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Micron introduces a new series of SSDs under its Crucial brand name. The P5 series is equipped with tlc nand memory and has a controller with dram cache. There will be variants of 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB.Micron does not report which…

Micron releases the P2 generation of SSDs with qlc nand memory under its Crucial brand name. For the time being, the line-up consists of two variants, with 250GB and 500GB, where the P1 generation consisted of models with 500GB, 1TB and…

Western Digital and Kioxia, the former Toshiba Memory, have presented the fifth generation of their 3D Nand memory under the name BiCS5. The nand memory consists of 112 layers; in the fourth generation that was 96 layers.Western Digital…

Intel has released its 665p SSD. For the time being, there is only a variant with 1TB flash memory. A 2TB version is coming early next year. The SSD uses qlc-nand which is made up of 96 layers. The 665p is pretty much the same as the…

Intel comes with a successor to the 660p-nvme-ssds. The Intel 665p SSDs get 96-layer qlc-nand, the 660p has 64-layer qlc-nand. It is not yet known when the 665p series will be released on the market and what the SSDs will cost.Intel…

Toshiba has started researching PLC nand memory, flash memory that stores five bits per cell. The company has gotten a modified version of its qlc-nand to work as plc-nand. However, there are still many challenges.In order for plc-nand…

Intel has given its cheaper Pentium and Celeron processors support for Optane memory. Users must run the Optane installation file and update the Rapid Storage Technology driver for support.Intel has added the extension of Optane's support…

Intel has hinted in the context of the CES fair in Las Vegas that it will release new SSDs, in which the company combines Optane memory with qlc-nand. These are solid state disks in an m2 form factor.Intel reports that with the new SSDs,…

SK Hynix has announced 96-layer 512Gbit nand memory that the company dubs '4d nand'. The company combines 3d-nand with periphery under cell technology. Mass production is due to start this year.For the new memory type, SK Hynix…

Samsung is going to release the 860 QVO and the 980 QVO, respectively a sata and an nvme ssd with qlc-nand. There will also be new variants of the current 970 Evo and the PM981 with 96-layer TLC Nand memory.Samsung mentioned the arrival…