Samsung preparing 970 and 980 series NVMe SSDs
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Based on TLC 3D V-NAND

Samsung has revealed plans to launch a new SSD series that will replace the currently available 960 EVO and 960 Pro.

Kingston ships over six million Marvell-based SSDs
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Promises great things for upcoming UV500 series

Kingston has announced that it has shipped over six million SSD units based on Marvell controllers, as well as announcing the upcoming UV500 series, which will be the company's first 3D NAND SSD based on Marvell's newest 88SS1074 controller.

Corsair Neutron NX500 PCIe SSDs show up at Newegg.com
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Gets reviewed as well

Although not officially announced by Corsair, the Neutron NX500 series PCIe NVMe 800GB and 400GB SSDs have appeared at Newegg.com as well as being reviewed.

EKWB releases its own M.2 SSD heatsink
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Friday, 07 July 2017 15:01

EKWB releases its own M.2 SSD heatsink


Coming in Nickel and Black versions

EK Water Blocks, known for its high-end liquid cooling components, has announced its new passive heatsink for M.2 form-factor SSDs.

Intel unveils DC P4501 SSD series
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Tuesday, 06 June 2017 17:12

Intel unveils DC P4501 SSD series


Datacenter-oriented NVMe SSDs

Intel has introduced its new datacenter-oriented P4501 SSD series based on its second-generation NVMe controller, 3D TLC NAND and either M.2 or 2.5-inch U.2 form-factors.

NAND has security bug
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Monday, 29 May 2017 11:00

NAND has security bug


SSDs vulnerable to Rowhammer type attacks


NAND flash memory chips running solid-state drives (SSDs), include what could be called "programming vulnerabilities" that can be exploited to alter stored data or shorten the SSD's lifespan.

ADATA announces Ultimate SU700 series SSDs
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Based on 3D NAND

ADATA revealed its new Ultimate SU700 2.5-inch SATA 6Gpbs SSD series that will use 3D NAND, paired up with a new Maxiotek controller.

Seagate still sees HDD future
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Wednesday, 01 March 2017 11:54

Seagate still sees HDD future


Will co-exist with SSD, like ebony and ivory 


Seagate might have been pushing into the solid state drive (SSD) market with shedloads of acquisitions or strategic alliances with SSD partners, but that does not mean that HDs are a thing of the past.

Plextor shows plenty of SSDs at CES 2017 show
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Including an NVMe PCIe M8Se SSD series

Plextor came to the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 in style, unveiling a couple of new SSDs including the high-end NVMe PCIe M8Se series that will be available in both M.2 and half-height PCIe card form factors.

WD Black PCIe NVMe 256GB M.2
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Thursday, 05 January 2017 19:46

Western Digital Black NVMe tips up


WD jumps into NVMe market

Western Digital has announced its first entry into the NVMe Solid State Disk market.  Coming out of the gate strong, its first offering is a PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe-based SSD that it expects to deliver more than three times the sequential read speeds over their current SATA SSDs portfolio