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Samsung 980 PRO PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020TWGHardware

The most interesting aspect of the 980 PRO – in this author’s opinion – is the adoption of the design methodology previously reserved for Samsung’s consumer EVO SSD lineup. Gone is the 2-bit MLC, with 3-bit NAND (usually called TLC, but referred to as 3-bit MLC in Samsung’s documentation for the 980 PRO) finding its […]

HP EX900 PRO 1TB NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020TWGHardware

Silicon Motion SM2262EN And 3D TLC NAND The HP EX900 PRO 1TB NVMe SSD is up for review over at Kitguru, a M.2 2280 NVMe SSD of the familiar PCIe 3.0 variety. These particular tests were run on an X570 board with a Ryzen 7 3800X handling the heavy lifting. The SSD ships without a […]

Sprinter; Not A Distance Runner … Samsung 980 Pro Leak

September 1, 2020TWGHardware

Dropped Points In Con To Boost Dex TechPowerUp spotted an accidental leak of PR material on Samsung’s unreleased 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD, which Samsung has taken down. Samsung wasn’t quite fast enough to stop screenshots from being captured, which Ars Technica are hosting over here. These are definitely PR material, so get out […]

More PCIe 4.0! The TeamGroup Cardea Ceramic C440

August 27, 2020TWGHardware

96 Layer BiCS5 TLC Flash And The One And Only PCIe 4.0 Controller TeamGroup’s Cardera Ceramic C440 does hide something interesting under it’s fancy ceramic heatspreader, a 1GB DDR4 chip and an SLC cache both of which help maintain some serious throughput. It is available in 1TB and 2TB models, both of which have a […]