BIWIN Black Opal 4TB NV7400 Gen4 SSD Review – Decent DRAM-less Speed from a...
A few days ago, we posted a review of a new Gen 5 SSD from a China-based company named BIWIN. It was the Predator GM9000 and we liked what we saw. The GM9000 is not yet available in North America, but...
View ArticleBuilding the New TSSDR Z890 Core Ultra 9 Arrow Lake Gen5 Test Bench
With respect to technology, one of my favorite activities is having the opportunity to upgrade and build a new Test Bench for The SSD Review. It occurs probably once every two years or so and...
View ArticleAcer FA200 Gen4 4TB SSD Review – Exploring The Maxio MAP1602 SSD Controller...
Once again, we are tackling yet another SSD manufactured by BIWIN and, when we check out Amazon, we can actually find the ‘FA’ line of SSDs available for sale in Canada and the USA. BIWIN is the...
View ArticleKIOXIA Announces High-Capacity LC9 Series 122.88 TB NVMe SSD for AI Applications
Featuring the Latest QLC BiCS FLASH 3D Flash Memory, New Enterprise NVMe SSD to Debut at Upcoming Conference SAN JOSE, Calif., March 13, 2025 – KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the development of...
View ArticleSamsung 9100 Pro Gen5 4TB SSD Review – Fastest & Highest Capacity SSD...
Isn’t competition a great thing? I have always considered the development of flash technology as somewhat a sport. It is simply one company trying to create a faster, larger and more reliable SSD...
View ArticleYottamaster Y7000 Gen4 4TB SSD Review – A 7GB/s 4TB SSD with a 5-year...
On the Test Bench today is a Yottamaster Y7000 Pro Gen4 4TB SSD and we are certain that you are asking yourselves that same question that we were not three weeks ago? Who the heck is Yottamaster?...
View ArticleYottamaster Swift Wind USB4 M.2 SSD Enclosure Review – Words Like Invaluable...
Anyone who follows TSSDR knows that we rarely spend time on a review of something so common as a M.2 external enclosure. Have I ever done one? I have been trying to find just right rights words for...
View ArticlePatriot Showcases Two Gen5 14GB/s SSD Releases and One Is DRAMless – Computex...
Our visit to Patriot at Computex in Taiwan this morning resulted in two interesting Patriot soon-to-be releases…and just a bit of familiarity. First off, Patriot has jumped aboard the Silicon Motion...
View ArticleADATA Showcases Gen5 SSD Mars 980 SSD Family Along with Newest Trusta...
This week at Computex ADATA introduced three new SSDs aptly named the Mars 980 SSD line. In common, they are all based on the SMI SM2508 8-channel NVMe SSD controller and all are capable of the...
View ArticleSanDisk WD_Black SN8100 Gen5 SSD Review – True Champion & Intel Optane Slayer
Sure signs of a storage geek… I haven’t been on the ground no more than 36 hours after returning on a 15hr hr flight from Computex Taipei and I am testing storage. Worse yet… my initial testing for...
View ArticleBIWIN X570 Black Opal Gen5 2TB SSD Review Achieves A World First with...
It had to happen sooner or later. I think we are the first to post such. A DRAMless Gen5 SSD that reaches 14GB/s, over 2 million IOPS and stands right beside Gen5 DRAM based SSDs. This is possible...
View ArticleCrucial Creates the Worlds Smallest 8TB Portable SSD… and We Have This X10 In...
A day or two late but we wanted to complete our testing on the newest Crucial X10 Portable SSD for a more complete picture. Coming in at just 65mm x 50mm x 9.9mm and weighing just 42 Grams, this SSD...
View ArticleCrucial X10 Pro 20Gbps 4TB Portable SSD Review – An Affordable Media...
The latest in greatest in portable media storage this season is the implementation of USB4 and it’s 4GB/s transfer speeds. Without a doubt, this is a breath of fresh air for the media professional and...
View ArticleCrucial X10 8TB USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Portable SSD Review – The Worlds Smallest 8TB...
Last in our latest round of portable SSD reviews is the Crucial X10 8TB 20Gbps Portable SSD, and yes, we have this in our hot little hands. It is actually quite a feat when you consider this SSD is...
View ArticleKIOXIA Exceria Plus G4 Gen5 2TB SSD Review – Low Power Gen5 SSD with Decent...
Without a doubt, our biggest takeaway from attending Computex 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan, this year was our introduction to Risteárd McSweeney of 360Technology.io. We met Risteárd through his...
View ArticleLexar Professional NM1090 Pro Gen5 2TB SSD Review – SMI SM2508 Controller...
The Lexar brand has been around for some time, and in fact, our first mention of Lexar goes all the way back to one of our first Storage Visions meetings in Las Vegas some 14 years ago. Lexar was...
View ArticleCrucial T710 Gen5 2TB SSD Review – A Very Cool 14GB/s with over 2 Million IOPS
Hot off its test run this morning and in our hot little hands (well not really) is the latest Crucial consumer offering, the Crucial T710 Gen5 2TB SSD. This SSD is Crucial/Micron’s first ‘consumer’...
View ArticleCrucial Creates the Worlds Smallest 8TB Portable SSD… and We Have This X10 In...
A day or two late but we wanted to complete our testing on the newest Crucial X10 Portable SSD for a more complete picture. Coming in at just 65mm x 50mm x 9.9mm and weighing just 42 Grams, this SSD...
View ArticleUnderstanding SLC, MLC, TLC, and QLC NAND Flash | Learning to Run with Flash 2.0
Data storage in NAND flash memory is a complex process that is not only difficult to understand, but also challenging to explain. Humans are good at abstraction, and we use this skill to enhance...
View ArticlePhison PS5028-E28 Gen5 Reference Design SSD Preview – An Unexpected Match-Up...
So if I were to speak of the best in PCIe 5.0 SSDs going mainstream, it would have to be the efforts and success in finding a higher performing yet cooler storage solution. This wasn’t so much the...
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