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Toshiba Expands 3D NAND Production Capacity
With the move to 3D NAND, manufacturers have started rolling out new facilities to meet demand. As part of their investment in NAND, Toshiba has announced that they have finalized plans to build a new Fab solely for the production of 3D NAND. Together with partner Western Digital/SanDisk, they hold…
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WD Green and Blue SSD Specifications Revealed
Earlier this week, Western Digital released their new consumer SSDs. Using the same WD Blue and WD Green branding as their hard drives, these are the first fruits from the SanDisk acquisition. As expected, both are based off existing SanDisk based products but with a new Western Digital twist. While Western Digital revealed…
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Western Digital Enters the SSD Market
Following its recent purchase of SanDisk, Western Digital has launched its first consumer solid state drives (SSDs). WD Blue and WD Green – a mid-range and budget line of SSDs, respectively – come in both 2.5-inch SATA and PCIe M.2 form factors; WD Blue are available in are available in…
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SanDisk Showcases World’s First 1TB SDXC Card
SanDisk has long pioneered the market for memory cards. Sixteen years ago the created the first 64MB SanDisk SD card, 2 years ago they showed us the impressive 512GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I memory card, and now they have double that and showcased the first prototype of a card that’s quite…
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Western Digital Reveals World’s Fastest 256GB microSD Card
Western Digital Corporation has just launched a brand new selection of 256 GB microSD cards, including the new 256GB SanDisk Extreme microSDXC UHS-I card that’s actually the fastest one in its class. Moreover, the 256GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card – Premium Edition is also included in this release, and this particular model…
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SSD Shipments Continue Upward Surge
With the decline in the PC market, one of the few bright spots has been SSDs. Unlike hard disk drive shipments which have followed the PC market down, SSDs are bucking the trend and continuing to grow. According to industry analysts, SSD shipments have grown by over 32% compared to the…
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Regulators Approve WD-SanDisk Merger
One of the biggest storage mergers to take place in recent memory has moved a step closer to completion. Two months after shareholders from Western Digital and SanDisk approved the deal, the last regulator has given the nod to the amalgamation. This means the deal will finally close today and…
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SanDisk Unveils Z410 15nm SSD
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 per dollar has become paramount over pure performance. In light of the changing dynamic, SanDisk has released another…
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Zoostorm Stormforce 340 Gaming PC Review
Introduction Zoostorm is currently the fourth largest system integrator in the UK and produces an impressive range of professional looking PCs to suit various price points. This includes compact HTPCs, touchscreen all-in-ones and extremely capable gaming rigs. Not only that, the company has a history in this sector spanning over…
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Western Digital’s Acquisition of SanDisk Finally Approved
In a deal that has been months in the making, Western Digital today announced that their shareholders had voted to approve the $19 billion purchase of SanDisk. It was revealed that over 90% of WD’s shareholders voted for the issuing of WD common stock connected to the purchase, while 98%…
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Western Digital Sticks to SanDisk Buyout as Chinese Investor Exits
Despite a major investor dropping out hard disk giant Western Digital(WD) is forging ahead with their plans to acquire fellow storage firm SanDisk. Originally announced 4 months ago, the original plan was for Western Digital to shell out $19 billion to take over SanDisk. That deal however, was contingent on Western Digital…
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SanDisk Unveils 128GB USB Type-C Stick
SanDisk, sensing the growing popularity of USB Type-C, has released its first range of dedicated thumb drives featuring the new reversible connector standard, boasting USB 3.1 transfer rates and up to 128GB of storage. The SanDisk Ultra USB Type-C, available in 128GB, 64GB, 32GB, and 16GB models, has sequential read speeds…
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Mushkin Reactor 512GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction After I recently had a look at Mushkin’s Striker SSD, it is now time to take a closer look at the Mushkin Reactor SSD and that’s just what I am doing in today’s review. Mushkin’s Reactor solid state drive promises simultaneous capacity and performance while also keeping the initial…
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SanDisk Unveils New Drives @ CES 2016
CES 2016: SanDisk always has a number of interesting products to showcase during press events, and CES 2016 was no different. While the Extreme Portable 510 was announced a few weeks ago, it’s interesting to see how small it is in person and the quality of workmanship. Unfortunately, the 510 only…
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Western Digital Just Bought SanDisk
Western Digital is one of the leading factors in traditional storage, both for consumers and enterprises alike, but a lot of the future will be in solid state drives and they naturally don’t want to be left out of that race. Western Digital isn’t entirely new to the solid state…
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