CORSAIR, a world leader in enthusiast components for gamers, creators, and PC builders, today announced two new additions to its lineup of M.2 Solid State Drives, MP600 GS and MP600 PRO NH. MP600 GS brings a competitive new level of performance to the CORSAIR PCIe 4.0 M.2 lineup at a great price, delivering a capable read speed of up to 4,800MB/sec. MP600 PRO NH offers a new variant of the celebrated MP600 PRO, now with near universal compatibility thanks to the low-profile form factor, at blistering speeds of up to 7,000MB/sec. Whether it’s the great value performance of MP600 GS, or the wide compatibility and high speeds of MP600 PRO NH, CORSAIR SSDs give PC enthusiasts more choice and performance whether building a new PC or planning their next upgrade.

MP600 GS strikes a new compelling balance between performance and endurance for users looking to upgrade an existing PC or laptop, or for new builds. Using high-density 3D TLC NAND, MP600 GS offers 1200TB/Write endurance and data speeds that far surpass those of traditional SATA SSDs all in an industry standard M.2 2280 form factor. With a slim form factor, MP600 GS has wide compatibility across motherboards and laptops and is able to give even an older system an immediate M.2 SSD upgrade. Available in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities, MP600 GS is the ideal entry point to Gen4 M.2 SSD performance.

Mythical landscapes and fearsome Norse gods and monsters lay in wait as Kratos and Atreus explore the Nine Realms in the highly anticipated God of War™ Ragnarök, coming this November. The follow up to PlayStation’s critically acclaimed God of War title is certain to capture the imagination and excitement of gamers, and it has inspired Seagate to offer a new special edition external hard disk drive (HDD) Game Drive featuring one-of-a-kind artwork inspired by the game.

Adding to Seagate’s expanding line of PlayStation storage for gamers, the new officially licensed Seagate special edition God of War Ragnarök Game Drive for PlayStation®5 (PS5™) and PlayStation®4 (PS4™) consoles features a stunning design based on the title and customizable LED RGB light. The external 2TB HDD expands storage capacity letting players spend less time managing console storage and more time gaming.

Lexar, a leading global brand of flash memory solutions, is proud to announce the new Lexar® Professional CFexpress™ Type A Card GOLD Series in the 320GB capacity. Ideal for professional creators, photographers, and videographers who want to capture high-quality images with superior read speed up to 900MB/s. The 320GB model will be bundled with the Lexar® Professional CFexpress™ Type A / SD™ USB 3.2 Gen 2 Reader for a more seamless workflow from field to post-production.

With read speed up to 900MB/s and write speed up to 800MB/s, Lexar® Professional CFexpress™ Type A Card GOLD Series 320GB is designed to seamlessly capture high-resolution images and cinema-quality 8K video. It is also ideal for professionals who need to handle demanding workflow on the go.

Also, the Lexar® Professional CFexpress™ Type A Card GOLD Series 320GB allows professional creators to get back to business without having to constantly switch cards. And for added peace of mind, the card is also rated Video Performance Guarantee 400 (VPG 400) meeting a minimum write speed of 700MB/s so your content is captured seamlessly without dropping a frame.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, as promised at Flash Memory Summit 2022 and Samsung Memory Tech Day 2022, announced today that it has begun mass producing a 1-terabit (Tb) triple-level cell (TLC) eighth-generation Vertical NAND (V-NAND) with the industry’s highest bit density. At 1Tb, the new V-NAND also features the highest storage capacity to date, enabling larger storage space in next-generation enterprise server systems worldwide.

"As market demand for denser, greater-capacity storage pushes for higher V-NAND layer counts, Samsung has adopted its advanced 3D scaling technology to reduce surface area and height, while avoiding the cell-to-cell interference that normally occurs with scaling down," said SungHoi Hur, Executive Vice President of Flash Product & Technology at Samsung Electronics. "Our eighth-generation V-NAND will help meet rapidly growing market demand and better position us to deliver more differentiated products and solutions, which will be at the very foundation of future storage innovations."

CDRLabs kicks off the week with a review of ADATA's latest PCIe 4.0 SSD, the LEGEND 960. Designed for professional-level tasks such as 3D graphics, film production and computer-aided engineering, this M.2 form factor drive is powered by Silicon Motion's new SM2264 controller and is available with up to 2TB of 3D TLC NAND flash. The LEGEND 960 also utilizes dynamic SLC caching and a DRAM cache buffer to improve read and write performance as well as advanced hardware Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) code technology and AES 256-bit encryption to ensure data security and integrity. To top it all off, the LEGEND 960 is equipped with a slim, aluminum heatsink as well as an ultra-fast PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe 1.4 interface to deliver up to 7,400 MB/s read and 6,800 MB/s write speeds.

Today, Seagate announces three all-new external hard disk drives (HDD) featuring designs inspired by the stories and characters of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther. The officially licensed HHDs are available this month and join the company’s line of special edition storage devices.

Paying homage to T’Challa (aka Black Panther), Shuri, and Okoye, these special edition HDDs deliver one-of-a-kind pieces of Marvel artwork to fans and highlight traits of the characters with customizable RGB LED lighting1: magenta to honor Black Panther, cyan for the innovative style of Princess Shuri, and yellow for the elite strength of the warrior, Okoye.

GIGABYTE Technology, one of the top global manufacturers of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, announces today the latest PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD - AORUS Gen4 5000E which comes in two capacities of 500GB and 1000GB with 5000 MB/s read speed and 30% lower on overall power consumption. The AORUS Gen4 5000E has passed several comprehensive performance and stability tests to ensure users the most stable SSD with next-level performance.

“PCIe M.2 SSD dominates the present market with its advantages of small size and premium performance, making it the perfect choice for users to enhance storage performance, especially in the case of speedy PCIe 4.0 SSDs”, said Jackson Hsu, Director of the GIGABYTE Channel Solutions Product Development Division. “Since the well-reputed PCIe 4.0 SSD first launched in 2019, GIGABYTE carries on with the belief in providing top-quality products to meet the needs of superior performance and ultra durability. AORUS Gen4 5000E SSD with 5000 MB/s read speed performs a key role in the improvement of storage performance”.