Silicon Motion
LaCie's portable storage drives have enjoyed a fan following, particularly among creative professionals valuing both performance and product design / appearance. After Seagate's acquisition, the brand has continued to cater to this segment with new products. The company has both USB 3.2 Gen 2 and Thunderbolt 3 SSDs under the LaCie brand, and is adding a new 2 GBps-class Rugged Mini SSD today. The USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps) ecosystem has been gaining traction recently after the launch of a number of low-cost portable SSDs based on native controllers. The new LaCie Rugged Mini SSD belongs to the same category, albeit with a slight premium for the product design. The PSSD is available in four capacities - 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB. The company...
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17 by Billy Tallis on 4/16/2019
Intel Releases Optane Memory H10 Specifications
Intel's Optane Memory H10 SSD will begin shipping soon in pre-built systems from major OEMs, so Intel's ready to unveil more detailed information about the drive first previewed earlier...
23 by Billy Tallis on 4/10/2019
CES 2019: New Kingston KC2000 NVMe SSDs for High Performance
At this year’s CES, Kingston demonstrated its first SSDs powered by Silicon Motion’s controllers. The new KC2000-series drives are aimed at high-end client systems.
45 by Anton Shilov on 1/23/2019
CES 2019: Kingston A2000 NVMe SSD Aiming for Below SATA Pricing
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16 by Anton Shilov on 1/18/2019
Mushkin at CES 2019: SSDs With 96L 3D NAND in Q2
At CES, Mushkin provided their usual roadmap update detailing the next several SSDs they plan to release. There aren't any big surprises: several of the products have been mentioned...
2 by Billy Tallis on 1/11/2019
HP Announces EX950 M.2 NVMe SSD
HP has announced a new high-end consumer NVMe SSD, the HP EX950. The EX950 is the successor to the very successful HP EX920, which for most of 2018 was...
13 by Billy Tallis on 1/9/2019
ADATA Announces XPG Gammix S11 Pro: SM2262EN, 3D TLC, Up to 3.5 GB/s
ADATA on Thursday introduced its highest-performing SSD to date, featuring sequential read speeds of up to 3.5 GB/s and random read speeds of up to 390K IOPS. The enthusiast-class...
12 by Anton Shilov on 12/13/2018
Innodisk Launches M.2 Graphics Card with 4K Output
Innodisk has released a graphics adapter in an M.2 form-factor. The card supports resolutions of up to 1920×1080 at 60 Hz or 3840×2160 at 30 Hz and is designed...
23 by Anton Shilov on 12/5/2018
The Mushkin Source 500GB SATA SSD Review: A Value Proposition For An Everyday PC
QLC SATA SSDs haven't quite hit the consumer market just yet, so the most affordable entry-level SSDs are still DRAMless designs with TLC NAND. The Mushkin Source is a...
31 by Billy Tallis on 11/21/2018
The Crucial P1 1TB SSD Review: The Other Consumer QLC SSD
The Crucial P1 is the second consumer SSD with QLC NAND to hit the market, and the first consumer NVMe drive that Crucial has released. It is fundamentally similar...
68 by Billy Tallis on 11/8/2018
Crucial's First NVMe SSD: P1 M.2 With QLC NAND
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56 by Billy Tallis on 10/16/2018
The Team Group Delta RGB SSD Review: Lite Performance, Light Drive
Today we're looking at another SATA SSD with RGB lighting, but the Team Delta RGB is very different from our previous RGB SSD. The lighting design is far more...
14 by Billy Tallis on 9/26/2018
ADATA Unveils IUSP33F BGA SSDs: Up to 1.2 GB/s Throughput
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8 by Anton Shilov on 9/13/2018
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93 by Billy Tallis on 8/7/2018
Silicon Motion Announces SM2270 Enterprise NVMe SSD Controller
At Flash Memory Summit this week, Silicon Motion is previewing their first SSD controller designed specifically for enterprise and datacenter SSDs. The new SM2270 will be Silicon Motion's largest...
3 by Billy Tallis on 8/6/2018
The Silicon Motion SM2262EN SSD Controller Preview: Good And Bad Amplified
Silicon Motion's high-end NVMe controller is being updated as the SM2262EN. It sets new records by improving on the strengths of the original SM2262, but it also exacerbates the...
28 by Billy Tallis on 8/1/2018
The ADATA XPG SX8200 & GAMMIX S11 NVMe SSD Review: High Performance At All Sizes
With the ADATA XPG SX8200 and the related XPG GAMMIX S11, ADATA has moved past the performance limitations of their earlier NVMe SSDs and finally delivered high-end drives at...
19 by Billy Tallis on 7/25/2018
The HP EX920 M.2 SSD Review: Finding the Mainstream Sweet Spot
Historically, HP has not been a big player in the consumer storage market. Recently however, the HP brand has been used for several SSDs based on reference designs for...
32 by Billy Tallis on 7/9/2018
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