Kioxia announced plans to release enterprise-class PCIe 5.0 SSDs based on second-generation XL NAND flash memory at the China Flash Market 2023 conference. These drives will be able to deliver sequential write speeds of up to 13.5GB/s. Image source:...
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ASRock introduced Blazing M.2 Gen5 Fan-Heatsink active cooling solutions for PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs. The new products are designed for use with modern ASRock motherboards equipped with AMD socket AM5 and Intel LGA 1700 processor socket. Image source:...
The Crucial T700 SSD with PCIe 5.0 interface is being prepared for release and will be able to demonstrate the new features of the standard – the read speed has reached 12.4 GB / s. Image source: twitter.com/LinusTech PCIe 5.0 technology is...
At the end of February, Microsoft released a massive update for Windows 11 called Moment 2. The platform received many new features, but this week another small update came out that brought some noticeable problems to some users. They suddenly...
Despite promises from SSD manufacturers to release models with PCIe 5.0 and read speeds of up to 14,000 MB/s, most drives presented so far can only work with speeds of up to 10,000 MB/s with this interface. Sabrent is developing a PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD...
Flash storage company Pure Storage has announced plans to develop a proprietary 300TB DFM (Direct Flash Module) SSD by 2026. The manufacturer believes that a significant development in the production of 3D NAND flash memory will lead to an increase...
TeamGroup announced the 2TB T-Force Cardea Z540 M.2 PCIe 5.0 SSD with PCIe 5.0 x4 interface and NVMe 2.0 protocol support. The manufacturer promises sequential read and write speeds of up to 12,000 MB/s and 10,000 MB/s respectively. Note that this...
Gigabyte has started pre-sales of its Aorus Gen5 10000 SSDs with PCIe 5.0 support. According to the VideoCardz portal, the novelty in the 2 TB version was noticed by major American retailers Newegg and Amazon. Image source: gigabytes The 2TB model...
ASRock introduced the Blazing Quad M.2 Card with four PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD slots. Image source: ASRock In order to work, the new product needs an empty PCIe 5.0 x16 slot on the motherboard. The expansion card allows you to install M.2 (Key M)...
Silicon Motion introduced the SM2268XT controller for building high-performance, low-cost PCIe 4.0 SSDs. The SM2268XT uses a processor with a pair of Arm R8 cores, supports four PCIe lanes with a maximum throughput of up to 16Gbps, and supports four...
Samsung has released a new firmware code 1B2QJXD7 for the 990 Pro SSDs. New software has been developed to solve the problem of rapid degradation of this SSD model. Samsung hasn’t released any documentation for the new firmware and...
It has been announced that Silicon Motion is working on a brand new controller for PCIe 5.0 SSDs aimed at the consumer market. This is indicated by the manufacturer’s roadmap, according to which mass production of controllers for consumer SSDs...
Square Enix’s open-world fantasy action role-playing game Forspoken is the first game to feature Microsoft’s DirectStorage technology, which significantly speeds up game level loading when using SSDs. YouTube channel Compussemble...
In recent months, Samsung 980 Pro SSD owners have been complaining about their drives failing unexpectedly. Most of the complaints were registered in China. According to Tom’s Hardware, there was no official statement from Samsung, but there...
The first PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD is now available. It was published by the Japanese manufacturer CFD Gaming. Unfortunately, the novelty is only available in Japan. However, its commercial appearance could indicate that other SSD manufacturers will also...
The cheapest next-gen MacBook Pro has a slower SSD than its predecessor. We’re talking about the cheapest version of the 14-inch MacBook Pro, which uses the Apple M2 Pro chip and has a 512GB SSD – its storage was slower than the storage...
Several flagship Samsung 990 Pro SSD owners have complained that their SSDs are degrading too quickly. Although the total amount of overwritten information on the media was only a few terabytes, its health indicator dropped by several percent...
It’s the end of 2022, and most enthusiasts watching the SSD market have been anticipating PCIe 5.0 consumer SSDs for a long time. Platforms capable of accommodating such drives have been offered by Intel for at least a year, and new...
Silicon Power has released the UD85 series of NVMe SSDs, which are entry-level solutions. New items use the PCIe 4.0 interface and are offered in versions with a capacity of 250 and 500 GB and 1 and 2 TB. Image source: Silicon Power The manufacturer...
Samsung electronics announced about the production maturity of new high-performance SSDs for PC: PM9C1a models with PCIe 4.0 interface and NVMe protocol support. Equipped with 5nm Samsung controllers and 7th generation V-NAND memory (176 layers)...
