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Intel 660p NVMe M.2 SSD Review

Intel 660p NVMe M.2 SSD Review Introduction For as long as solid state drives have been a thing, Intel has been known for making some of the highest quality SSDs on the market. However, this usually came with a pretty hefty premium, like the 750 series when they first launched. Then, in August of 2016, …

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Samsung Portable SSD X5 NVMe Solid State Drive Debuts

Samsung Portable SSD X5 NVMe Solid State Drive Debuts

Samsung Portable SSD X5 NVMe Solid State Drive Debuts Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., today unveiled its first NVMe™1-based portable solid state drive (SSD) – the Samsung Portable SSD X5 – achieving new levels of performance and reliability for external storage solutions. Based on the cutting-edge Thunderbolt™ 32 technology, the new X5 features exceptional speeds in …

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Samsung SSD 970 PRO Solid State Drive Review

Not so long ago Samsung debuted their third-generation NVMe client storage devices with their SSD 970 PRO M.2 solid state drive series. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the 512GB Samsung SSD 970 PRO, which pairs their latest 2-bit MLC V-NAND and a 512MB LPDDR4 DRAM cache buffer with their new Phoenix controller to produce up to 3500 MB/s reads at 370,000 IOPS and 2300 MB/s writes at 500,000 IOPS, and we compare performance against all the leading competition. We’ll find out if Samsung’s 970 PRO SSD is worth the money.

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Samsung SSD 970 EVO Review

Samsung recently debuted their second-generation 3-bit MLC V-NAND flash technology with their SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 solid state drive series. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the 1TB Samsung SSD 970 EVO, which pairs their latest 64-cell layer V-NAND and a 1GB LPDDR4 DRAM cache buffer with their new Phoenix controller to produce up to 3400 MB/s reads at 500,000 IOPS and 2500 MB/s writes at 450,000 IOPS, and we compare performance against all the leading competition. We’ll find out if Samsung’s 970 EVO SSD is worth the money.

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SD-Express NVMe Memory Cards Unveiled

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SD Express NVMe Memory Cards Unveiled SD Express integrates PCIe® and NVMe™ for up to 985 MB/sec transfer rate, while keeping compatibility with existing billions SD hosts in the market The SD Association announced today SD Express which adds the popular PCI Express® and NVMe™ interfaces to the legacy SD interface. The PCIe interface delivering …

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Corsair Neutron NX500 400GB NVMe Review

Corsair Neutron NX500 400GB NVMe Review With the Neutron NX500, Corsair unveils the second NVMe PCIe solid state drive. The SSD comes with HHHL (half-height half-length) form factor and sports a black heat sink with carbon-look accents. We have received the model with 400GB capacity, however Corsair makes other two models with 800GB and 1.6TB …

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Kingston A1000 PCIe NVMe SSD Introduced

Kingston A1000 PCIe NVMe SSD Introduced

Kingston A1000 PCIe NVMe SSD Introduced Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced A1000 PCIe NVMe™ SSD. The M.2 drive is Kingston’s first entry-level consumer-grade PCIe NVMe SSD utilizing 3D NAND. A1000 delivers twice the performance of SATA at near SATA …

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Intel 600p SSD M.2 NVMe Review

Intel 600p SSD M.2 NVMe Review Today, we test the Intel 600p 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD on OCinside.de. The Intel SSD 600p supports PCIe Gen3 x4 and that is already one sign for high performance. But the best thing is that the Intel 600p is priced at the level of much slower SATA SSDs! In the …

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Kingston DCU1000 2.5″ U.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Debuts

Kingston DCU1000 2.5″ U.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Debuts Tuned to Maximize Efficiency in Virtualized Environments Part of Family Delivering the Industry’s Fastest and Most Advanced NVMe Solutions Demonstrations Highlight U.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Performance for the Most Demanding Virtualized Environments and as the Emerging Storage Standard for Servers Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate …

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2TB Samsung 960 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD Revealed

2TB Samsung 960 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD Revealed Samsung Electronics Accelerates the NVMe Era for Consumers with Its Highest Performing 960 PRO and EVO Solid State Drives Samsung 960 PRO and 960 EVO Solid State Drives Break Through Capacity and Performance Boundaries Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a worldwide leader in advanced memory solutions for more than two …

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Samsung SSD 950 PRO Solid State Drive Review

In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the Samsung SSD 950 PRO, an M.2 solid state drive among the first to utilize the ultra-fast NVMe protocol, on both Intel X99 and Z170 platforms. Featuring Samsung’s second generation 32-layer MLC V-NAND, SSD 950 PRO M.2 is available in 256 GB and 512 GB storage capacities. The SSD 950 PRO utilizes Samsung’s UDX controller to deliver sequential read speeds up to 2500 MB/s and writes up to 1500 MB/s, while random read performance reaches up to 300,000 IOPS and write speeds up to 110,000 IOPS. Performance is further optimized with Samsung Magician software, and durability enhanced by the drive’s Dynamic Thermal Guard and AES 256-bit Full Disk Encryption. 950 PRO includes a 5-year limited warranty, and promises up to 400 terabytes written (TBW) for 512GB model.

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Samsung 950 PRO SSD Debuts In NVMe M.2

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the introduction of the Samsung 950 PRO solid state drive (SSD), designed to meet the demands of high-performance consumer and business laptops and PCs. The drive’s M.2 form factor means that users with ultra-slim notebook PCs and workstations can benefit from industry-leading storage endurance, reliability and energy efficiency.

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Toshiba NVMe Solid State Drive Families Unveiled

Toshiba NVMe Solid State Drive Families Unveiled

Toshiba NVMe Solid State Drive Families Unveiled Toshiba’s new line of NVMe, PCIe SSDs leverage low latency and power efficiency to deliver high SSD performance Toshiba Corporation’s (TOKYO:6502) Semiconductor & Storage Products Company today announced three distinct families of PCIe® (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) solid state drive (SSD) products using NVMe™ (Non-Volatile Memory Express) protocol, …

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Samsung SFF-8639 2.5-Inch NVMe SSD Announced

Samsung SFF-8639 2.5-Inch NVMe SSD Announced

Samsung SFF-8639 2.5-Inch NVMe SSD Announced By Samsung Electronics Co. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has developed the industry’s first 2.5-inch (SFF-8639) NVM Express* (NVMe) PCIe solid state drive (SSD), to open up the high-end enterprise storage market. The newly developed high-speed 1.6TB NVMe SSD …

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