Tag: storage

‘We have won the war on floppy disks!’ Japan finally declares independence from floppy media

‘We have won the…

Japan has now officially “won the war on floppy disks”, having finally scrapped the many regulations governing their use…
It’s been a frustrating 18 months since launch but we’ll finally be getting PCIe 5 SSDs worth a damn this year

It’s been a frustrating…

Good news everyone, the only PCIe 5.0 SSD controller that currently makes any damned sense is starting to ship…
SSD prices could steady or even drop as NAND chip makers boost production

SSD prices could steady…

After repeatedly gloomy news about SSD pricing, there's light at the end of the tunnel. South Korean outlet Chosun…
Team Group showed me some blazingly fast Gen 5 SSDs, pink DDR5, and a host of wacky cooling solutions to keep it all in check

Team Group showed me…

I'm sometimes asked why we don't often recommend Gen 5 NVMe drives (although, to be fair, we do recommend…
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…
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…