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Western Digital sued over defective drives
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Didn’t live up to the marketing

Western Digital has been sued by a California resident who claims the solid state drive he bought from the manufacturer was defective and that the storage slinger shipped kit that didn't live up to its marketing promises.

SanDisk silent as portable SSDs blasted
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Friday, 11 August 2023 11:30

SanDisk silent as portable SSDs blasted


Extreme-series portable SSDs wipe data and become unmountable

The tech press is getting considerably tetchy as SanDisk refuses to comment on the fact its Extreme range portable SSD’s wipe data and become unmountable.

SanDisk Extreme SSDs wiping data
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Wednesday, 24 May 2023 11:47

SanDisk Extreme SSDs wiping data


And there does not seem to be a fix

Some SanDisk Extreme SSDs are wiping people's data and there does not appear to be a fix yet.

16 TB SSDs for $100 too good to be true
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Tuesday, 17 January 2023 11:21

16 TB SSDs for $100 too good to be true


Yeah, it is too good to be true

Amazon has been having problems with partners who insist on “supplying” well reviewed 16 TB SSDs on its site for just $100.

Sandisk stuffs 400GB into a microSD
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Friday, 01 September 2017 11:26

Sandisk stuffs 400GB into a microSD


Largest microSD card  on the market

SanDisk has managed to cram 400GB into a microSD card, making it the largest microSD card on the market.

Sandisk pushes the envelope with 1TB SD card
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Tuesday, 20 September 2016 23:12

Sandisk pushes the envelope with 1TB SD card


Still no precise performance details

Sandisk has further pushed  SD card storage limits by announcing its new and the world's largest capacity SD card, the new Sandisk Extreme Pro 1TB.

Western Digital faces shareholder revolt over SanDisk
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It costs too much

Western Digital is facing a shareholder revolt over its deal to buy SanDisk.

Western Digital really buys SanDisk for $19 billion
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Told you so

As we predicted on Monday, Western Digital has formally announced it is going to write a cheque for SanDisk for $19 billion

SanDisk about to be bought by Western Digital
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More consolidation

It is almost certain that Western Digital will buy the memory-maker SanDisk and we are expecting an announcement later in the week.

HP and SanDisk work on new Storage Class Memory
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What do you get if you cross a memristor and a ReRam?

The maker of expensive printer ink, HP and SanDisk want to create new technology for Storage Class Memory (SCM) which combines the best of memristor and ReRAM.