Years ago, if you wanted to buy or build a new computer, the only option is to purchase an HDD, or a Hard Disk Drive however, more recently, another option that has become quite commonplace in the ...

Solid-state drives are universally faster than old-school hard-disk drives, but not all SSDs are the same. They come in different shapes and sizes, have different maximum speeds, and as you might ...

In times past, choosing the best PC storage option just meant picking the highest-capacity hard drive you could afford. If only life were still so simple! The rise of solid-state drives and hybrid ...

Japanese memory manufacturer Kioxia had an intriguing demo on show at Computex this year, in a next-generation "Optical" SSD design. These drives utilize light, rather than electricity, to transfer ...

For over 20 years I have been involved in activities that create industry consortium roadmaps for digital storage technologies. Technology roadmap activities such as these were put on by various ...

Do solid-state disks (SSDs) last longer than traditional hard disks? A new study looks very good for the SSDs, but closer inspection of the results suggests it’s actually too early to call. Online ...

What just happened? Kioxia has completed the development of its next-gen optical PCIe 5.0 SSDs, which can operate up to 40 meters from the host system without losing throughput. The breakthrough comes ...

At the Flash Memory Summit in California, Samsung has unveiled what appears to be the world’s largest hard drive—and somewhat surprisingly, it uses NAND flash chips rather than spinning platters. The ...