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One of the main evolutions in technology coming to the upcoming generation of consoles is the implementation of SSDs over mechanical harddrives. While Sony’s SSD will offer a more standardised size (despite being custom made) allowing for relatively easy expansion, Microsoft has announced that its SSDs will arrive in proprietary …

Memblaze has announced its PBlaze5 520 Series NVMe SSDs, promising enterprise level performance, 96-layer 3D NAND and a significant reduction in power usage.  One of Memblaze's focuses with the new PBlaze5 520 series is to bring down the power consumption. The new SSDs have a typical power consumption of 9W and …

We have previously reported that Intel Rocket Lake-S CPU probably will support PCIe 4.0. However, now more tangible evidence has been spotted that confirms that Intel's Rocket Lake CPUs indeed will support the new tech.   Intel's upcoming Rocket Lake CPUs are still months away – expected to launch in 2021. But already a …

Seagate has introduced the Nytro 3032 SAS SSD and Nytro 1360 SATA SSD- two new enterprise SSDs with massive capacities and speeds on offer.  The Nytro 3032 SAS SSD has an SAS 12 Gb/s interface and also offers dual ports for speeds up to 2,200 MB/s. In spite of its small form …

Silicon Power has announced a brand new series of NVMe SSDs this week. The new UD70 series uses a PCIe Gen 3×4 interface and is rated for read/write speeds of up to 3400 MB/S and 3000 MB/s respectively. The UD70 SSD is available in three storage capacity options: 500GB, 1TB, and …

HP is back in the SSD arena, this time with a new S750 2.5″ SATA model coming in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB options. All three models were announced this week, produced in a partnership with BiWin, the same company that has made other SSDs for HP in the past.  In …

Kioxia is hard at work on the future of NVMe SSD technology, introducing a new form-factor. In the latest demonstration, Kioxia began opening up about its new E3.S SSD form factor, which targets PCIe 5.0 and beyond while enabling higher density and performance compared to what is currently on the …

The Chief Engineer at Kioxia, Shigeo Oshima, recently gave a presentation at VLSI Symposium 2020 where he talked about the company's plans for a “Wafer-Level SSD”, a potentially game changing approach to storage production.  The process of creating an SSD device is usually a long and complicated one. It starts …

Back in August 2019, we heard that Kioxia and LITE-ON had entered into a share purchase agreement, with Kioxia set to acquire LITE-ONs SSD business. Today the transaction is set to be finalised. The market for SSDs is expected to continue to rapidly expand in the coming years and Kioxia …

TeamGroup has released its latest SSD, the T-FORCE CARDEA Ceramic C440, offering sequential read/write speeds that reach as high as 5,000/4,400 MB/s. The new CARDEA Ceramic C440 SSDs from TeamGroup come with either 1TB or 2TB capacities. The “Ceramic” part of the product's name stems from the SSD being built …

For June, we are teaming up with KIOXIA to give away THREE 960GB SSDs. We'll be picking three lucky KitGuru readers to get their hands on one of these, so don't miss out!

This week, Kioxia became the first company to launch 24G SAS SSDs for servers and storage applications – consisting of the company's 6th gen enterprise SAS SSD family. 24G SAS is expected to double the data throughput compared to its predecessor. The 24G SAS technology was first demonstrated at the Flash …

With the upcoming release of the PlayStation 5, one of the headlining features is the console’s SSD which is said to nearly completely remove all loading screens. The hardware capabilities were put to the test in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart at yesterday’s event. Following that it has been confirmed …

The Chinese-based memory manufacturer, YMTC, is expected move into the SSD market in Q3 2020. The company is reported to have started mass-producing 64-layer 3D NAND that will be used in the upcoming SSDs. Yangtze Memory Technologies, also known as YMTC, was founded in Wuhan, China in July 2016 – …

Sabrent may not be the most well-known drive manufacturer in the world, but that could be about to change as it seems the company will be the first to release an 8TB M.2 SSD. The Rocket Q 8TB NVMe PCIe M.2 from Sabrent uses a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface is …

