Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first NVMe PCIe solid state drive (SSD) in a single ball grid array (BGA) package, for use in next-generation PCs and ultra-slim notebook PCs. The new BGA NVMe SSD, named PM971-NVMe, features an extremely compact package that contains all essential SSD components including NAND flash memory, DRAM and controller while delivering outstanding performance.

“Samsung’s new BGA NVMe SSD triples the performance of a typical SATA SSD, in the smallest form factor available, with storage capacity reaching up to 512GB,” said Jung-bae Lee, senior vice president, Memory Product Planning & Application Engineering Team, Samsung Electronics. “The introduction of this small-scale SSD will help global PC companies to make timely launches of slimmer, more stylish computing devices, while offering consumers a more satisfactory computing environment.”

A global leading brand of high-performance digital storage devices, Plextor, will announce its new generation of consumer and industrial grade solid state drive (SSD) products during Computex 2016; including the highly anticipated M8Pe series for professional gamers and the unique EX1 portable external SSD. Plextor's new series of SSD products use exclusively developed, advanced technologies that provide excellent performance to capture the attention of the market and various industries, and is expected to set a revolutionary new standard for SSD products.

Plextor, with its iconic PCIe SSD product which has won wide recognition in terms of professional gaming standards, will be showcasing its latest M8Pe series during this year's Computex; it inherits the ultra-fast performance of Plextor's professional gaming SSDs and features a unique heat sink design. The M8Pe is able to make use of its internal convection to rapidly reduce the SSD's operating temperature, prevent shortening the SSD's service life due to overheating. At the same time, the SSD features optimum temperature control in order to maintain the computer's maximum operating speed. Besides the sleek and large heat sink, the M8Pe is also equipped with dazzling illuminating components, giving it an appearance and performance that will definitely amaze gamers who are into making computer modifications.

Patriot, a leading manufacturer of high performance computer memory, SSDs, gaming peripherals, consumer flash storage solutions and mobile accessories, today announced its latest budget solid state drive (SSD), the Spark, aimed at offering consumers reliable performance at a price that won’t break the bank.

The Spark SSD will be available in capacities of 128GB, 256GB and 512GB to fulfill the needs of serious PC gamers storing large capacity games, content creators and everyday computer users. Utilizing the Phison S11 controller and TLC NAND, for a more budget friendly price, the Spark delivers on performance. With impressive read and write speeds for such an affordable drive, the Spark will reach sequential speeds of up to 555MB/s read and 500MB/s write to meet the standards of consumers looking to optimize screen time.

Patriot, a leading manufacturer of consumer flash storage solutions, computer memory, SSDs, gaming peripherals and mobile accessories, today announced the release of the EP PRO-II SD and microSDXC cards. Equipped with UHS-II connectors, UHS Speed Class 3 and Class 10, the EP PRO-II cards will provide users with top of the line transfer speeds as well as ample storage.

Patriot’s fastest cards to come to market, the EP PRO-II SDXC and EP PRO-II microSDXC cards offer users unrivaled data transfer speeds. With maximum read speeds of up to 280MB/s and maximum write speeds of up to 100MB/s the EP PRO-II cards will provide superior performance for professional videographers and photographers with advanced media devices such as the Panasonic Lumix™ GH4 and the Fujifilm™ X-T1. Available in 64GB to 512GB capacities in the EP PRO-II SDXC full card and 32GB to 128GB in the EP PRO-II microSDXC card, consumers will never miss a second due to a lack of storage space.