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Corsair MP400 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
It has been a while since I had the pleasure to review a storage drive from Corsair, so it is a pleasure to have the MP400 SSD in the office today. The Corsair MP400 is a classic M.2 2280 drive which is built with QLC NAND. The MP400 is available…
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Sabrent Rocket Q 4TB NVMe SSD Review
Not so long ago, I had a look at Sabrent‘s Rocket series of SSDs. Today it is time to take a closer look at the Rocket Q SSD. While the two series have a lot in common, there are some noticeable differences too. The drive which I’m reviewing today has…
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Intel Announces Optane Memory H10 Modules
Intel Announces Optane Memory H10 Intel released their first Optane products a while ago. First, we got the accelerator and then we got the SSDs. Now we get the combination which Intel calls the Optane Memory H10. The new Optane Memory H10 delivers the responsiveness of Optane Memory and capacity…
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Samsung Release First Mainstream QLC 860 QVO SSDs
Samsung Offers 4TB QLC 860 QVO SSD Earlier in the month, some news started to leak about new QLC SSDs. Coming from Samsung, the new drives promised to bring QLC to the general consumer. Along with lower prices per GB, the new technology promises to make even larger drives possible. Ahead of…
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Samsung 860 QVO SSDs Spotted at Low Prices Up to 4TB
Has Affordable Large Capacity SSDs Finally Arrived? Samsung‘s recently announced QLC-based 860 QVO series of SSD drives have begun showing up online. The best part however, is the fact that these have remarkably lower price than even expected. The company has begun mass production of these four months ago. So…
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Crucial Launches P1 NVMe M.2 SSD
Crucial has officially launched their newest drive, the Crucial P1. The P1 is an NVMe M.2 SSD with a capacity up from 500GB over 1TB to 2TB. Okay, the 2TB hasn’t launched yet, but it will shortly. Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD The new P1 SSD follows the same trend…
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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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IMFT 3D QLC Yields Lower Than Expected
Intel and Micron Struggling With 3D QLC Yields With the rise of QLC in recent years, NAND is expected to grow cheaper than ever. Along with the developments in 3D NAND, SSD capacity should move along nicely. Unfortunately, every now and then, problems pop up. One such issue is popping…
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Crucial’s New 480GB BX500 SATA SSD Only Costs $90 USD
480GB for Less Than 20 Cents-Per-GB Crucial is launching their new BX500 entry-level solid-state drive. Unlike other budget SSD offerings, the BX500 aggressively targets a much lower price point, offering a 480GB version for $90 USD. It is also available in 120GB and 240GB versions, priced at only $30 and…
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Samsung Begins Mass Production of 4TB QLC SSDs
Low-Cost, High-Capacity SSDs Incoming from Samsung Hard drive manufacturers such as Western Digital are rolling back their traditional hard drive production, even closing down their factories. That is because solid-state high-capacity storage for consumers is expected to grow significantly within the next few years. That is due in part to…
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Micron Begins Shipping the 5210 ION–World’s First QLC SSD
The Result of Intel and Micron Partnership Micron has announced that they are finally shipping their first QLC NAND based product called the 5210 ION. This joins their TLC-based 5200 family as a lower-cost option having slower write performance and lower endurance. QLC NAND is a much anticipated development for…
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Micron To Release QLC Based Enterprise SSDs in 2018
Micron Believes QLC Ready for Enterprise SSDs Since the rise of SSDs, NAND flash has come a long way. The first drives used SLC (Single Layer Cell) while later models utilised MLC (Multi Layer Cell) and TLC (Triple Layer Cell). To meet growing demand, all the NAND producers have been working on QLC…
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Western Digital Releases 3D QLC NAND
Western Digital is a traditional hard disk drive manufacturer. That changed with the SanDisk purchase last year. Along with the sizable flash memory business, WD also picked up a partnership with Toshiba. Earlier, Toshiba announced their new 3bit 3D Quad Level Cell NAND. Following along, Western Digital is also announcing their…
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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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