Tag: storage

Intel’s efforts to develop a PCIe throttling driver point towards a very hot Gen 6 future

Intel’s efforts to develop…

My biggest gripe with current PCs is excessive power consumption. Second to that is the heat generated by NVMe…
These glorious little animations offer the best visual explanation of the benefits of SSDs over hard drives I’ve ever seen

These glorious little animations…

I wish I had access to this explainer from Planetscale back when I was learning how different storage technologies…
Fake Samsung 1080 Pro SSDs show up on Aliexpress, and the benchmark results are hilarious

Fake Samsung 1080 Pro…

PCIe Gen 5 SSDs are now widely available. There are numerous examples of speedy Gen 5 x4 drives including…
Teamgroup Z540 2TB NVMe SSD review

Teamgroup Z540 2TB NVMe…

Everyone loves a fast Gen 5 SSD, just not the prices that are attached to them. They still carry…
Western Digital will be shipping 4TB SD cards in 2025 for handhelds, laptops, or anything that needs tiny-BIG storage

Western Digital will be…

Known for offering bags of storage in a teeny tiny format, SD cards have been pretty slow at piling…
SSD prices will continue to rise thanks to high demand and ‘supply chain challenges’ WD says

SSD prices will continue…

Anyone doing a bit of SSD shopping recently will likely have noticed that the deals have not been as…
Floppy disks aren’t dead yet as this San Francisco train line relies on three of them to run every morning

Floppy disks aren’t dead…

The sound of a crunching floppy disk drive may well be the soundtrack to a large part of my…
Sandisk WD Blue SN5100 NVMe SSD review

Sandisk WD Blue SN5100…

Prices for SSDs are not very stable right now. While not hit anywhere near as bad as memory, we’re…
‘Just last week alone, we were notified that costs had risen by 50–100%’: SSD maker Transcend further tightens its belt amid delayed Samsung and Sandisk shipments

‘Just last week alone,…

Between shortages and surging prices, the memory apocalypse is likely to get worse before it gets better. Case in…
Lexar Play 2230 1TB review

Lexar Play 2230 1TB…

The Lexar Play is a fantastic little drive for anyone looking to augment their Steam Deck, ROG Ally, or…