Western Digital preparing update for WD Black SN850 SSD
One for AMD's X570 platform
Western Digital is apparently working on a firmware update for WD Black SN850 M.2 NVMe SSD that should fix issues that this drive has on AMD X570 chipset motherboards.
Sabrent rolls out firmware update for Rocket 4 Plus SSD series
Fixes several caching and performance issues
Sabrent has released a new firmware update for the Rocket 4 Plus M.2 NVMe SSD series, which addresses some caching and performance issues seen with earlier batches of Rocket 4 Plus SSDs.
Seagate brings Cyberpunk 2077-themed FireCuda 520 limited edition SSD
Only 2077 to be made
Seagate has launched the new Cyberpunk 2077-themed FireCuda 520 SSD, featuring PCIe 4.0 interface, a custom RGB Cyberpunk 2077 heatsink, and a 1TB capacity.
Micron unveils its client PCIe 4.0 SSDs
Based on 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory
During its Computex 2021 presentation, Micron announced it has started shipping its first PCIe 4.0 SSDs, the Micron 2450 and Micron 3400, both featuring the latest 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory.
Sabrent Rocket Battleship SSD could come soon
HighPoint SSD 7540 controller and eight Sabrent's SSDs
Sabrent has once again started to talk about the Sabrent Rocket Battleship, a PCIe storage solution based on the HighPoint SSD 7540 PCIe Gen4 x16 8-Port NVMe RAID Controller and paired up with eight Sabrent SSDs.
Patriot releases fast Viper Gaming VP4300 PCIe 4.0 SSD
Rainier IG5236 controller and 3D TLC NAND
Patriot Memory has released its latest M.2 NVMe SSD as a part of its Viper Gaming lineup, the Viper VP4300, promising high sequential read and write performance, hitting up to 7,400MB/s and 6,800MB/s, respectively.
Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 1TB SSD price falls down to $200
4TB goes for $801.85
It has taken some time to see Sabrent's Rocket 4 Plus widely available in all its capacity options, but, it appears that the company has decided to somewhat cut down the price and the entire lineup is now available over at Amazon.com with a $100 drop in price.
Samsung's 980 SSD is launched
Promises decent performance at mainstream price
Samsung has officially announced its new 980 M.2 NVMe SSD series, which promises to bring decent performance at mainstream price points.
Trendforce warns of SSD price hikes
Shortage of NAND Flash controllers
The analyst firm TrendForce has warned that solid-state drives (SSD) prices are going to increase this year.
Samsung working on PCIe 3.0 980 SSD
Non-PRO version with 3D TLC V-NAND
While Samsung 980 Pro SSD is aimed at those looking to pull performance from the PCIe 4.0 interface, it appears that Samsung is working on a 980 non-PRO version which will use PCIe 3.0 interface, lack a DRAM cache, and be based on Samsung's latest 136-layer TLC V-NAND.