Right now the sweet spot for price and performance with SSDs is 1TB, as these drives are fast and affordable. That’s clearly not enough storage for some people though. (Definitely not – Ed) To answer the needs of those with projects as large as their bank accounts, Sabrent has announced …
Read More »Seagate RISC-V Cores
Seagate has designed a pair of custom RISC-V cores to be used in future products as next-generation storage controllers. The chips, which are not referred to by any codename or brand, come in two flavors: A high-performance core and an area-optimized core. The high performance core has already been …
Read More »Google Photo Storage Changes
Google announced two changes to its Google Storage and Google Photos policies that will impact how some users interact with these products. First, Google Photo storage will no longer be free after May 31, 2021. Beginning on June 1, all Google Photos that you upload will count against your …
Read More »The Worst Storage
Last week, we rounded up the best storage mediums of all time. This week, we’re doing the worst. A few notes before we get started: The history of writing and symbolic communication is a fascinating and rich topic — but not a simple one. Different groups of people have developed …
Read More »Everspin unveils MRAM SSDs aimed at the storage accelerator market
Intel and its 3D XPoint memory have dominated recent headlines on NAND flash alternatives, but they’ve never been the only game in town. Everspin, a company whose technology we’ve covered several times in the past, announced today that they will bring new MRAM-based drives to market with new partners and …
Read More »Researchers increase the storage capacity of DNA to 214 petabytes per gram
Hard drives and NAND flash memory can store a lot more data than they could just a few years ago, but they’ve still got nothing on DNA. The genetic material in nearly every cell of your body has a vastly higher storage capacity than a hard drive, and it could …
Read More »AWS Snowball Edge offers 100TB of storage and compute functionality
Amazon’s popular Snowball storage container got a major update today at the company’s re:invent conference. Though largely overshadowed by the new batshit crazy AWS Snowmobile, the aforementioned Snowball will be getting a storage increase to 100 terabytes in addition to computing functionality. Users of the new Snowball Edge will be …
Read More »Apple also doubles storage on old iPads and makes high-end iPad Pro models cheaper
Apple hasn’t mentioned the iPad during its press conference, but it doesn’t mean that the company has no news for the device. The iPhone 7 finally starts with 32GB of storage, and the iPad is also receiving a storage bump. The 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros already start at 32GB, …
Read More »$300 Asus Chromebook Launches With 64GB Of Storage And More
As expected and announced early last month the new Asus Chromebook is now available to purchase the $300 and comes equipped with 4GB of RAM together with 64GB of internal storage. The new Asus Chromebook is powered by an 1.6 GHz Intel Celeron N3160 Quad-Core and Is fitted with a …
Read More »New Xbox One Matte Black Console Offers 1TB Of Storage
Microsoft isn’t waiting for next week’s E3 show to start showing off new things – the company revealed a new version of its Xbox One console today, with a matte black paint job and a larger 1TB hard drive built in. This revamped console also allows you to plug in …
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