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First DNA Data Storage Specification Released: First Step Towards Commercialization

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The DNA Data Storage Alliance introduced its inaugural specifications for DNA-based data storage this week. This specification outlines a method for encoding essential information within a DNA data archive, crucial for developing and commercializing an interoperable storage ecosystem. DNA data storage uses short strings of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) called oligonucleotides (oligos) mixed together without a specific…

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SK hynix Platinum P51 Gen5 SSD with 238L NAND Spotted at GTC

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SK hynix is set to unveil their first Gen5 consumer NVMe SSD lineup shortly, based on the products at display in their GTC 2024 booth. The Platinum P51 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD will take over flagship duties from the Platinum P41 that has been serving the market for more than a year. Similar to the…

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Crucial X10 Pro Portable SSD Review: 20 Gbps Performance in a Budget Offering

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The increasing popularity of portable SSDs has prompted almost all tier-one NAND flash manufacturers to jump into the market. Over the last decade, both Samsung and SanDisk / Western Digital have been presenting consumers with a range of PSSD offerings targeting different sub-segments. On the other hand, the flash-based storage lineup from Crucial (Micron’s consumer-facing…

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Samsung T5 EVO Portable SSD Review: QLC Sets Sane Expectations, Insane Pricing

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The market for portable SSDs has shown rapid growth over the past decade or so. Almost all tier-one flash vendors (including Samsung, Western Digital / SanDisk, Micron / Crucial, and SK hynix) have their own PSSD lineup. Other than SK hynix, the others in the list have multiple PSSD models in the market. This has…

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Western Digital Releases 24TB Ultrastar & Gold Hard Drives, 28TB SMR Drives Ramping

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Western Digital is announcing today that it has begun volume shipments of its 24 TB hard drives based on conventional magnetic recording (CMR) to its full customer base. In addition, the company started to ramp up production of its 28 TB HDDs featuring shingled magnetic recording (SMR) that will be used by select customers. The…

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Best Internal Hard Drives: Holiday 2023

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In our series of Hard Disk Drive guides, here’s the latest update to our list of recommended HDDs. All numbers in the text are updated to reflect pricing at the time of writing. Best Internal Hard Drives: Holiday 2023 Data storage requirements have kept increasing over the last several years. SSDs have taken over the…

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Crucial Unveils X9 Portable SSD: QLC for the Cost-Conscious Consumer

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Crucial entered the portable SSD market relatively late, with their X6 and X8 PSSDs being the mainstay for many years. Based on QLC NAND, they were marketed for read-intensive use-cases, though the generous amount of SLC cache ended up delivering good write performance too for mainstream consumers – particularly in the X8. Recently, the company…

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The best cheap SSD deals and prices for October 2023

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We’ve tested a lot of hard drives of all sorts over the years from premium to budget options. So, we’re here to help you find the top cheap SSDs for your storage needs. You’ll find a lot of choices out there that don’t sacrifice performance in whichever budget range you’re looking for. Whether you’re searching…

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Samsung T9 Portable SSD Review: A 20 Gbps PSSD for Prosumer Workloads

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Samsung’s portable SSD lineup has enjoyed significant market success since the launch of the T1 back in 2015. Despite the release of the Thunderbolt-capable X5 PSSD in 2018, the company has been focusing primarily on the mainstream market with its T series drives. The first set of PSSDs from Samsung incorporated a SATA SSD behind…

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Seagate Releases Game Drive PCIe 4.0 SSDs for PlayStation 5

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Western Digital’s WD_Black SN850P was the first officially PlayStation 5-licensed SSD to hit the market. Seagate wants a piece of that and has hopped on the PlayStation 5 train with the new Game Drive PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD series, officially licensed for Sony’s current-generation gaming console. Unlike Microsoft, which uses a proprietary SSD expansion card for the Xbox…

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