SSD

SSD missing from SAP datacenter turns up on eBay, sparking security investigation

Exclusive Four disks believed stolen from Walldorf facility, at least one containing company data

Storage21 Jun 2023 | 49

Fresh details on the flash that sits inside Mars Perseverance Rover

Plus space-hardened SSDs planned for lunar DC ... if and when that happens

The Reg in Space15 Jun 2023 | 5

Get your cheap memory while growing stockpiles push prices low

Hot DRAM, market likely to 'bounce back with a vengeance' in '24, says Gartner

Storage31 May 2023 | 8

Since when did my SSD need water cooling?

Feature As next-gen storage gets hotter, designs are getting wacky

Storage27 May 2023 | 51

Let's take a closer look at these claims of anti-ransomware SSDs

Inevitably, there's AI involved. Could it work?

Storage24 Apr 2023 | 33

Micron plans staff decimation as demand dips to Great Recession levels

Lower demand? Bid adieu to 10% of workers and cut production

Systems22 Dec 2022 | 12

Micron double decimates production as sales stall

DRAM and NAND wafer production cut 20%

Systems17 Nov 2022 |

Intel’s axed Optane biz spurts out mixed bag of new SSDs

Only one of the two new 3D XPoint-based drives offer a performance improvement

Storage11 Nov 2022 | 12

HDD Clicker gizmo makes flash sound like spinning rust

Made your old computer faster but too quiet? Here's a fun fix

Offbeat30 Sep 2022 | 41

Backblaze thinks SSDs are more reliable than hard drives

The ones used as boot drives in its datacenters seem to be, but perhaps not over time

Storage13 Sep 2022 | 56

Computational storage specs hit v1.0 after 4 years of work

Emerging field now has baseline definitions for vendors to work with

Storage07 Sep 2022 | 7

Flash memory vendors unveil PCIe 5.0 SSDs, latest spec for CXL interconnect tech

Flash Memory Summit Folk of flash meet in person as Compute Express Link 3.0 debuts

Storage05 Aug 2022 | 3

SK hynix and Los Alamos Labs to demo key-value store accelerating SSD

Updated KV Computational Storage Device will be hauled out at Flash Memory Summit next week

Storage01 Aug 2022 | 1

Micron pledges US memory expansion after CHIPS Act passes

With $52 billion on the table, everyone wants their fair share

Storage29 Jul 2022 | 6

Why Intel killed its Optane memory business

Analysis Effort to create a new tier of memory flopped as rivals offered faster and more open alternatives

Storage29 Jul 2022 | 32

NAND flash prices expected to plummet 8-13% in Q3

Did someone say cheap SSDs in time for the holidays?

Systems19 Jul 2022 | 4

Western Digital open to spinning out flash, hard disk businesses

Messrs Elliott strike again

Storage08 Jun 2022 | 9

Samsung unveils hardened SD card that can last 16 years if you treat it right

And apply an asterisk or two

Storage04 May 2022 | 49

Linux kernel patch from Google speeds up server shutdowns

First world problems: Too many NVMe drives, not enough seconds to spare

Storage29 Mar 2022 | 36

Backblaze report finds SSDs as reliable as HDDs

But warns sample size is a bit small to leap to big conclusions

Storage04 Mar 2022 | 18

Flash? Nu-uh. Windows 11 users complain of slow NVMe SSD performance

Updated Microsoft aware of the issue months ago, but not fixed yet

Storage08 Dec 2021 | 60

Do not try this at home: Man spends $5,000 on a 48TB Raspberry Pi storage server

It was not good

Systems18 Nov 2021 | 108

Boffins unveil SSD-Insider++, promise ransomware detection and recovery right in your storage

Firmware-based system recovers encrypted data in seconds, but manufacturers are proving reluctant

Storage09 Sep 2021 | 35

Et tu, Samsung? Electronics giant accused of quietly switching SSD components

Squirrely semiconductor swaps make performance difficult to predict

Storage28 Aug 2021 | 49

SSD belonging to Euro-cloud Scaleway was stolen from back of a truck, then turned up on YouTube

Has since been recovered, and Scaleway now ships disks with GPS trackers

Security27 Jul 2021 | 35

Europe gives SK Hynix the nod to gobble up Intel's NAND flash and solid-state drive biz

I have you now, Samsung

Storage22 May 2021 | 4

Cisco UCS servers slugged by 'This SSD will self-destruct in 40,000 hours' firmware farrago

As Firepower kit hit by rare and ridiculous ‘silkscreen ID flaw’

Networks24 Apr 2020 | 30

HPE fixes another SAS SSD death bug: This time, drives will conk out after 40,000 hours of operation

