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Fore! QLC on PCIe 4.0 from The New Sabrent Rocket Q4

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020TWGHardware

1, 2 Or 4TB? Sabrent have released a Phison E16 controlled PCIe 4.0 Rocket SSD, which uses Micron QLC flash and a bit of DRAM onboard to bring the read speed up to almost 5000MBs. It is QLC so your longevity drops, as does the price, ranging from 200TBW on the 1TB model to 800 […]

PC Perspective Podcast #598 – RTX 3090 Launch! Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4, Microsoft buys Bethesda, and so much more!

September 26, 2020TWGHardware

Join us this week for another technology discussion on the topics that some people really really want to know more about! Nvidia launch roughness continues with limited 3090 availability. Samsung is making a really fast PCIe 4 SSD – but the NAND man! AMD continues with their launching of rumors. ARM making servers – good […]

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 […]