Last week I discussed the two types of communication standards/protocols, SATA and NVMe for solid-state disk drives. Basically, the SATA protocol can be used on almost every computer, but the new NVMe ...

PCIe 6.0 implementations are expandable and hierarchical with embedded switches or switch chips, allowing one root port to interface with multiple endpoints (such as storage devices, Ethernet cards, ...

Though not cheap, the OWC Envoy Pro Mini’s true SSD speed in a thumb drive form factor can be a real time-saver. It also sports both Type-A and Type-C connectors, obviating the need for an adapter.

Biwin, a Chinese SSD manufacturer, has introduced a new storage device form factor called a Mini SSD. These tiny storage drives are more akin in size to a microSD card, measuring just 15 millimeters ...

At the 2025 Open Compute Platform, OCP Summit Meta spoke about their experience with quad level cell, QLC, NAND flash in their data centers. A panel talked about developments in the new E2 SSD form ...

Violin Memory Inc. announced today the general availability of a new high-end storage appliance made entirely of solid-state disk (SSD) and aimed at I/O-intensive jobs such as relational databases and ...

Solid state drives (SSDs) are more reliable than hard disk drives (HDDs) – at least for certain use cases, according to cloud-storage firm Backblaze. But that might not actually make much of a ...

It wasn’t always so simple to add storage to a desktop or laptop. For decades, PC storage was synonymous with bulky, mechanical hard drives. The first hard drive was sold in 1956, but it wasn’t until ...