Storage
SK hynix early in Friday announced that the company has finished the development of it's PCB01 PCIe Gen5 SSD, the company's forthcoming high-end SSD for OEMs. Based on the company's new Alistar platform, the PCB01 is designed to deliver chart-topping performance for client machines. And, as a sign of the times, SK hynix is positioning the PCB01 for AI PCs, looking to synergize with the overall industry interest in anything and everything AI. The bare, OEM-focused drives have previously been shown off by SK hynix, and make no attempt to hide what's under the hood. The PCB01 relies on SK hynix's Alistar controller, which features a PCIe Gen5 x4 host interface on the front end and eight NAND channels on the back end, placing it...
Samsung SpinPoint T166 500GB: Cool, Quiet, and Quick
Our first look at Samsung's latest SpinPoint T166 drive reveals a quick and affordable drive... oh yeah, did we mention it was quiet?
44 by Gary Key on 7/9/2007Seagate 7200.10 500GB: Hitting the Sweet Spot
Our updated look at Seagate's mid-range Barracuda 7200.10 desktop series that proves you get performance close to what you pay for today.
20 by Gary Key and Dave Robinet on 7/6/2007Super Talent SSD: 16GB of Solid State Goodness
We provide a first look at the Super Talent SSD16GB25/25M Flash Drive that is designed for the commercial and industrial markets.
45 by Gary Key on 5/7/2007Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000: Two Terabyte RAID Redux
We are back with a new test bed to provide an updated but brief review of the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 in RAID 0.
28 by Gary Key on 4/23/2007Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 in RAID 0: Is Two Terabytes really better than One?
Armed with a retail unit we provide a quick second look at the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 in RAID 0 and wonder what all the fuss is about.
49 by Gary Key on 4/19/2007Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000: Terabyte Storage arrives on the Desktop
Our first look at Hitachi's new Deskstar 7K1000 desktop series featuring second generation perpendicular recording technology in a massive 1TB drive.
75 by Gary Key on 3/19/2007Western Digital WD740ADFD: Bottled Lightning
We take a quick look at Western Digital's latest update to their 74GB Raptor drive and discover a drive that is faster at times than its Raptor 150GB counterpart.
27 by Gary Key on 2/7/2007Western Digital WD1600AAJS: 160GB Served on Single Platter
We take a look at the latest Western Digital Caviar SE series featuring 160GB per-platter technology in the ultra competitive budget sector.
19 by Gary Key on 2/5/2007Western Digital and Seagate: 320GB Grudge Match
We take a look at the latest Western Digital SE16 and Seagate 7200.10 320GB hard drives and determine a winner in the mid-range desktop performance sector.
21 by Gary Key on 7/27/2006Western Digital WD2500YD: Enterprise on the Desktop
Our first look at the Western Digital RE16 series featuring the WD2500YD 250GB drive and how it performs against its RE2 siblings.
12 by Gary Key on 6/24/2006Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB: Size Does Matter
Our first look at Seagate's new Barracuda 7200.10 desktop series featuring perpendicular recording technology and industry leading capacities.
45 by Gary Key on 5/18/2006Infrant Technologies’ ReadyNAS NV: Enterprise Features, Desktop Footprint
With personal storage becoming even more important nowadays, many smaller companies are producing solutions for the mainstream home and small office user to archive their most precious data. Take...
14 by Purav Sanghani on 3/17/2006Western Digital WD1500ADFD: King Raptor
Our first look at Western Digital's third-generation Raptor.
52 by Gary Key on 2/8/2006Ricoh EncryptEase: CD-R Password Protection Made Easy
Ricoh's EncryptEase media allows password protection and compression on a normal 650MB CD-R with no extra software. Take a look at how it works.
19 by Purav Sanghani on 2/7/2006Seagate 7200.9 160GB: The Highest Platter Density to Date!
Before Seagate jumps in to manufacturing drives using the perpendicular magnetic recording, it takes a stab at boosting current platter densities. Take a look at their 7200.9 model with...
24 by Purav Sanghani on 1/31/2006Flash Media: 1GB CompactFlash Roundup
With digital photography, personal audio, and personal digital assistants in full force these days, we look at one type of flash media to accompany these devices for added storage...
24 by Purav Sanghani on 12/23/2005Hitachi vs. Western Digital vs. Seagate: A Battle of the Mammoths
We promised a 3-way comparison between Hitachi’s 500GB 7K500, Western Digital’s 400GB WD4000YR, and Seagate’s 7200.9 500GB drive and we keep to our promises. Take a look at how...
46 by Purav Sanghani on 12/2/2005AXIOMTEK ExBoot 80GB External Storage
AXIOMTEK, a 15-year-old storage solution company, takes on the desktop market of storage devices with their ExBoot line of 3.5" external hard drives.
7 by Purav Sanghani on 11/10/2005Sony DRU-810A: New Chipset, New Performance
After looking at the last few Sony drives at our labs, the above average performance of the DRU-810A was pleasantly unexpected!
18 by Purav Sanghani on 10/28/2005Seagate 7200.9 500GB: Mouthwatering Benchmarks
After the October 10, 2005 announcement of the new 7200.9 line from Seagate, we have our hands on the 500GB SATA model and ran it through our desktop drive benchmarks.
46 by Purav Sanghani on 10/24/2005
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