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I might be getting a bit old but I miss the introductory handshake or hug of our traditional CES meetings along with the personal nature of one on one conversation.  We have entered a new era that isn’t changing anytime soon and we have no choice but to hang on for the ride and make the best of things right …

If you are a fan of the SSDs, you will know that we have had just a bit of Lexar coverage to date.  Personally speaking, I have always been a Lexar fan and it is a mainstay in much of my media equipment.    Last we wrote, we were able to show you that they have had tremendous luck with …

Phison has received alot of credit as of late for their newest Gen 4×4 release of their PS5016-E16 controller.  It was the first to hit retail sales and we have posted reviews on both the Corsair MP600 and Seagate Firecuda 520, both SSDs using this controller and hitting unheard of data transfer speeds of up to 5GB/s. Both of these …

The name KIOXIO is very new to some.  Mark my words; this will change.  The name is a combination of  the Japanese word… Kioku (Memory) and the Greek word ‘Axia’ which means ‘value’.  As unfamiliar as you may be with the name, I would bet that you own something with KIOXIA memory in it.  Maybe its a cell phone, automobile …

CES hasn’t even started yet and storage seems front and central once again as we saw first hand with an unexpected visit to Western Digital/SanDisk last night at Pepcom.  Check this out.  It is a 8TB palm sized portable SSD that is USB-C and will transfer data…lots of data… above 1GB/s easily.  It is an early prototype but this is …

Last week at CES we spent a bit of time with Kingston and learned of their newest lineup for the 2019 season.  First up,  Kingston showed off its A2000 which is a PCIe 3.0×4 M.2 SSD and will be available in capacities from 256GB to 1TB.  This SSD is equipped with the SMI SM2263 controller and Intel 3D TLC 64-layer NAND …

Without a doubt, one of my favorite things about tech shows is being contacted last-minute by a company nobody has ever heard of, and being asked to check out their first SSD.  This happened at CES 2019 and the company name is Asura.  They are a brand new company who is hoping to market a new SSD with all the …

I have been a Lexar fan for too many years to remember so one might imagine that I became just a bit concerned when they were sold off to Longsys, a manufacturer having a great reputation abroad, but without a similar following by media professionals here in North America.  We met with the new owners shortly after the purchase and …

It hasn’t been a month since we posted our report on the Crucial MX500 consumer SATA SSD and we were discussing it, and the newest M.2 version of the MX500, at CES 2018 this week.  Looking back for a bit, we can safely say that Crucial/Micron is very comfortable with their newest 64-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory, and all …

So we dropped by the Toshiba suite this morning at CES 2018 in rainy Las Vegas and got a first hand look at some very interesting products.  I am going to start things with my fav first and foremost which is the Toshiba TMC PM5 enterprise SAS SSD which had been spoken of last August. The PM5 is an enterprise …