YouTuber says he will sue Samsung for dodging 990 Pro SSD warranty replacement amid memory crisis
A refund based on the original $330 purchase price would not cover today's roughly $950 cost of the same drive
TeamGroup built an external SSD that destroys itself when you send it a text message
This external SSD can wipe itself remotely over 4G – no Wi-Fi required
Phison's next-gen PCIe 6.0 SSD controller hits 28 GB/s, and it's doing it at just 7 watts
Computex showcase also includes the Gen 5 DRAM-less E37T that hits 14.9 GB/s while sipping as little as 2.3 watts
Researchers found a way to spy on your browsing by watching your SSD's activity
The FROST side-channel attack turns storage requests into a tool for detecting background apps, open tabs, and user behavior
CrystalDiskInfo update adds fake Samsung SSD detection
CrystalDiskInfo 9.9.0 adds a new feature to help users spot counterfeit Samsung SSDs, an increasingly common problem as fake high-end drives are becoming more convincing. The utility can flag suspicious drives by checking hardware identifiers and firmware data.
A single Micron SSD can now store 245TB and use half the power of hard drives
The future of AI infrastructure can also be measured in rack space and power bills
This Early Access pirate game was quietly killing your SSD without you knowing
A misconfigured database cache was driving writes of over 108GB per hour, but a patch is already live
Kioxia says its new QLC SSDs can match TLC performance at lower cost
Kioxia's EG7 SSDs target budget-friendly PC builds
Xbox expansion cards are now cheaper than SSDs, and PC users are repurposing them
A simple adapter lets console storage double as a budget PC upgrade amid rising prices
Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD is good enough to fool your benchmarks
Counterfeit drive matches specs and speeds on paper, but collapses under real file transfers
Laptops could soon cost 40% more, and you already know why
CPUs can now be added to the growing list of components affected by the AI frenzy
IT worker tried to destroy an SSD with a drill and failed spectacularly
A cautionary tale in data destruction
Facepalm: A viral post on Reddit highlights the importance of proper data disposal practices. According to the story, a company's "IT guy" used a drill to destroy a solid-state drive before salvaging it. The problem? He drilled a single hole through the center of the casing, piercing the shell but never touching the small PCB inside – effectively making the attempt at data destruction useless.
Western Digital's HDD production for 2026 is already sold out
Some customers have already bought up capacity through 2028
In context: Western Digital is one of the few remaining hard disk drive manufacturers in the world. According to its latest earnings call, the company now does most of its business with AI data center providers – and they are purchasing as many HDDs as possible, years ahead of schedule.
Micron's world-first PCIe Gen 6 SSD doubles data rates for AI data centers
Liquid-cooled drives and PCIe Gen 6 mark a new era for AI storage
Enthusiast makes NVMe SSD work on a Pentium III system through a PCI slot
This NVMe SSD is stuck in the 1990s
New website helps you find the cheapest storage by cost per gigabyte
Compare SSDs and HDDs by cost per gigabyte, not brand
Hard drives aren't done yet: Western Digital is pushing HDD performance toward SSD territory
New high-bandwidth and dual-actuator drives target data center workloads with QLC-level throughput
Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSDs are becoming harder to detect as storage prices soar
Counterfeit drive fooled Windows until Samsung's own tool caught it
Kioxia warns 1TB SSDs under $50 are a thing of the past
AI demand will keep memory prices high through 2027
SanDisk is replacing WD Blue and Black SSDs with new Optimus models
The long WD-SanDisk merger is officially unraveling
This Windows registry hack can boost NVMe SSD performance by up to 80%, but there's a catch
Officially available on Windows Server 2025, but works with Windows 11
In a nutshell: Microsoft recently updated Windows Server 2025 with a native NVMe driver that can significantly increase SSD performance. While the new driver is not officially available for consumer versions of Windows, enterprising developers have seemingly found a neat registry hack to enable it in Windows 11, potentially boosting NVMe SSD performance by up to 80 percent.
Nvidia and SK hynix are building an AI SSD that could be 10x faster
Partnership expands beyond HBM as SK hynix targets 100 million IOPS
Samsung denies ending SATA SSD production amid NAND squeeze
Memory giant addresses speculation as NAND flash prices surge and fabs shift toward DRAM
Which was the first breakthrough SSD available to consumers?
Storage would never be the same again
