If you're not 100% up on your NAND storage terms, the first thing we need to talk about is cell levels. The fastest and most durable NAND storage is SLC—the Single Level Cell. An SLC NAND cell has ...
While early QLC did have issues with slowdowns and reliability, the technology has matured to a point where the average user won't be able to tell the difference between TLC and QLC. It's no longer ...
Crucial’s new QLC M.2 SSD delivers serious capacity at a very low price. But that affordability comes at a cost—it's tangibly slower than drives with TLC flash and higher-spec controllers. The real ...
I'm not sure I've ever heard that it's dangerous to fill an SSD. It might slow down a little if you fill it up, but you're not going to lose data or get corruption. It makes it harder for the SSD to ...
A new technical paper titled “EXAM: Exploiting Exclusive System-Level Cache in Apple M-Series SoCs for Enhanced Cache Occupancy Attacks” was published by researchers at Northeastern University. “Cache ...
Sandisk's WD_Black SN8100 is by far the fastest SSD we have ever tested. Available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 8 TB, this drive can push read/write speeds well in excess of 14,000 MB/s. The ...