The SN850X is WD's fastest PCIe Gen 4 solid state drive. There are faster PCIe Gen 5 drives out there now (like WD's own ...

The August 2025 Windows 11 update promised a performance boost, but it looks like its critical issues have just grown.

Is a Windows 11 24H2 update nuking SSDs and HDDs? That's the startling claim reported by Neowin. Specifically, it's the ...

Phison, the company whose controllers are used by a few SSD brands, has issued the following statement: "Phison has recently ...

The retailer is offering the 990 PRO at its highest capacity, with a heatsink included, for $279.99. That’s a saving of just ...

Want true next-gen SSD performance? Start with a compatible rig—and one of our top tested PCI Express 5.0 M.2 drives. Here's ...

Before you download the latest Windows 11 update, you should know that some users are reporting that it's causing their SSDs ...

The update in question is KB5063878, which Microsoft launched to the public on Aug. 12. It’s a Windows Secure Boot update ...

Enterprise SSDs, however, have entirely different characteristics. An enterprise drive stored at 25C and operated at 40C has a retention rate of just 20 weeks. In worst-case scenarios or high ...

SSDs are now the norm in computers. With older laptops and desktop PCs, the low capacity of the original SSD is usually the main reason for an upgrade, with the old SSD replaced by one with more ...

SSDs use a combination of methods to overcome this problem, including overprovisioning; wear leveling, a type of load balancing for flash cells; and garbage collection, a process that works in the ...

After four years of aggregated data, the SSDs from a variety of manufacturers are showing a failure rate of 1.05%, well below the 1.83% failure rate of hard drives over the previous four-year period.