 slots. The new drives are based on Phison’s PS5007-E7 controller for PCIe...
2 by Anton Shilov on 12/30/2016
Sharkoon Launches Rapid-Case USB 3.1 Type-C Storage Device DIY Kit
Sharkoon has introduced a DIY kit that lets users build their own external storage devices with the USB 3.1 Type-C interface. The kit is not expensive and resembles similar...
7 by Anton Shilov on 12/30/2016
Kaby Lake Systems With Intel Optane SSDs Coming Soon
Lenovo's announcement today of a new generation of ThinkPads based on Intel's Kaby Lake platform includes brief but tantalizing mention of Optane, Intel's brand for devices using the 3D...
54 by Billy Tallis on 12/28/2016
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
GALAX Shows Off Phison PS5008-E8 SSD with 3D NAND
GALAX is a relatively well-known name in the world of video cards because the company offers a lot of non-reference graphics based on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs. In the recent...
14 by Anton Shilov on 12/21/2016
ADATA Announces Ultimate SU900: 3D MLC NAND, SMI Controller, SATA
ADATA has introduced its second family of consumer SSDs featuring 3D MLC NAND memory. The Ultimate SU900 drive is claimed to be designed for users who value extended reliability...
12 by Anton Shilov on 12/16/2016
Corsair Releases Force MP500 SSDs: 3 GB/s, Phison PS5007-E7, MLC NAND
Corsair on Tuesday introduced its flagship Force MP500 lineup of SSDs targeting high-performance gaming PCs. The new drives come in an M.2-2280 form-factor with a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface...
18 by Anton Shilov on 12/16/2016
ADATA Introduces SC660H and SV620H External SSDs with 3D TLC NAND
ADATA last week announced its new SC660H and SV620H external SSDs, featuring 3D TLC NAND memory, which are new versions of the SC660 and the SV620 drives introduced last...
5 by Anton Shilov on 12/14/2016
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
Micron 3D NAND Update: 2D and 3D NAND Bit Crossover, Gen 2 Hits Production
Micron last week made two announcements regarding its transition to 3D NAND memory. According to the company, the output of 3D NAND at its fabs has surpassed the output...
14 by Anton Shilov on 12/13/2016HGST Ultrastar SS200 SSD: Up to 7.68 TB, 1.8 GB/s, Dual-Port SAS 12 Gbps
Western Digital has introduced a new family of Ultrastar SS200 SAS SSDs that wed high-performance with capacities up to 7.68 TB as well as relatively high endurance. The drives...
6 by Anton Shilov on 12/7/2016
HGST Ultrastar SN200 Accelerator: 7.68 TB Capacity, 6.1 GB/s Read Speed, 1.2M IOPS
Western Digital this week announced two high-end HGST Ultrastar families of SSDs designed for high-frequency workloads in cloud and hyperscale environments that require instant response time. The new drives...
13 by Anton Shilov on 12/7/2016
Micron Announces 5100 Series Enterprise SATA SSDs With 3D TLC NAND
Micron has announced their latest generation of enterprise SATA SSDs, all based on their 3D TLC NAND. The new 5100 series is a full range of enterprise SSDs with...
19 by Billy Tallis on 12/5/2016
Game Bundles: Get Civilization VI, Doom, Watch_Dogs 2 for Free with AMD, NVIDIA and Samsung Hardware
From time to time companies bundle the latest games with their hardware in a bid to attract attention of gamers and to make their products more competitive. Such promotions...
15 by Anton Shilov on 11/22/2016
Plextor Launches EX1 USB-C External SSD: Up to 550 MBps, 512 GB and LDPC
Plextor this week formally launched its first external SSD which it demonstrated back in early June at Computex. The Plextor EX1 combines low weight, high capacity, a high quoted...
10 by Anton Shilov on 11/22/2016
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