Priced at $999.99 for standard and $1,019.99 for heatsink version

Samsung has announced the pre-order availability for its 8TB 9100 PRO and 9100 PRO with Heatsink SSDs, featuring sequential trransfer speeds of up to 14,800/13,400MB/s and 2,200/2,600k IOPS, for read and write.

Promises fixes via partners after drives start coughing up errors

Phison has confirmed that Windows 11’s latest security updates are trashing SSDs, particularly those based on its PS5012-E12 controller, after a wave of failures was reported by users, mostly in Japan.

Innovative 32-die stack memory gets it the "Best of Show" award

KIOXIA's LC9 Series 245.76TB enterprise SSD, which uses a 32-die stack KIOXIA BiCS FLASH 8th generation QLC 3D flash memory, shone at the Future of Memory and Storage 2025, earning it the FMS "Best of Show" award in the SSD Technology category.

Power-saving speed demons arrive as AI infrastructure gets a storage upgrade

Micron boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs after shoving some serious tech into their latest SSDs to give artificial intelligence an extra kick in the circuits.

Military-grade paranoia in a PCIe 4.0 stick

Teamgroup has decided that blowing up your data should be just a click away, launching the P250Q Self-Destruct SSD for anyone paranoid enough to want their files vaporised at the hardware level.

Reaching 6,000MB/s and at up to 2TB

Kingston has added a new form-factor to the popular NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD lineup, the 2230, which will be perfect for those gaming handheld consoles and other devices.

NVMe drive hits $249 as Gen 5 gear pushes prices down

As PCIe Gen 5 SSDs start to flood the market with faster numbers and eye-watering thermals, Gen 4 gear like the WD_BLACK SN7100 is becoming a proper steal. The 4TB model is now going for just $249.99 on Amazon, slipping under the previous low of $269.99.

Hitting 14,800MB/s

Kingston has officially released its new FURY Renegade G5 PCIe Gen 5 SSD, coming in capacities of up to 4TB and reaching sequential read and write speeds of up to 14,800 and 14,000MB/s.

Coming in three versions

ADATA's gaming brand XPG has launched its newest MARS 980 PCIe Gen5 SSD Series that will be bringing sequential performance speeds of up to 14,000MB/s and come in three versions, with up to 4TB of storage.

Goes full water-cooled for AI SSD at GTC 2025

Solidigm has just removed the fans from its enterprise SSDs and submerged them in liquid cooling at GTC 2025.