Tag Archives: PCIe 4.0

KIOXIA is announcing the release of their new XG7/XG7-P Series of PC OEM-focused SSDs, updating their portfolio of PCIe 4.0 client SSDs for desktops, notebooks and workstations. KIOXIA’s comprehensive product offerings now span enterprise, data center and client segments, addressing a wide array of usage scenarios and optimizing tomorrow’s data, service and content-driven environment. Designed for demanding PC environments, the …

KIOXIA is announcing their newest significant technological development for cloud data center applications. The new XD6 Series further expands KIOXIA’s broad portfolio of client, date center and enterprise SSDs. The E1.S form factor XD6 SSDs are the first Enterprise and Datacenter SSD Form Factor (EDSFF) SSDs that target the specific requirements of hyperscale applications, and include the power, performance and …

It needs to be said.  Having a Gen 4 SSD in hand with speeds of 5GB/s in a 4TB capacity is rather special.  Many might never find need for such speed and capacity, but as a media professional, this is heaven.  My camera of choice is a Canon EOS R5 and I only shoot RAW which means each shot is …

The latest and greatest in SSDs is PCIe 4 and the extreme performance that comes with it, presently showing off speeds up to 7GB/s.  Accompanying these high power and rather expensive SSDs is something that we’ve really never had to tackle in the SSD industry, at least not to this extent…heat. At least up until today, Gen 4 SSDs had …

So… on our PCIe Gen 4 Test Bench today we have an SSD that is rather exciting. It is the Samsung 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD and, not only is it the smallest and fastest SSD on the planet right now, but also, it’s…very cool! By cool, we don’t mean that is trendy or awesome per se, but rather, …

Less than a week ago Canon introduced their newest camera lineup which was highlighted by the Canon EOS mirror-less R5 Digital camera.  To anyone who is familiar with cameras, this may be the release of the decade.  It is a 45 megapixel camera that will shoot video as large as 8K/30 or 4K/120 with RAW.  Myself, I am moving up …

In our hands today is one of the few PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the consumer flash industry. Surprisingly, its brand name is that of a relatively new company (at least when it comes to flash);  Sabrent.  PCIe 4.0 is the latest and greatest bringing data transfer speeds 5GB/s, and as media professionals know, these speeds  are everything …

KIOXIA America Inc. (formerly Toshiba Memory America, Inc.) is announcing that it has begun shipping their new lineup of CM6 (enterprise) and CD6 (data center) Series PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid state drives.  The latest PCIe 4.0 specification was designed to double the performance of storage and server systems, enabling data transfer speeds of up to 16.0 gigatransfers per second (GT/s), …

Gen 4 SSDs have been the most popular feature with respect to upcoming storage at CES 2020 and Kingston had their new ‘Grandview ES’ on display.  This SSD will be a mid-range Gen 4 SSD when released.  GRANDVIEW ES GEN 4×4 SSD This SSD features the Marvell Whistler plus 12nm PCIe 4 controller, is a 4-channel device at 1.2GT/s per …

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 …