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Lexar NM700 1TB M.2 SSD Review
Today we are taking one of Lexar‘s newer SSDs for a spin around the office for some tests and a nice review. We are looking at the NM700 with 1TB capacity which is the largest in the series. The NM700 is also available with 256GB and 512GB capacity. Lexar NM700…
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Lexar Announces its New SL200 Portable SSD
Lexar, a leading global brand of flash memory solutions, today announced the new Lexar SL200 Portable SSD. The family line of SSD products continues to expand and grow stronger with this latest addition to the SSD portfolio. This portable drive lets you take your data on-the-go, so you’re covered in…
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Entirely China-Made SSDs up to 4TB to Launch Soon via Longsys
China Catching Up to the Competition As powerful as China is as a manufacturing superpower, they are behind other countries in one aspect. That is when it comes to developing their own semiconductor and chip technology. The Chinese government is of course, fully well aware of this. In fact, they…
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Lexar Announces the SL100 Pro Portable USB 3.1 Gen 2 SSD
High-Speed External USB-C Storage Fast and portable storage is a must-have for any professional. Whether you are a video editor, photographer or work in the creative field, this can be difficult since most USB drives are simply not fast enough. So transferring large files like 4K UHD videos can take…
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Lexar Reveals Colossal 1TB SD Storage Card
Lexar Reveal 1TB SD Card For anyone who is really into their video recording or photography, particularly the former, having a big SD card is a huge advantage. With recording quality increasing, files are getting larger and I don’t think it unrealistic to suggest that most people with an interest…
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Lexar Debuts the Largest Capacity A2 MicroSD Card Yet
Largest Capacity for an A2 Rated Card Lexar is claiming that they have a 512GB MicroSD card which is the largest capacity in its class. They are referring of course to its A2 rating, which stands for Application Performance Class 2. These cards are generally ideal for smartphone use due…
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Lexar Introduces the NS100 and NS200 SATA SSD Series
Lexar Enters the SSD Market Digital media manufacturer Lexar are more commonly known for their SD card and USB drive products. However, if you recall, Micron who owned Lexar discontinued their removable storage business last year. Then SSD manufacurer Longsys moved in to acquire the brand from Micron. Now the…
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Today is World Backup Day – When Was Your Last Backup?
Today is World Backup Day! March 31st is world backup day. With that in mind, we’ll take a look at the subject, possible devices, software, and common practices. Before we get to the subject at hand, let me remind you all of one thing: A redundant RAID setup is not,…
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Lexar Acquisition by Longsys Now Official
We heard last week that Longsys would acquire the Lexar brand from Micron. At that time, there wasn’t an official statement from either company. That has now been rectified and it is official, Longsys is taking over Lexar. “We are very honoured to acquire the Lexar brand,” said Huabo Cai,…
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SSD Manufacturer Longsys Acquires Lexar
Yesterday, it came to light that the China-based Longsys Electronics has acquired Lexar. It has only been about two months since we learned that Micron wanted to discontinue the Lexar business. The goal, to focus on other areas. Now it seems that the quality brand Lexar might live on after all. Micron Back in June,…
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Micron Discontinuing Lexar Removable Storage Business
Micron consumer products VP Jay Hawkins announced late Monday that they are soon discontinuing Lexar products. The decision is apparently based on the company focusing on higher value markets, rather than the retail space. The brand originally spun off from Cirrus Logic in 1996, until the acquisition by Micron Technology…
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Lexar Announces New Durable JumpDrive Tough
Ordinary flash drives are quite durable in their nature, but more resilience isn’t a bad thing to have for the active people. Lexar’s newest flash drive is called the JumpDrive Tough and it brings both speed and protection. The JumpDrive Tough is a high-performance flash drive created to withstand life’s challenges,…
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Lexar Announces 256GB Professional 1000x microSD UHS-II (U3) Card
Lexar already has some impressive memory cards, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for another one in the family line-up. That new one is the tiny 256GB Lexar Professional 1000x microSDXC UHS-II (U3) memory card. Cramming 256GB capacity into a microSD-sized card is darn nice and the card is…
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Lexar Announces Two New 3-in-1 Flash Drives
I recently had the pleasure to review Lexar’s JumpDrive C20i which is a 3-in-1 flash drive, but it had the downside that it really only was useful for Apple users due to its Lightning connector on one end. Now everyone else can enjoy the same benefits of this drive as…
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Lexar Announces 256GB High-Performance 633x microSDXC UHS-I U3 Card
Lexar has announced a 256GB capacity of their High-Performance 633x microSDXC UHS-I (U3) memory card at Photokina 2016. These memory cards are designed for sports camcorders, tablets, and smartphones where the 633x microSDXC UHS-I card can deliver read transfer speeds up to 95MB per second and can capture more than…
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