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Samsung May Finally be Adding 2TB 970 PRO to NVMe SSD Lineup
Arriving a Year After Lineup Launch The eagle-eyed folks over at Tweakers.net have spotted listings in Asian webstores of Samsung‘s 970 PRO SSD in 2TB capacity. If you recall, the 970 PRO and 970 EVO launched in April 2018 last year. At that time, only the 970 EVO version came…
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Samsung Launches 970 PRO and 970 EVO M.2 NVMe SSDs
New NVMe Performance Standard for Samsung Samsung is introducing the 970 PRO and EVO SSDs, the two new NVMe 1.3 M.2 drives using their Phoenix controller. Both also make use of Samsung’s 64L V-NAND MLC, however the 970 PRO uses the 2-bit variant while the 970 EVO uses the 3-bit…
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Apacer Z280 M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 SSD Now Available in the UK
Apacer is announcing the availability of their new Z280 M.2 PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD in the UK. You can actually read the review here at eTeknix from last year. It is available in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities, utilizing a Phison PS5007-11 controller with MLC NAND. Users can…
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InnoDisk Releases iSLC 3IE4 SSD
Over the past couple of years, SSDs have finally taken off, with dramatically improved value and performance. One of the side effects of this improved value is the rapid movement from SLC to MLC and TLC. While MLC and TLC NAND is dramatically cheaper due to the increased density, performance…
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Palit Enters SSD Market with GFS and UVS Series
Being a source of great Nvidia-based graphics cards isn’t enough for Palit and they are expanding their products to include Solid State Drives too. The company launched two new series of drives where one is aimed at the general Hard Disk Drive replacement and the second is aimed at gamers…
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Know Your NAND: Storage Types Explained
We throw a lot of terminologies around when we report on solid state drive storage and you probably noticed them all at some point. However, you might not know exactly what they are, what they mean, and what difference there is between it all. Today we’re taking a brief look…
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ADATA Releases Ultimate SU900 MLC SSD With up to 2TB
ADATA has launched a new SSD drive that can bring both performance and capacity to almost any system. The new SSSD is the Ultimate SU900 and it is a classic 2.5-Inch SATA3 6Gbps drive. The Ultimate SU900 is built upon 3D NAND flash storage, but not TLC. Thanks to the…
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Patriot Hellfire 480GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
Introduction Today it is time to take a closer look at Patriot Memory’s flagship SSD and their take on a PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSD in my favourite form factor M.2 2280. The Patriot Hellfire M.2 solid state drive comes in two different capacity options, 240GB and 480GB, and…
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MyDigitalSSD BPX 480GB NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive Review
Introduction This is a joyful time to be a storage reviewer as more and more NVMe drives get released to the market and as such also find their way into my test benches. Today I’m taking a closer look at MyDigitalSSD’s take on the NVMe sector, as I got the…
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Apacer Z280 240GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive Review
Introduction The M.2 form factor was originally called the Next Generation Form factor (NGFF) for a good reason and it is without a doubt also my personal favourite form factor. Today I’m taking a closer look at Apacer’s Z280 solid state drive which is just such an M.2 2280 size…
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SMART Unveils the HRS-M1 Ruggedized MLC SSD
SMART High Reliability Solutions is a major provider of high-performance SSDs for aerospace, defence and industrial markets. The company’s latest product dubbed the HRS-M1 has been sampled with key customers and now available in large quantities. The SSD is packed in a durable industrial designed enclosure to protect it from harsh…
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Plextor Launches S1 Series SSD – But Only in Asia
Plextor released a new solid state drive series, but this one is only for the Asian market. The new Plextor S1 series meets the users who want an entry-level solid state drive that uses MLC NAND rather than the TLC NAND found in most entry-level drives these days. There is…
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Toshiba Introduces the OCZ VX500 SATA SSD
There is definitely no shortage of solid state drives on the market, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for one more – especially of the kind that Toshiba just introduced. The new OCZ VX500 SATA SSD is targeting the main consumer market and is thought as a perfect replacement…
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Zotac Sonix 480GB PCIe NVMe SSD Review
Introduction We have finally entered the new storage era and it is no longer just a few selected manufacturers that have NVMe drives on the market. More competition and more options are great for us consumers and it is a pleasure for me to take Zotac’s Sonix PCIe-based NVMe SSD…
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Patriot Display Hellfire NVMe and 2TB Ignite Drives at Computex 2016
Patriot officially announced the Hellfire SSDs back in January, but we hadn’t actually seen the drives up until now. That changed at Computex where we got to see both version of the drive, both the PCIe add-in card and the M.2 module that both sport the same performance and specifications.…
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