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Samsung 840 EVO Standalone ISO Updater Now Available
For those of you following the Samsung840EVOsaga, last week we saw the release of Magician 4.6. Samsung was initially throttling downloads and firmware update rates, but those limits appear to have...
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OCZ Trion 100 240GB 480GB 960GB SATA SSD Review - Toshiba TLC
Introduction:Since their acquisition by Toshiba in early 2014, OCZ has gradually transitioned their line of SSD products to include parts provided by their parent company. Existing products were...
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Transcend to run MLC Flash in SLC Mode for 'SuperMLC' Speed Boost
Last year we saw Micron toy with the idea of dynamically flipping flash memory dies between SLC and MLC modes. Ok paper, it sounded like a great idea - get the speed of SLC flash while the SSD is up to...
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CES 2016: Silicon Motion Updates SM2246EN for 3D NAND, Teases TLC and PCIe
Silicon Motion has updated their popular SM2246EN controller to support MLC 3D NAND from IMFT and SK Hynix:The SM2246EN acts as a gateway for third parties to make their own SSDs. Adding support for 3D...
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OCZ Launches Trion 150, Successor to Trion 100 SATA SSD, Now Using 15nm Flash
*Note* This piece originally stated 'A15nm', however this was an error in the Trion 150 spec sheet at OCZ. It has been corrected in this article (as well as at the OCZ web site).2015 was a bit of a...
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Samsung 750 EVO 120GB and 250GB 2.5" SATA SSD Full Review - The Return of 2D...
IntroductionThe steady increase in flash memory capacity per die is necessary for bringing SSD costs down, but SSDs need a minimum number of dies present to maintain good performance. Back when Samsung...
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A new Trion appears, is it still a good choice for an entry level SSD?
As you may remember from Al's post, the OCZ Trion 150 is essentially the same as the previous Trion 100, except for the use of 15nm TLC flash from Toshiba and a lower initial price. Hardware Canucks...
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Crucial MX300 750GB 2.5" SATA SSD Review - 3D NAND on a Budget
IntroductionMicron joined Intel in announcing their joint venture production of IMFT 3D NAND just a bit over a year ago. The industry was naturally excited since IMFT has historically enabled...
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Samsung 850 EVO 4TB 2.5" SATA SSD Review - Speedy Behemoth
Introduction:Everyone expects SSD makers to keep pushing out higher and higher capacity SSDs, but the thing holding them back is sufficient market demand for that capacity. With that, it appears...
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Speedy storage at stocking stuffer prices, the Samsung 750 EVO
With current prices of $61 for 120GB, $89 for the 250GB and $140 for the 500GB model, anyone still stuck using spinning rust for their main drive can join the flash revolution. Al reviewed these...
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Crucial expands their MX300 line of SSDs all the way up to 2TB
Last June Al took a look at the Crucial MX300 750GB and its ability to switch its cache dynamically from TLC to SLC, helping Crucial improve how they implemented this feature along the way. It proved...
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Western Digital BiCS3 Flash Goes QLC - 96GB per die!
A month ago, WD and Toshiba each put out releases related to their BiCS 3D Flash memory. WD announced 96 layers (BiCS4) as their next capacity node, while Toshiba announced them reliably storing four...
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Samsung SZ985 Z-NAND SSD - Upcoming Competition for Intel's P4800X?
We haven't heard much about Samsung's 'XPoint Killer' Z-NAND since Flash Memory Summit 2017, but now we have a bit more to go on:Yes, actual specs. In print. Not bad either, considering the Samsung...
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CES 2018: Crucial Expands MX500 Lineup - 2.5" SATA up to 2TB, M.2 2280 SATA...
Crucial showed off the upcoming M.2 variant of its MX500 product, available in capacities up to 1TB. They also announced (press release after the break) that the MX500 will be available from 250GB up...
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Samsung 860 EVO and PRO SATA SSD Review - 512GB, 1TB, and 4TB Tested
Introduction:Samsung launched their 850 line of SSDs in mid-2014 (over three years ago now). The line evolved significantly over time, with the additions of PRO and EVO models, capacity expansions...
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