Microsoft has expanded its commercial spares program to offer more parts covering multiple Surface devices so IT technicians in organizations can service and repair hardware on-site.
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Linus Torvalds is not at all a fan of GitHub merges as he revealed recently in a response to a pull request. Torvalds thinks GitHub is mostly "fine", "but merges is not one of those things".
Samsung's 860 and 870 SATA SSDs have been causing issues for a while on Linux and it has been determined that NCQ and queued Trim commands are to blame. The problem is especially bad on older AMD PCs.
Western Digital has seemingly admitted it had handicapped its highly popular Blue SN550 budget NVMe SSD. The company has promised to be much more transparent about such matters from now on.
The newer variant of the SN550 Blue SSD from WD apparently writes at around half the speed - once its available SLC cache is full - as compared to what the original SN550 was capable of doing.
A new eCh0raix ransomware variation has been infecting NAS devices since last year according to a report. The new variant can now attack both QNAP and Synology NAS systems simultaneously.
ADATA has announced today a couple of its super-fast upcoming products at its Xtreme Innovation event. The company unveiled its new SE920 USB4 external SSD and new XPG DDR5 capable of 12,600MT/s.
French cloud company, Scaleway, had lost one of its SSDs over a year ago. Thankfully the company says the SSD has been recovered. It was returned by a hero YouTuber who found it on a classified site.
PNY has launched its new LX series of M.2 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe SSDs, namely the LX3030 and LX2030 models. The new SSDs are designed for Chia cryptocurrency mining with very high endurance (TBW) ratings.
Gigabyte has launched today its new AORUS XTREME PCIe 4.0 AIC SSD. The new SSD comes with a capacity of up to 32TB and can offer sequential transfer speeds of up to 28GB/s (read) and 26.5GB/s (write).
Sabrent has launched today a massively spacious 16TB external SSD dubbed the Rocket XTRM-Q. The new SSD is a dual NVMe drive enclosure containing two 8TB SSDs that can be run together in RAID 0 mode.
The Chia crypto-coin has been causing shortages of storage hardware like SSDs and HDDs. Some of the SSD makers have now started to react by reducing the endurance and warranties on their products.
The latest NVMe 2.0 specification has been released today by the NVMe consortium. The new standard is backwards compatible with previous specs and brings with it several new next-gen features.
Intel has announced a new type of SSD that combines its Optane Memory technology with typical NAND flash to offer higher capacities while still providing faster speeds. It's coming next month.
Samsung has unveiled the PM1653 SSD for enterprise. It boasts read speeds of 4,300MB/s and is currently being sampled by select customers. Mass production is expected in the second half of the year.
It's World Backup Day and we've found some great Samsung storage offers for our readers in the U.S., like $90 off on the 1TB 860 EVO, or $35 off the 500GB NVMe 970 EVO, and $90 off the T7 Touch.
The 2TB 860 EVO SSD is currently discounted by 65% along with a bunch of other storage options including USB flash drives, microSD cards, and NVMe all seeing discounts in the Spring Sale.
TrendForce has warned of a 3-8% price increase for solid-state drives in the second quarter. It originally expected the price to remain steady but several production issues have cropped up.
Samsung has announced a new addition to its lineup of SSDs, the 980. It's the company's first consumer SSD without DRAM, and it starts at $49.99 for 250GB, much less than the 980 Pro.
At Ignite 2021, Microsoft has announced a host of capabilities for mission-critical workloads on Azure include optimizations to compute, storage, backup, management, development, and networking.
Samsung has announced the latest member of its family of SATA SSDs, the 870 Evo. It promises an increase in performance over its predecessor and "class-leading" reliability up to 2,400TBW.
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If you're looking to take your computer's performance to the next level, you need to buy an NVMe drive. The Rocket Q4, a PCIe Gen4 SSD, touts speed, so let's take a look and see if it holds true.
Samsung's PCIe 3.0-based 970 EVO Plus SSD is currently discounted on Amazon, with the 2TB model off by $250. The 1TB and 500GB models are off by $100 and $50, respectively, The deal ends soon.
Microsoft has added a new known issue for its latest versions of Windows 10, which presents an error when connecting a Thunderbolt SSD. Affected users are being blocked from upgrading.
Intel has announced that it is selling its NAND SSD business and manufacturing facility to South Korea-based SK Hynix for $9 billion. The acquisition is supposed to be complete by 2025.
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WD announced its first PCIe Gen4-based M.2 NVMe SSD that touts twice the performance of its predecessor. It also debuted an SSD add-in-card and a Thunderbolt 3-based gaming dock with RGB.
Samsung has announced a new NVMe SSD, the 980 Pro. It comes with full support for PCIe 4.0, touting read speeds up to 7,000MB/s and write speeds up to 5,000MB/s. Capacities go up to 2TB.
Samsung has announced its latest consumer SSD with QLC technology, the QVO 870 SSD. It comes with up to 8TB of capacity, double of what its predecessor offered, and promises HDD-like reliability.
Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) is a hard disk monitoring software with highest possible support of HDD/SSD/SSHD (hybrid) drives.
Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) is a hard disk monitoring software with highest possible support of HDD/SSD/SSHD (hybrid) drives.
Another Fire tablet is on sale, the smaller 8-inch Fire HD 8, for only $50, matching its Black Friday price. The 2TB Crucial MX500 2.5-inch SSD is back on sale for just $200. These and more, inside!
The Jabra Elite Active 65t true wireless earbuds have a $40 discount at checkout at Amazon. The H&R Block Deluxe + State 2019 tax software dropped in price to just $20 and more inside!
The 1TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD is just $119 today, also, the 10.2-inch iPad is back in stock for a limited time with a 15% discount; and save $250 off the 13-inch MacBook Pro while stocks last and more!
Samsung has introduced the new T7 portable SSD lineup, starting with the T7 Touch. It's a 2TB SSD with speeds up to 1,050MB/s, plus a fingerprint sensor to help secure data stored inside.
NAND flash is expected to increase in price by up to 40% this year. This will have a knock-on effect for consumer hardware that relies on NAND flash such as SSDs, memory cards, and USB flash drives.
Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) is a hard disk monitoring software with highest possible support of HDD/SSD/SSHD (hybrid) drives.
Some great Samsung deals, with the 970 EVO 1TB SSD only $150, the larger 860 EVO 2TB SSD just $230, and up to 47% off The Frame 4K QLED TVs. There's also $400 off Dell Vostro 3470 and more!
Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) is a hard disk monitoring software with highest possible support of HDD/SSD/SSHD (hybrid) drives.
Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) is a hard disk monitoring software with highest possible support of HDD/SSD/SSHD (hybrid) drives.
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