Anyone who follows TSSDR knows that we rarely spend time on a review of something so common as a M.2 external enclosure.  Have I ever done one?  I have been trying to find just right rights words for my discovery.  Indispensable.  Crucial. (No…the adjective not the company) Critical. Key. Vital.  I am sure you get where I am going.  I …

On the Test Bench today is a Yottamaster Y7000 Pro Gen4 4TB SSD and we are certain that you are asking yourselves that same question that we were not three weeks ago?  Who the heck is Yottamaster? Yottamaster is a China-based flash storage business that ‘focuses on providing professional-grade storage solutions for a wide range of users, including individuals, gamers …

Isn’t competition a great thing?  I have always considered the development of flash technology as somewhat a sport.  It is simply one company trying to create a faster, larger and more reliable SSD than that of which was just released by another. I remember sitting in a business meeting at Samsung HQ in Seoul, South Korea,  many years back and …

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 …

Once again, we are tackling yet another SSD manufactured by BIWIN and, when we check out Amazon, we can actually find the ‘FA’ line of SSDs available for sale in Canada and the USA.  BIWIN is the official licensee and manufacturer of Acer and HP brand products and, as we had stated in our review of the BIWIN NV7400 and …

With respect to technology, one of my favorite activities is having the opportunity to upgrade and build a new Test Bench for The SSD Review.  It occurs probably once every two years or so and rarely….rarely does everything fall in place perfectly.  Family doesn’t want to be anywhere near my office and things usually start in the early morning and …

It’s pretty rare that I might use the word perfection when it comes to SSDs.  There is always somewhere that an SSD can be improved upon just a bit.  Our report today is of an SSD that is not yet available in North America. It is the first available ‘international’ retail SSD with the newest Silicon Motion SM2508 controller and …

We read an article today entitled ‘What is Thunderbolt 4 and how is it different from USB-C?  As if the consumer wasn’t already confused enough. Thunderbolt is a protocol and USB-C is a connector.  To start, USB-C is a port type used by Thunderbolt and USB in order to achieve power to connected devices, higher data transfer speeds and to …

I am a bit embarrassed and my sincerest apologies to ADATA.  I have had this SE920 ADATA USB4 2TB External SSD sitting on my desk for over a year and only today does it get my attention.  Well actually, it gained a great deal of attention way back when I realized that two Z790 PCs with USB4 did not work …

A funny thing happened on the way to work today…  No really…  We have a pile of high end and super fast portable SSDs waiting to be reviewed and we were not happy learning that motherboards with USB 4 typically do not provide full USB4/Thunderbolt 4 data transfer rates.  Yes, we can surpass that of the Thunderbolt 3 speeds of …