Puget dumps Samsung's 990 Pro solid-state drives
Published in PC Hardware


Reliability questionable

Puget Systems has stopped offering Samsung's 990 Pro solid-state drives in new builds following numerous reports of health degradation issues.

Samsung 2TB 980 Pro SSD self harms
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 03 February 2023 10:45

Samsung 2TB 980 Pro SSD self harms


Upgrade your firmware or suffer

The pricy 2 TB version of the Samsung 980 Pro SSD launched last year needs a firmware update before it fails.

Samsung denies there is anything wrong with its flagship SSDs
Published in PC Hardware


And is certainly not replacing them

Samsung is denying that there is anything wrong with its 990 Pro 2TB SSD after fanboys took to the web to complain about its abilities.

16 TB SSDs for $100 too good to be true
Published in News
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.

Samsung unveils the new PM9C1a SSD
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Thursday, 12 January 2023 12:17

Samsung unveils the new PM9C1a SSD


5nm controller and 7th gen V-NAND

Samsung has unveiled the new PM9C1a PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD based on its own 5nm controller and seventh-generation V-NAND.

Sony’s M.2 2280 PCIe4 x4 NVMe SSD gamble paid off
Published in Gaming


Played its cards right

Sony appears to have made a good decision to use M.2 2280 PCIe4 x4 NVMe SSDs for additional storage early even though such drives weren't yet widely available at the time of launch.

Samsung officially unveils the 990 PRO SSD
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 25 August 2022 14:04

Samsung officially unveils the 990 PRO SSD


Hitting sequential read of 7,450MB/s on PCIe 4.0

Samsung has officially announced its latest 990 Pro SSD, an M.2 (2280) SSD based on Samsung V-NAND 3-bit TLC NAND, in-house controller, and PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe 2.0 interface.

Samsung readies 8th generation V-NAND
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 19 August 2022 10:03

Samsung readies 8th generation V-NAND


Headed for SSDs, and upcoming PCIe 5.0 capable drives

Samsung is about to start mass production of its upcoming eighth-generation V-NAND memory, which is expected to be found on future SSDs, including upcoming PCIe 5.0 capable drives.

Sabrent announces Rocket 4 Plus G SSD lineup
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 03 August 2022 13:29

Sabrent announces Rocket 4 Plus G SSD lineup


PCIe 4.0 and support for Microsoft's DirectStorage API

Sabrent has officially announced its latest Rocket 4 Plus G SSD lineup, a new lineup with optimized O2 GO firmware and support for Microsoft's DirectStorage 4 API.

Next gen SSD is nearly with us
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Wednesday, 03 August 2022 11:37

Next gen SSD is nearly with us


Samsung 990 Pro hits the regulators 

The next generation of SSD is nearly there,if a recent regulatory filing proves accurate.