Micron and Crucial launched the MX300 solid state drive in a limited edition a little while ago, you might remember our review of the 750GB model. And that was kind of the ...
July 26, 2016 at 6:33 pm by Bohs Hansen
Earlier in the month, ADATA announced their new SP580 SSD. Reportedly using Marvell controller with TLC NAND, the expectation was the use of the 88SS1074 controller. That ...
July 4, 2016 at 10:20 am by Samuel Wan
Introduction Today I’m taking a new solid state drive for a spin in my testing area, but before you skip ahead thinking that this just is the run of the mill new SSD, ...
June 14, 2016 at 2:00 pm by Bohs Hansen
Introduction We have recently reviewed the M7V 2.5-inch drive and today it is time for the smaller version in the form of an M.2 2280 module. Where we saw great things from ...
June 12, 2016 at 9:28 am by Bohs Hansen
The race to the bottom for PCs has just about run its course but it’s just getting started for SSDs. With every new release, the price per GB continues to drop while ...
June 11, 2016 at 10:20 am by Samuel Wan
Plextor and LiteOn had a lot to show at this year’s Computex and we’ll start with the more traditional drives on display. The 2.5-inch form factor and the SATA3 ...
June 3, 2016 at 8:40 am by Bohs Hansen
Colorful might be mostly known for their graphics cards, but they do make other products too such as Tablet PCs and portable HiFi players. Another one of their products is a ...
June 3, 2016 at 7:33 am by Bohs Hansen
Introduction There is a lot of focus on the next generation form factors when it comes to storage drives, but we shouldn’t forget about the common 2.5-inch solid state ...
May 28, 2016 at 9:00 am by Bohs Hansen
Last month, we reported that AMD had launched their new R3 SSDs quietly and without much fanfare. As we noted the new R3 drives were budget oriented, which was interesting as ...
May 17, 2016 at 9:00 am by Samuel Wan
As one of the major NAND producers along with their partner Toshiba, SanDisk SSDs have been among the best and most common out there. In recent years, the pursuit of better GB ...
April 27, 2016 at 10:20 am by Samuel Wan
With SSDs seemingly advancing by leap and bounds everyday, it’s crucial for companies to be able to get their products out to market quickly. By being on the bleeding ...
April 15, 2016 at 3:30 pm by Samuel Wan
In addition to launching a new series of enterprise SSDs, Micron has also updated us on their plans for their consumer and OEM client business. While it’s interesting ...
April 13, 2016 at 12:20 pm by Samuel Wan
The first SSDs we had all used SLC or single level cell, holding 1 bit per cell. As SSDs grew more and more common and advanced, different tech like MLC (multi-level cell) ...
February 29, 2016 at 12:00 pm by Samuel Wan
After introducing their latest SSD two months ago in China and Japan, Samsung is bringing their latest drive to the rest of the world. Based off of the long-standing TLC ...
February 21, 2016 at 11:30 am by Samuel Wan
As SSDs become ever more mainstream, more and more mainstream companies are starting to jump into the market. So far, we’ve already seen AMD and Panasonic jump aboard ...
February 9, 2016 at 11:09 am by Samuel Wan