Get your patch in place to avoid future data loss

Storage25 Mar 2020 | 38

Cache me if you can: HDD PC sales collapse in Europe as shoppers say yes siree to SSD

The days of spinning rust in lappies looks numbered and deskops will be next, says analyst

Storage14 Feb 2020 | 99

Gospel according to HPE: And lo, on the 32,768th hour did thy SSD give up the ghost

Updated Running for more than three years? Check the firmware

Storage25 Nov 2019 | 140

Toshiba Memory Holding Corp slurps Taiwanese firm LITE-ON's SSD biz

What will $165m buy? Brands, ops, workers, IP, channel stocks and OEM deals

Storage02 Sep 2019 |

2019: The year all-flash finally goes lamestream – but you know we were into it before it was cool

Analysts predict solid-state array revenue to overtake spinning rust and hybrid

Storage04 Apr 2019 | 13

Falling NAND prices to drive NVMe SSD uptake, say industry watchers

Flash! Servant of the universe

Storage22 Mar 2019 | 17

Solid state of fear: Euro boffins bust open SSD, Bitlocker encryption (it's really, really dumb)

Security experts frantically facepalming at stupid design

Security05 Nov 2018 | 146

Oh my Tosh, it's only a 100TB small form-factor SSD, SK?

Flash Memory Summit Layer cake magic as flash capacity set to soar

Storage14 Aug 2018 | 61

The age of hard drives is over as Samsung cranks out consumer QLC SSDs

Chaebol to tease desktop units with up to 4TB later this year

Storage07 Aug 2018 | 156

Seagate's Barracuda SSD bares its teeth at PC, laptop upgraders

SATA flash drives to put low-cap disk on endangered list

Storage04 Jul 2018 | 19

Wanted that Windows 10 update but have an Intel SSD? Computer says no

Updated 600p and Pro 6000p devices beset by 'incompatibility issues'

Software10 May 2018 | 62

The new Black: Western Dig doubles capacity on slimmed-down flasher

Beefs-up read speeds too

Storage06 Apr 2018 | 12

Up the stack with you: Microsoft's Denali project flashes skinny SSD controllers

Analysis The goal? Commoditise the data centre NVMe SSD world

Storage28 Mar 2018 | 12

NAND chips are going to stay too pricey for flash to slit disk's throat...

Analysis For a while at least... spinning rust is going to stick around

Storage23 Mar 2018 | 23

Anyone fancy testing the 'unlimited' drive writes claim on Nimbus Data's 100TB whopper SSD?

Samsung, Toshiba sulking in 30TB tiddler territory

Storage19 Mar 2018 | 41

Mum? Dad? Can I have a 3D XPoint disk for my birthday?

Why, yes, junior, now that Intel's released new models for mainstream PCs

Storage09 Mar 2018 | 25

Who was the storage dollar daddy in 2017? S. S. D

But disk shipped 10X more exabytes than flash

Storage28 Feb 2018 | 4

Samsung preps for Z-SSD smackdown on Intel Optane drives

February reveal for wannabe XPoint killer

Storage30 Jan 2018 | 12

Pro Evo-lution shocker: Samsung SSDs focus on endurance over capacity

Can't cram crazy TBs in so new 860s bring speed and longevity

Storage24 Jan 2018 | 13

IBM Zurich wants to spice up your life with SALSA translation layer

Storage boffins get flash and disk dancing together

Storage23 Jan 2018 | 2

Toshiba soups up XG5-P NVMe SSD with 2TB and chunky read/write boost

Premium model doubles capacity, ups IOPS 55 per cent

Storage01 Dec 2017 |

El Reg gets schooled on why SSDs will NOT kill off the trusty hard drive

Interview Shirts will be lost!

Storage24 Aug 2017 | 111

Rowhammer RAM attack adapted to hit flash storage

Project Zero's two-year-old dog learns a new trick

Security17 Aug 2017 | 17

Samsung's bantam SSD makes WD's 'passport' drive look passé

Is that 2TB in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?

Storage16 Aug 2017 | 32

Horsemen of the disk-drive apocalypse will ride upon 256TB SSDs

Analysis The end is nigh! Give it a couple of years

Storage10 Aug 2017 | 66

One drive to rule them all and in the data centre bind them

It's a fancy-pants ruler-shaped form factor among Intel gubbins

Storage08 Aug 2017 | 3

NAND that's that... Flash chip industry worth twice disk drive biz

Analysis Can Seagate escape coming HDD crash?

Storage31 Jul 2017 | 9

SSD price premium over disk faaaalling

Updated IDC SSD forecast sees 44 per cent capacity CAGR 2016-2021

Storage22 May 2017 | 48

Still no flash in a flash as chip supplies remain fried

At least that's what HPE tells us

Storage11 Apr 2017 | 2