We don't typically think of HP as a storage manufacturer, but the company does have a pre-existing SSD product stack. Now, a new drive has appeared on the HP website known as the HP EX900 Pro M.2 SSD, sporting read and write speed of up to 2100MB/s and 1500MB/s respectively. HP's …

Though the next generation of consoles are likely to bring with them a massive leap in performance and technical ability allowing developers to take full advantage of new technologies, there have been fears that the rumoured Xbox Lockhart could hold back all other next-gen systems. According to some developers however, …

Analyst research companies Forward Insights and TRENDFOCUS have released their market share data for 2019, with the former company ranking Kingston ahead of both Samsung and Western Digital in terms of channel SSD shipments. Forward Insights ranked several SSD manufacturers by marketshare, looking at worldwide channel SSD shipments. Kingston was ranked in first place, …

SK hynix likes to bring out products based on new technologies – whether it be SSDs or memory. The South Korean company has now announced the availability of the PE8000 series, an SSD line aimed for datacenter costumers. To re-iterate, the products are aimed for ‘professional' costumers, specifically those who …

Everybody that still doesn't have an SDD in their desktop or laptop is now facing a crucial decision, if you would excuse the pun… That's because Crucial is now selling 1TB SSDs for under £100.  Crucial's one terabyte solid state drive from its P1 series is being sold for £95.99. The SSD doesn't …

Greenliant has announced that mass production of its industrial temperature 2 TB NVMe and SATA ArmourDrive SSD modules are underway. The announcement confirms that Greenliant will be one of the first companies to offer -40°C to +85°C industrial temperature 2 TB SSDs for industrial applications. The new industrial temperature 2 …

Microsoft has unleashed a ton of information on Xbox Series X hardware specifications and performance capabilities today but that's not all. Two demo videos have also been released, showing off the traditional performance boost enabled by the custom 1TB NVMe SSD, including much faster load times and near-instant suspension and …

Intel has been celebrating another milestone recently, the company’s memory and storage group announced that last week, it had produced the number 10 million of its QLC 3D NAND based solid-state drive manufactured with the QLC NAND die. Production of the Intel QLC 3D NAND began in Dalian, China late …

TerraMaster has proudly announced a new lineup of Thunderbolt 3 equipped direct-attached storage solutions to provide fast video and data access to content creators and multimedia professionals. The new TD2 direct-attached storage (DAS) line from TerraMaster utilises the power of Thunderbolt 3 to allow 40Gbps data transfer in a two-bay …

Today at CES Luke and Leo visited Patriot, where we got a look at some new peripherals as well as a load of SSDs, which opened up an interesting discussion from Leo- what can we expect from next-gen SSD tech? Patriot has released plenty of decent gaming peripherals over the …

We've been following Patriot's VIPER GAMING series of SSDs for a while now and this week, the new VPR100 M.2 SSD was added to the roster, bringing a dash of RGB colour to the lineup. This is a PCIe Gen 3 SSD, coming in capacities all the way up to …

Intel has launched its second generation QLC 3D NAND SSDs, succeeding the 660p series with the 665p series. The new Intel SSD 665p series is the “first 96-layer QLC-based PCIe SSD” to be manufactured. The 665p series comes with in a 1TB or 2TB capacity, offering “great value for everyday …

With such a vast number of mobile devices supporting external portable storage these days, choosing the right device to suit your needs can be a daunting prospect. ADATA has made that decision more simple with the release of a new external SSD range that covers all the bases. Whether you …

Seagate is adding two new products to its FireCuda lineup, aimed at gamers: the Seagate FireCuda 520 PCIe 4.0 SSD and the FireCuda Gaming Dock. The company is also refreshing some of its existing SSD solutions, the FireCuda 510, the Barracuda 510, and the Barracuda 120. One of Seagate's latest additions …

If you are somebody who likes to keep an eye on developments in the world of network-attached storage systems, you will be very familiar with Western Digital Red drives. Western Digital has announced a range of new Red devices, purpose-built for small business and home office scenarios with NAS environments. …