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CES 2024 preview: The future of PC gaming hardware

New graphics cards, all the screens, and more AI than you can eat.

PC Gamer

Phison to showcase high-speed innovations at CES 2024 – including a Gen 5 SSD that’s faster than anything else on the market

Phision has some big plans for CES 2024.

TechRadar

Silicon Power MS70 SSD-in-a-Stick Review: Thumb Drive Meets Massive Capacity

NAND flash technology has seen rapid advancement in recent years. This has resulted in the capacity limits of SSDs and thumb drives getting pushed up regularly. Companies like Kingston had innovated in the late 2010s to deliver 1TB and 2TB thumb drives. They were overpriced and over-sized for their product…

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No more fans: Phison's new PCIe Gen 5 controller sacrifices raw SSD speed in the name of silence

The new E31T controller promises mainstream PCIe 5.0 SSDs that will still outperform the previous gen but without the need for silly active cooling.

PC Gamer

Phison reveals specs for new USB 4, PCIe Gen 5 SSD hardware -- more details at CES 2024

Phison has announced four new products that will be displayed at CES 2024 next month. These devices include a new USB 4 controller, two new M.2 SSD controllers, and a prototype Gen 5 SSD with speeds of over 14GB/s.

Tom’s Hardware

Phison To Unveil 14.7 GB/s PCIe 5.0 SSD and Cheap USB4 Drives at CES 2024

CES 2024 is a few weeks away, so Phison shared its plans for the consumer electronics industry's biggest trade show this week. Among the headliners of the event will be the company's latest PS5026-E26 Max14um platform for top-of-the-range PCIe Gen5 SSDs, as well as the PS2251-21 (U21) single-chip platform for…

AnandTech

Silicon Motion's PCIe 5.0 SSD Controller is Reportedly Faster and Draws 30% Less Power Than Phison's E26

Silicon Motion shares more information on the SM2508 PCIe 5.0 SSD controller at Memory Trend Seminar 2023.

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Corsair Releases MP700 Pro SSDs: Up 12.4 GB/s With Three Cooling Options

Corsair has introduced its MP700 Pro-series solid-state drives with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface that offer sequential read speed of up to 12.4 GB/s. The new high-end drive family offers a trio of cooling options, including active air cooling and liquid cooling. The SSDs will complement the company's MP700-series PCIe…

AnandTech

Black Friday could be your last chance for a great SSD deal before price rises kick in

We’re told that a reliable source indicates that SSDs are set to get more costly – maybe even a fair bit pricier.

TechRadar

Potential NAND Shortage Could Mean End of Dirt Cheap SSDs

A looming shortage of materials needed to make NAND chips may be the final nail in the coffin for cheap storage and memory.

Tom’s Hardware

Crucial T500 Gen4 NVMe SSD: New Flagship Melds Micron 232L 3D TLC and Phison E25

Crucial is unveiling its latest addition to its Gen4 consumer NVMe SSD lineup today - the T500 PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD. It takes over flagship duties from the Crucial P5 Plus in this category. The company had started to put focus on the high-end consumer SSD segment earlier…

AnandTech

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

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…

AnandTech

The world’s fastest SSD has just been tested and it packs an unbelievable smart cooling system

The Phison E26 Max14um ES 2TB SSD delivers speeds of more than 14GB/s

TechRadar

Seagate FireCuda 540 review

High performance and peace of mind at a very steep early adopter price.

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Phison Demos 14 GB/s Max14um Gen5 SSD

Phison ups performance of PS5026-E26-based drives to 14 GB/s.

Tom’s Hardware

Other PCIe 5.0 SSDs Are Also Crashing Instead of Throttling

Computerbase reports that the Seagate FireCuda 540, Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 10000, and Adata Legend 970 suffer from crashing instead of thermal throttling.

Tom’s Hardware

Sabrent Rocket Prototype Gen 5 SSD Hits 14 GBps, Could Be World's Fastest

Sabrent's Rocket X5 drive is a massive SSD with world's highest performance.

Tom’s Hardware

Seagate's FireCuda 540 PCIe Gen5 SSD Listed: 1.5M IOPS

Seagate's FireCuda 540 set to hit 10 GB/s, according to an early listing.

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Holy moly SSDs need serious cooling now

Manufacturers are going hard on PCIe 5.0 SSD cooling at Computex 2023.

Tom’s Hardware

TeamGroup's 14.3 GB/s PCIe 5 SSD Aims to Take the Consumer Speed Crown

TeamGroup announces T-Force Z54A SSD with InnoGrit IG5666 controller hitting 14.3 GB/s reads and 11.5 GB/s writes.

Tom’s Hardware

Crucial's PCIe 5.0 SSD Throttles to HDD Speeds Without Cooler, but Avoids Thermal Shutdown

Latest tests show that Crucial’s T700 PCIe 5.0 SSD throttles, as it’s supposed, to when temperatures get out of hand.

PC Gamer

Phison has a fix for its overheating PCIe 5.0 SSD controller

Is there really a need for all this speed?

Tom’s Hardware

PCIe 5.0 SSDs Generate Errors, Shut Down Without Cooler: Fix On The Way

Publications Phoronix and TechPowerUp share their experience running Corsair's MP700 PCIe 5.0 SSD without a cooler.

Tom’s Hardware

Phison Chief Warns of Bankruptcies in the NAND Industry

Phison executive expects further 3D NAND production cuts, as producers lose billions in the first quarter.

Tom’s Hardware

Crucial Prepares to Unleash World’s Fastest Gen 5 SSD

Crucial's T700 Gen 5 SSD is now available for pre-order and will start shipping May 30. The T700 is the world's fastest SSD to date, with read speeds of up to 12 GB/s.

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