VIPER, a trademarked brand of PATRIOT and a global leader in performance memory, solid-state drives, and flash storage solutions, is proud to announce the market launch of its VPR400, the world's first RGB M.2 PCIe Gen 4x4 SSD. A unique aluminum heat spreader has been included to keep the drive thermally stable while accenting the onboard RGB LEDs. This SSD is built using the latest Innogrit IG5220 Gen4x4 controller along with the highest quality 3D NAND memory chips, allowing the drive to provide the 4K Aligned Random Read and Write speeds up to 600K and 500K IOPs and Sequential Read and Write speeds up to 4,600MB/s and 4,400MB/s (1TB model). Now available in capacities of 1TB and 512GB.

"The VIPER VPR400 has been crafted to deliver blazing speeds and performance for intense gaming and video content creation. VIPER understands that keeping high-speed SSDs thermally stable is the key to maintaining the storage unit's performance and longevity. "Said Roger Shinmoto, Vice President of VIPER GAMING.

Silicon Power (SP) releases its first line of memory modules featuring the all-new, next-gen DDR5 technology. Designed for gaming, the XPOWER Zenith DDR5 UDIMM module is available in both RGB and non-RGB forms.

DDR5 Unleashes Game-Changing Performance
Experience even faster frequencies, greater capacities, and lower voltages with the latest release in our Zenith Series, the XPOWER Zenith DDR5 UDIMM module. Take your gaming abilities to new high scores with turbo speeds ranging from 5200MHz to 6000MHz. It's available in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB module densities with double the banks and double the burst length compared to DDR4 to give hardcore gamers and overclockers the power to harness DDR5's game-changing performance.

Nikon Corporation (Nikon) is pleased to announce the release of the MC-CF660G memory card.

The MC-CF660G is a CFexpress (Type B) memory card with a large capacity of 660 GB. It realizes a high speed read rate of approximately 1700 MB/s (maximum) and high speed write rate of approximately 1500 MB/s (maximum). It is the perfect memory card for recording video and stills with the Nikon Z 9 full-frame/FX-format mirrorless camera, and especially ideal for recording video in the 8.3K/60p N-RAW format, and for video recording over extended periods of time.

Nikon will continue to contribute to the development of imaging culture, with the hope of expanding the possibilities for imaging expression.

CDRLabs has put together a brief review of be quiet!'s M.2 SSD coolers, the MC1 and MC1 Pro. Both coolers feature an all-black finish for an elegant look and provide efficient cooling, enabling maximum read and write speeds for single and double sided M.2 2280 modules. Where the MC1 is slim enough to fit in a PS5, the MC1 Pro takes things to another level with an integrated heat pipe for even higher cooling performance.

Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the release of its latest encrypted USB drive, IronKey Vault Privacy 50 (VP50) with FIPS 197 certification and AES 256-bit hardware-encryption in XTS mode for data security.

Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 50 supports Admin, User, and One-Time Recovery passwords with Complex or Passphrase modes. This multi-password option enhances the ability to recover access to data on the drive should one of the passwords be forgotten. While traditional Complex mode allows for passwords from 6-16 characters using 3 out of 4 character sets, the new passphrase mode gives users the ability to have a numeric PIN, sentence, list of words, or even lyrics from 10 to 64 characters long that’s unique, yet memorable to them. To aid in password entry, the “eye” symbol can be enabled to reveal the typed-in password to reduce failed login attempts.

Micron Technology, Inc., today announced the upcoming availability of two new consumer storage products, the Crucial P3 Plus Gen4 NVMe and Crucial P3 NVMe solid state drives (SSDs), as an expansion of its award-winning Crucial NVMe SSD product portfolio. The all new Crucial P3 Plus SSD product line will deliver attractive price-performance metrics with sequential read/write speeds up to 5000/4200MB/s, while next-generation Crucial P3 SSDs will provide read/write speeds up to 3500/3000MB/s. Both drives will be available in capacities up to 4TB, making them the ideal scalable storage solutions that professionals, creatives, gamers and other high-performance users need.

“For users that have been waiting to upgrade their PCs to Gen4 SSDs, the wait is over. With the forthcoming availability of the new Crucial P3 Plus SSD, anyone seeking high-performance SSDs can upgrade to NVMe Gen4 storage and affordably futureproof their PC,” said Teresa Kelley, vice president and general manager of Micron’s Commercial Products Group. “Both the Crucial P3 Plus and P3 SSD products will strengthen our overall SSD portfolio and NVMe product category by offering competitive choices for high-performance storage that enables users to get more done in less time.”

Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend), a leading manufacturer of memory and digital storage products, has announced its new-generation DDR5 DRAM modules targeting business and personal computers. In compliance with the JEDEC standards, Transcend’s DDR5 memory modules take speed, capacity, and reliability even further, bringing ground-breaking performance to metaverse, high performance computing (HPC), and virtual economy.

The DDR5 module starts its speed at 4800 MT/s, a 50% increase compared to its predecessor, while the DDR4 is at 3200 MT/s. Its strengths lie not only in its high bandwidth, but low power consumption, because the operating voltage has dropped from 1.2V to 1.1V, which effectively enhances the overall power efficiency. The DDR5 is also equipped with the on-module Power Management IC, which allows for better control of system power and a higher signal integrity. Meanwhile, the on-die ECC mechanism pushes the system reliability to a new level for computing-intensive applications.