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Hand-held gaming consoles based on notebook platforms (such as the Valve SteamDeck, ASUS ROG Ally, and the MSI Claw) are one of the fastest growing segments in the PC gaming market. The form-factor of such systems has created a demand for M.2 2230 NVMe SSDs. Almost all vendors have a play in this market, and even Micron has OEM SSDs (such as the Micron 2400, 2550, and 2500 series) in this form-factor. Crucial has strangely not had an offering with its own brand name to target this segment, but that changes today with the launch of the Crucial P310 NVMe SSD. The Crucial P310 is a family of M.2 2230 PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSDs boasting class-leading read/write speeds of 7.1 GBps and 6 GBps. The...
Cheaper PCIe 5.0 x4 SSDs Incoming: Silicon Power Demos Phison E31T-Based SSD
Although consumer SSDs based on Phison's PS5026-E26 controller have been on the market for almost a year and a half now, the class-leading drives still carry a distinct price...
6 by Anton Shilov on 6/11/2024Crucial T705 Gen5 NVMe SSD: A 14.5 GBps Consumer Flagship with 2400 MT/s 232L NAND
Crucial is unveiling the latest addition to its Gen5 consumer NVMe SSD lineup today - the T705 PCIe 5.0 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD. It takes over flagship duties from...
34 by Ganesh T S on 2/20/2024Patriot Reveals Viper PV553 SSD: 12.4 GB/s with a Blower Fan
Patriot has formally introduced its first solid-state drives featuring a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface aimed at demanding users. The Viper PV553 SSD uses the company's all-new active cooling system...
14 by Anton Shilov on 2/7/2024Corsair Launches MP600 Elite: Inexpensive Phison E27T-Based Drives
While enthusiasts are now focused mostly on SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 interface, there are many people who will be just fine with drives featuring a PCIe 4.0 interface...
12 by Anton Shilov on 1/31/2024Micron at CES 2024: USB4 SSD Technology Demonstrations
Micron's consumer brand, Crucial Memory, has been putting extra focus on the SSD market over the last few quarters. The brand was marketing entry-level QLC drives in the 2018...
13 by Ganesh T S on 1/11/2024Phison Details U21 USB4 PSSD and E31T Mainstream Gen 5 SSD Controllers
Phison's lineup of SSD and portable SSD controllers is keeping pace with the general industry trends, as evidenced by their products on display at the 2024 CES. Portable SSDs in...
3 by Ganesh T S & Gavin Bonshor on 1/9/2024Sabrent's Rocket 5 SSD Rockets to 14,169 MB/s, Available Soon
Sabrent on Friday announced the latest addition to its Rocket family of high-performance SSDs, the Rocket 5. Rated for sequential read speeds of over 14,000 MB/s and up to...
8 by Anton Shilov on 1/8/2024Silicon Power MS70 SSD-in-a-Stick Review: Thumb Drive Meets Massive Capacity
NAND flash technology has seen rapid advancement in recent years. This has resulted in the capacity limits of SSDs and thumb drives getting pushed up regularly. Companies like Kingston...
28 by Ganesh T S on 12/21/2023Phison To Unveil 14.7 GB/s PCIe 5.0 SSD and Cheap USB4 Drives at CES 2024
CES 2024 is a few weeks away, so Phison shared its plans for the consumer electronics industry's biggest trade show this week. Among the headliners of the event will...
8 by Anton Shilov on 12/8/2023Micron Intros 3500 NVMe SSD: 232L 3D TLC and Phison E25 for the OEM Market
Micron has been on a roll lately with new product introductions despite the downturn in the flash market. The company is currently the only NAND manufacturer shipping products based...
7 by Ganesh T S on 12/5/2023Crucial T500 Gen4 NVMe SSD: New Flagship Melds Micron 232L 3D TLC and Phison E25
Crucial is unveiling its latest addition to its Gen4 consumer NVMe SSD lineup today - the T500 PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD. It takes over flagship duties from...
20 by Ganesh T S on 10/31/2023Crucial Unveils X9 Portable SSD: QLC for the Cost-Conscious Consumer
Crucial entered the portable SSD market relatively late, with their X6 and X8 PSSDs being the mainstay for many years. Based on QLC NAND, they were marketed for read-intensive...
1 by Ganesh T S on 9/27/2023Adata Reveals Its First PCIe Gen5 SSD: Legend 970
Adata has introduced its first PCIe 5.0 SSD, the Legend 970. A Phison E26-based design, the Legend 970 pairs Phison's high-end controller with a sophisticated active cooling system that...
26 by Anton Shilov on 7/6/2023PNY Pro Elite V2 and Elite-X PRO Portable SSDs Review: Performance on a Budget
PNY Technologies is well known in the computing industry for its NVIDIA-based graphics cards, but the company also participates in the DRAM and flash-based storage products markets. In the...
5 by Ganesh T S on 6/30/2023Seagate Announces FireCuda 540 PCIe Gen5 SSD
Flash-based computer storage has been improving in speed and capacity at breakneck pace over the last decade. M.2 NVMe SSDs have almost completely replaced SATA drives for primary storage...
3 by Ganesh T S on 6/27/2023Phison Unveils PS5031-E31T SSD Platform For Lower-Power Mainstream PCIe 5 SSDs
At Computex 2023, Phison is introducing a new, lower-cost SSD controller for building mainstream PCIe 5.0 SSDs. The Phison PS5031-E31T is a quad channel, DRAM-less controller for solid-state drives...
10 by Anton Shilov on 5/29/2023Corsair Introduces MP700 PCIe 5.0 SSDs: 1 TB Starting At $169.99
After a few teasers and months of waiting, Corsair has finally launched the MP700, the company's first PCIe 5.0 SSD. The MP700 aims to win enthusiasts over with its...
18 by Zhiye Liu on 5/4/2023Crucial Preps T700 PCIe 5.0 SSD With Write Speeds Up To 12.4 GB/s
Crucial has started to tease the T700, the company's first mainstream PCIe 5.0 SSD. Not to be confused with the Terminator T-700, the T700's product page has already gone...
28 by Zhiye Liu on 3/23/2023First PCIe Gen5 SSDs Finally Hit Shelves - But The Best Is Yet To Come
This week, consumer-grade PCIe 5.0 M.2 drives have finally hit the U.S. market, well over a year since the first client PC platforms supporting PCIe Gen5 became available. The...
29 by Anton Shilov on 3/3/2023