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2026-08-23
www.tomshardware.com
2026-08-23
2026-08-21
tomshardware.com
2026-08-21
SanDisk has launched its NAS 600 and NAS 800 series of SSDs, targeting professional and enterprise users requiring high-end storage for NAS devices. The flagship 7.68TB NAS 800 model offers an impressive 14,000 TBW endurance, enabling daily full writes for five consecutive years. Despite the ongoing
2026-08-21
tomshardware.com
2026-08-21
Recent data reveals that enterprise 30TB TLC SSDs now cost $22,600, up 6.5 times from $3,460 at the same time last year, while a comparable hard drive costs only $1,216. This translates to flash being 18.6 times more expensive per terabyte than disk. For a 25PB AI storage system, all-flash configura
2026-08-17
www.tweaktown.com
2026-08-17
SK Hynix is reportedly facing a shortage of replacement SSDs, forcing some customers to accept refunds instead of new units during a period of sharp price increases in storage products. Under normal circumstances, a refund would be acceptable, but due to the significant rise in SSD prices amid ongoi
2026-08-15
www.tomshardware.com
2026-08-15
Acer's Predator Orion 6000 gaming PC is currently on sale at Walmart for $2,099, a 25% discount off its original price of $2,799.99. This prebuilt system features an Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF processor, 32GB DDR5 RAM, a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card. The RTX 5070 T
2026-08-15
tomshardware.com
2026-08-15
SK hynix has come under scrutiny for refunding customers the original purchase price instead of providing replacement SSDs due to a global storage shortage, highlighting a disconnect between warranty terms and current market realities. The company's policy states that in lieu of repair or replacemen
2026-08-15
www.tomshardware.com
2026-08-15
SK hynix, a South Korean semiconductor manufacturer, has come under scrutiny for offering refunds at original purchase prices instead of replacements for faulty SSDs due to severe global storage shortages. With SSD prices doubling amid supply constraints, such refunds leave consumers at a significan
2026-08-12
blogs.nvidia.com
2026-08-12
2026-08-11
www.kucoin.com
2026-08-11
This article explores how storage technologies are evolving in the era of AI agents, fundamentally reshaping data processing paradigms. As AI agents transition from single model invocations to continuous operating systems, their data handling becomes increasingly complex, involving observation, reas
2026-08-08
tomshardware.com
2026-08-08
This article evaluates the impact of SSD speed on gaming performance across 11 titles, determining whether upgrading to a faster storage device is worthwhile. With the launch of next-gen consoles like PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, high-speed NVMe SSDs have become essential for modern gaming, en
2026-08-07
news.google.com
2026-08-07
2026-08-05
www.igorslab.de
2026-08-05
2026-08-05
finance.biggo.com
2026-08-05
Amid soaring costs and supply shortages of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) affecting AI data centers, Kioxia unveiled its new 'KIOXIA GP1' ultra-fast SSD series at the 'FMS: The Future of Memory and Storage' conference in the U.S. on August 4. The product supports direct GPU access with a random read pe
2026-08-04
www.notebookcheck.net
2026-08-04
SK Hynix has introduced a new memory standard called High Bandwidth Flash (HBF), positioned between traditional High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and NAND flash used in conventional SSDs. Designed to combine HBM's high bandwidth with NAND's higher capacity, HBF addresses a major bottleneck in modern memor
2026-07-31
tomshardware.com
2026-07-31
Samsung's latest 9100 Pro 2TB SSD has returned to Prime Day pricing, now available at $399.99 on Amazon, a 41% discount from its original price of $679.99. This PCIe Gen 5 drive delivers sequential read and write speeds of up to 14,700MB/s and 13,400MB/s, making it one of the fastest SSDs on the mar
2026-07-30
tomshardware.com
2026-07-30
In the current semiconductor industry landscape marked by severe supply constraints and rising prices, the choice of storage devices significantly impacts PC performance and user experience. This article analyzes the practical performance of PCIe SSDs in gaming scenarios, highlighting that while SSD
2026-07-30
www.morningstar.com
2026-07-30
2026-07-29
tomshardware.com
2026-07-29
One year into the AI chip crisis, the SSD market is experiencing unprecedented price volatility, mirroring the challenges faced by the RAM sector. As supply chain disruptions and surging demand have led to severe shortages, SSD prices have skyrocketed across the board. Comparing prices from the 2025
2026-07-28
tomshardware.com
2026-07-28
The surge in demand driven by AI has pushed external SSD and flash drive prices to extremely high levels. However, for long-time PC builders or those who have upgraded their laptop boot drives in the last decade, there's a good chance they have older drives sitting unused in drawers or closets. Thes
2026-07-27
news.google.com
2026-07-27