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 …
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BIWIN Black Opal 4TB NV7400 Gen4 SSD Review – Decent DRAM-less Speed from a Maxio Controller & Micron B58R Memory
A few days ago, we posted a review of a new Gen 5 SSD from a China-based company named BIWIN. It was the Predator GM9000 and we liked what we saw. The GM9000 is not yet available in North America, but BIWIN is expanding their portfolio and will have a full line of products within reach soon enough. BIWIN sent …
Read More »Understand the Importance of NAND Flash as KIOXIA Celebrates 35 Years as Its Inventor
At least to me, it’s rather amazing how one of the most progressive inventions historically has been overlooked. It is not electricity. It is not the light bulb and it isn’t the telephone but you can bet that it plays a massive role within each in every moment of our lives. It is NAND flash and NAND was invented by …
Read More »KIOXIA Showcases CM6 PCIe 4.0 SSD and Automotive Solutions | CES 2020 Update
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 …
Read More »Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage Review (512GB) – Recognizing Hot Data Performance Once Again
Teton Glacier. We can probably all agree that this is one of the coolest product code names to date. This code name applies to the subject of our report today which is the 512GB version of the Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage. To look at, this SSD is unique in that, although its mechanism of operation is …
Read More »WD Black SN750 Review M.2 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – Enthusiast Class Performance Revisited
It is not often that we dedicate the time to looking at an SSD that has been reworked simply through firmware, but our review today of the Western Digital Black SN750 NVMe SSD is just that. Physically, this SSD holds the same level of components as the WD Black/SanDisk Extreme pro Report we did just about a year ago. We …
Read More »Samsung 860 QVO SSD Review (1TB/2TB) – Every Little Bit Counts
If you are up to spec in the tech storage field, 4-bit mlc (multi-level cell) is all the rage. If you are a typical consumer, things get just a ‘bit’ confusing. After all, what does your search for adequate storage have to do with anything but price, warranty, speed and capacity? Actually quite a bit (intended pun), as electronic storage …
Read More »NGD Introduces Newport for Computational Storage – FMS 2018 Update
While we might typically recognize a M.2 2280 form factor SSD to be the latest and greatest in portable storage, NGD brought something new to the game at FMS this week; the NGD Newport. The NGD Newport platform encompasses three different form factors; the M.2 which we see here capable of an unbelievable 8TB storage, the U.2 at 32TB and …
Read More »HP EX900 NVMe M.2 SSD Review (500GB)
It was only a few days back that we reviewed the HP EX920 NVMe SSD at the 1TB capacity and determined that it held an absolutely great price point for the performance it presented. Today, we are taking a look at the little brother to that SSD, the HP EX900 NVMe which HP hopes will hit a home run when …
Read More »ADATA Ultimate SU900 SSD Review (512GB) – 3D MLC, But At What Cost?
Last year, we reviewed ADATA’s Ultimate SU800. It was the second SSD in the market to utilize Micron’s 3D TLC NAND and paired with an SMI SM2258 controller, it made out to be a fairly good performer. This year we now have the Ultimate SU900 in hand. Just as the name suggests, it does rank above the SU800. The ADATA …
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