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SK hynix early in Friday announced that the company has finished the development of it's PCB01 PCIe Gen5 SSD, the company's forthcoming high-end SSD for OEMs. Based on the company's new Alistar platform, the PCB01 is designed to deliver chart-topping performance for client machines. And, as a sign of the times, SK hynix is positioning the PCB01 for AI PCs, looking to synergize with the overall industry interest in anything and everything AI. The bare, OEM-focused drives have previously been shown off by SK hynix, and make no attempt to hide what's under the hood. The PCB01 relies on SK hynix's Alistar controller, which features a PCIe Gen5 x4 host interface on the front end and eight NAND channels on the back end, placing it...
The Samsung 950 Pro PCIe SSD Review (256GB and 512GB)
Samsung's new flagship consumer SSD is here to wrap up all the latest technology from Samsung in a small package, with the goal of raising the bar beyond the...
142 by Billy Tallis on 10/22/2015
Micron acquires SSD Controller Designer Tidal Systems, Inc.
A year ago, several veterans of SSD controller design firms SandForce and Link_A_Media Devices formed a new startup called Tidal Systems, Inc. to focus on developing NVMe SSD controllers...
12 by Billy Tallis on 10/9/2015
Samsung Announces 950 Pro SSD, Their First Consumer V-NAND + NVMe SSD
We’re here at Samsung’s SSD Global Summit, the company’s annual SSD technology reveal. This event is typically held mid-summer, however with MERS concerns in South Korea this year, the...
49 by Ryan Smith & Billy Tallis on 9/22/2015
Samsung SM951-NVMe (256GB) PCIe SSD Review
Samsung has always been an early adopter in the SSD space. The company was the first one on the market with a PCIe 2.0 x4 M.2 SSD the (XP941...
74 by Kristian Vättö on 6/25/2015
Seagate Announces SandForce SF3500 SSD Controller Series: Mass Production Expected in Q4'15
The SandForce SF3000 series has become the unicorn of the SSD industry. For the past two years there has been a lot of hype about the new controller, but...
22 by Kristian Vättö on 6/10/2015
Silicon Motion Displays Upcoming SM2260 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Controller
Silicon Motion has remained relatively quiet about its plans for a PCIe controller. We have known that the company is working on one (well, it would be a major...
11 by Kristian Vättö on 6/9/2015
G.Skill Shows Phison E7 Based Phoenix Blade X PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD
G.Skill isn't a name that is often associated with SSDs, but the company has been making SSDs as a sort of a side product for several years. We reviewed...
4 by Kristian Vättö on 6/9/2015
OCZ Introduces Z-Drive 6000 Enterprise PCIe SSD Series with NVMe Support
Back at CES OCZ teased us by showcasing the Z-Drive 6000, but the drive was still under development, so the details were rather scarce. Today OCZ is finally lifting...
33 by Kristian Vättö on 5/20/2015
Intel SSD 750 PCIe SSD Review: NVMe for the Client
Ever since our SSD DC P3700 review, there's been massive interest from enthusiasts and professionals for a more client-oriented product based on the same platform. With eMLC, ten drive...
134 by Kristian Vättö on 4/2/2015
OCZ Suite Tour: Vector 180, JetExpress PCIe NVMe Controller & Z-Drive 6000
While the Barefoot 3 platform is already a couple of years old, it is still going strong. OCZ has been in the process of adopting Toshiba's latest A19nm to...
26 by Kristian Vättö on 1/9/2015
FMS 2014: Marvell Announces NVMe-Enabled PCIe 3.0 x4 88SS1093 SSD Controller
Two weeks ago Marvell announced their first PCIe SSD controller with NVMe support, named as 88SS1093. It supports PCIe 3.0 x4 interface with up to 4GB/s of bandwidth between...
23 by Kristian Vättö on 8/21/2014
Samsung SSD Global Summit 2014: 845 DC Pro with V-NAND, SM951 with NVMe Support
Every year for the past three years, Samsung has flown a bunch of media from all around the world for their SSD Global Summit. The Summit serves as an...
17 by Kristian Vättö on 7/4/2014
The Intel SSD DC P3700 Review Part 2: NVMe on Client Workloads
Last week we reviewed Intel's first NVMe drive: the DC P3700. Based on a modified version of the controller in Intel's SSD DC S3700/S3500, the P3700 moves to an...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/10/2014
AnandTech Participates in Roundtable Discussion with Intel and Supermicro about P3700 and NVMe
Earlier this evening, Intel announced a new family of NVMe based PCIe SSDs, including the P3700. I reviewed a 1.6TB version of the P3700 here. A few weeks ago...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2014
Intel SSD DC P3700 Review: The PCIe SSD Transition Begins with NVMe
In 2008 Intel introduced its first SSD, the X25-M, and with it Intel ushered in a new era of primary storage based on non-volatile memory. Intel may have been...
85 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2014
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