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Crucial Adds 960GB Capacity Option to BX500 SSD Line
Larger Capacity, Same Low Price Crucial first launched their BX500 entry-level solid-state drive 6 months ago. Now they are expanding on it further by offering a larger capacity 960GB drive. Users can still find 120GB, 240GB and 480GB versions. Although now there is more room to install games and other…
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3D QLC Yields Much Lower Than Predicted
3D QLC Yields Reportedly Holding Back Mass Market Launch As a silicon product, NAND faces the same challenges processors face in terms of shrinking lithographies. In order to get around the imitations, memory firms have developed new techniques. Chief among them is the move to QLC and 3D NAND to…
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KINGMAX Announces the Entry-level PJ3280 M.2 PCIe SSD
New PCIe SSD from KINGMAX KINGMAX is introducing the PJ3280, an M.2 PCIe SSD which features 3D NAND and SLC caching. Although it does not have a DRAM buffer. This is the lower cost option to their PJ3480, utilizing PCIe 3.0 x2 speeds instead of PCIe 3.0 x4. It is…
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Colorful Debuts the SL500 1TB Boost Solid State Drive
Large Capacity SATA SSD Colorful is preparing the launch of their new SL500 1TB SSD ahead of Computex 2018. This new Colorful SL500 BOOST drive uses a standard 2.5-inch form factor and is a SATA device. The SL500 series uses 3D NAND with a Silicon Motion controller. This new…
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ADATA Launches XPG Gaming SX950U 3D NAND SSD
ADATA Expands their XPG Gaming Line ADATA is adding a new storage option for their XPG gaming line called the SX950U. The drive uses a 2.5″ form factor with a SATA3 interface and sport the traditional gaming red and black color. According to ADATA, the drive leverages a Silicon Motion…
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SK Hynix Launches 72-Layer 3D NAND Enterprise Products
SK Hynix Launches 72-Layer 3D NAND Enterprise Products SK Hynix started to talk about their 72-Layer 3D NAND 10 months ago and started the actual production 3 months later. Now the company is ready with eSSD (enterprise SSD) offerings based on the new NAND fabrication. The first two instalments are a SATA-based…
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Plextor M8V Value-Series SSD Launched
Plextor M8V: Budget-Oriented SSDs Plextor first unveiled their new M8V value-oriented solid-state drive line at CES 2018. It succeeds the M7V line and utilizes Silicon Motion’s SM2258 controller with Toshiba 3D TLC 64-layer NAND. It is capable of up to 560MB/s during sequential reads and up to 520MB/s during writes.…
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ADATA Introduces Pair of Industrial-Grade M.2 SATA SSDs
ADATA is announcing a pair of new industrial-grade M.2 solid state drives called the IM2S3338 and IM2S3334. The M.2 form factor is quite popular for new system builds because of their wire-free, streamline installation. For industrial applications, this makes maintaining and installing them quite convenient. However, like their desktop counterparts,…
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Toshiba Reveals 768Gb BICS3 QLC With TLC Like Endurance
Over the past year, one of the biggest stories is the ongoing NAND and DRAM shortage. With the rise of SSDs, the market has developed an insatiable demand for flash memory storage. In order to meet demand, many fabs are moving to ever denser 3D TLC. Western Digital and Toshiba…
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SK Hynix 72-Layer 3D NAND Flash Goes into Production
Memory manufacturer SK Hynix made an announcement three months ago introducing the world to 72-layer 3D NAND Flash technology. This is the company’s 4th generation 3D NAND flash and now they have confirmed that they have started mass production. SK Hynix is focusing their business on NAND flash memories followed…
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Western Digital Announces BICS4 3D NAND with 96 Layers
Western Digital announced that it has successfully developed its next-generation 3D NAND technology, BiCS4. The new BICS4 technology features 96 layers of vertical storage capability. To put that in perspective, it is an increase of 30% percent over the current BICS3 which features 64 layers. The new technology is a…
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SK Hynix Introduces 72-Layer 3D NAND Flash
SK Hynix Introduces 72-Layer 3D NAND Flash SK Hynix just introduced the industry’s first 72-Layer 256 Gb 3D NAND Flash based on its TLC (Triple-Level Cell) arrays and own technologies. That is an impressive 1.5 times what is present in the current 48-Layer 3D NAND which already is being mass…
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ADATA Ultimate SU700 3DNAND SATA SSD Announced
ADATA has released the new Ultimate SU700 3DNAND SATA SSD using a new controller from Maxiotek with performance speeds of up to 560MB/s sequential read and 520 MB/s sequential write. The Ultimate SU700 is offered in four different capacities: 120, 240, 480 and 960GB and comes in the typical 2.5″…
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ADATA Super Durable XPG SD700X External 3DNAND Drives Launched
Storage and memory manufacturer ADATA has launched the latest addition to their super durable storage series called the XPG SD700X external SSD drive with 3DNAND. It has the same dimensions as the previously released SPG SD700 measuring 83.5 x 83.5 x 13.9 mm / 3.3 x 3.3 x 0.5″ and…
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Silicon Motion Unveils Single-Chip 3D NAND SSD
Silicon Motion has announced a new addition to its SATA 6Gb/s FerriSSD line which features single-chip 3D NAND technology and supports NANDXtend EEC, end-to-end data protection, and IntelligentScan to ensure data reliability. According to Silicon Motion, the new FerriSSD 3D NAND SSDs feature: End-to-end data path protection, which detects and…
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