Today’s review covers the Phison Pascari X200Z Gen5 SSDs in both 800GB and 1.6TB capacities. We have two in our hot little hands in fact! Now, if you’ve been around long enough, that “Z” in the name might spark a bit of nostalgia. Yes, we’re talking about SLC flash. Credit where credit’s due: Samsung helped popularize the term. But for …
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It seems we are always speaking of SSDs in one shape or another but we fall short of just how vast this market is. Single chip designs are never spoken of and , well many may not be aware, but there is a perfect example of this in every cell phone on the planet. Today, KIOXIA has announced sampling of …
Read More » Where to start…. Micron just hit a landmine that’s going to send alot of storage companies back to the board room to reconsider what’s best for their service. Without a doubt the fastest SSD on the planet right now is going to be the Micron 9650 which is already sampling and reaching unbelievable speeds of 28GB/s. To give you an …
Read More » Moving the world of AI a step forward this week, KIOXIA has introduced the world’s first 245.76TB Gen5 NVMe EDSFF (Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor) E3.L form factor. This is a completely proprietary SSD based on KIOXIA controller, NAND and firmware and it features KIIOXIA 32-die stack BiCS QLC 3D NAND flash memory The LC9 family is shown …
Read More » We were the first to test enterprise SSDs, beginning with Paul Alcorn’s review of the Areca 1880ix-12 PCIe 6G SAS RAID Controller way back in March of 2011. We have been fortunate to have had some of the worlds best enterprise SSD reviewers to include, Paul Alcorn, Chris Ryan and Sean Webster, as well as maybe a ghost writer or …
Read More » KIOXIA has just introduced their newest CD9P Gen5 14GB/s enterprise SSD which will reach a high capacity of 61.44TB in its 2.5″ form factor and up to 30.72 TB in its E.3.S form factor. If you want to check this out first hand, there is no better place than HPE Didscover on Las Vegas next week, feom 23-26 Jun 25. …
Read More » Apologies if we did not make the announcement but we have landed! The SSD Review is on the ground in Taipei, Taiwan, and preparing for Computex 2025. This is our first return to the event since 2019 and we are proud to provide special recognition to SMI who has sponsored us for this event. If you would like to meet …
Read More » KIOXIA America, Inc., the inventor of NAND flash memory, will be at Dell Technologies World next week to demonstrate how its innovative solid state drives (SSDs) and memory solutions are simplifying AI adoption, accelerating data-driven workloads, and enabling more efficient, scalable IT infrastructure. KIOXIA will highlight its newest SSD offerings built with the company’s 8th generation BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash …
Read More » As a wildlife photographer, I can tell you that the most frustrating thing has always been how camera companies lag behind. It has to with media transfer and manipulation. Storage… and more specifically… flash storage has moved forward rapidly but camera companies haven’t kept up. I just can’t bear it and neither can Grey Eyes here. The storage speed of …
Read More » Featuring the Latest QLC BiCS FLASH 3D Flash Memory, New Enterprise NVMe SSD to Debut at Upcoming Conference SAN JOSE, Calif., March 13, 2025 – KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the development of its new LC9 Series 122.88 terabyte (TB) capacity NVMe™ SSD in a 2.5-inch form factor – the first SSD built with the company’s BiCS FLASH™ generation 8 …
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