Up bright and early this morning to put the finishing touches on what has been a whirlwind of SSD reviews over the past few weeks. In less than 48 hours, I’ll be setting the keyboard aside for a month as I embark on a coast-to-coast-to-coast motorcycle journey across North America in under three weeks, Atlantic …

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While attending Computex in Taiwan this past June, The SSD Review had the opportunity to meet with Exascend CEO and Founder Frank Chen, who provided valuable insight into the company’s background and philosophy. Exascend is a NAND flash storage specialty manufacturer with a product portfolio that spans memory cards, DRAM, embedded storage solutions, and enterprise-class …

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I absolutely love world firsts. Even more than that, I love seeing genuine technological innovation. Not long ago, we introduced the Longsys Gen4 mSSD, and we were fortunate enough to receive the drive directly from Longsys Chairman Huabo Cai, giving us the opportunity to publish what turned out to be an unexpected world exclusive. That …

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When it comes to SSDs, I can’t help but wonder whether the latest price spike is simply a temporary shock driven by AI demand, or whether it was inevitable all along. For a while, we had it incredibly good. High-performance, DRAM-equipped SSDs with generous capacities and five-year warranties were selling at prices that would seem …

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I’d like to say change is coming to the SSD market, but the reality is that it’s already here. Looking back, it’s a bit amusing because long before the current NAND and DRAM shortages, I wondered whether SSD performance would eventually plateau with PCIe Gen4. What I didn’t anticipate, and neither did anyone else, was …

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I may get a bit of backlash for saying this, but I continue to be amazed at how a single manufacturer has managed to champion a storage format the way Sony has with the CFexpress Type A card. Many people probably assumed this format would have faded away by now, yet the millions of Sony …

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Random write performance in an enterprise SSD is critical as workloads rely heavily on processing thousands of small, scattered, and simultaneous data requests per second.  These are measured in IOPS. Unlike sequential workloads, random writes do not write data in a contiguous line, making them much harder for the SSD to handle.  SQL, Oracle and …

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So this is our third report on a KIOXIA retail SSD and the same thing seems hitting me hard.  This SSD is not available ‘officially’ through KIOXIA retail sales as of yet.  We can find availability of it on Amazon (which is a great thing) but one needs to be careful as this may be …

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Might as well start with the bad news. Unfortunately, TSSDR won’t be attending Flash Memory Summit this year, as another event has taken priority. While we’re disappointed to miss the opportunity to connect with everyone in person, we’d still love to hear from you. If your company has news to share, would like to discuss …

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This year marks Lexar’s 30th Anniversary, and I have to admit; it makes me feel a bit old. I’ve been a loyal Lexar user for as long as I can remember, and it would be a rare occasion to check my camera and not find Lexar cards in use. To provide some context for my …

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Our review of Seagate’s latest FireCuda Gen4 DRAMless consumer SSD has left us somewhat perplexed, and quite frankly, a little surprised. Until we examined the controller used in this drive, we had long assumed that Seagate and Phison maintained a strategic, long-term partnership across their SSD product lines. This release appears to mark a significant …

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It might be an understatement to say that Phison pulled out all the stops at Computex Taipei this year. It amazes me how far they have come and the success well earned. I remember when we first met up with Phison way back at Flash Memory Summit 2013. They were showing off their PS5006 Gen2x4 …

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I wanted to bring this information to the forefront because it’s hard to imagine just how dramatically our world will change once PCIe 6.0 (Gen6) becomes mainstream. Today, we’re already achieving data transfer speeds of up to 14 GB/s, and Gen6 will double that to an astonishing 28 GB/s. What’s remarkable is how easily we …

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It is funny how things work out sometimes.  While at Computex in Taipei a few weeks back, we were introduced to Frank Chen, CEO of Exascend, through our contacts at SMI.  Frank laid out their company values and explained key reasoning for their success which is their ability to customize and cater to their customers …

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Business longevity and success don’t happen without strong relationships. While review sites must remain impartial, long-term professional connections often help foster collaboration and mutual respect. Corsair and The SSD Review are a perfect example of this. Over the years, our relationship has extended far beyond SSD reviews. Corsair has played a key role in nearly …

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This report is rather special.  Just under ten years ago, we did a report on an Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3.0 (ASK3) external SSD which is my longest standing product still in use today.  Ten years.  Most recently, Apricorn reached out asking if I might like to report on their newer updated version of the …

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I just can’t wrap my head around why KIOXIA hasn’t brought its consumer SSDs to North America. And, in the same vein, I still don’t fully understand why Micron retired the much-loved Crucial brand. That said, I’m convinced KIOXIA-branded SSDs would do extremely well here, potentially rivaling those top-tier bestsellers we all know. In the …

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This week at Computex Taipei, Silicon Motion displayed their newest SM2524XT Gen5 SSD controller which held a surprising first.  This SSD controller is built on the TSMC 6nm process and is a DRAMless controller which relies on your systems HMB, better known as the host memory buffer.  The HMB is an SSD feature that allows …

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Phison’s newest E37T DRAMless controller was on display at Computex 2026 this week and appears to be a force to be reckoned with.  This DRAMless SSD comes along at a time when SSDs are at a premium, the result of NAND and DRAM pricing being driven up through AI needs.  I don’t think we have …

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