The AGI AI828 is a budget drive with subpar performance and power efficiency. This makes it a last resort, although in the current market, it might be good enough for some.
Silicon Motion is a relatively new entrant to the data center storage market, which has quickly landed orders from various customers and is now ramping up shipments of its high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD controllers both to CSPs and hyperscalers. Being a new player, the company has a unique view on the market, which it shared with Tom’s Hardware.
The Samsung 990 is the QLC variant of the manufacturer’s 990 EVO Plus. Despite having newer flash, it largely performs like last-gen, with mediocre power efficiency.
The TeamGroup G70 Pro is a high-end drive without a high-end price. Good performance, but poor power efficiency keeps it in check.
u/Hartkralle says that eBay refunds them when they report these fake drives, so getting scammers banned from the platform is worth their effort. While fake sellers would likely just create a new account on eBay in an hour or so, they say that it’s still another hour before an unsuspecting victim buys these fraudulent items.
Kioxia, Sandisk begin to sample BiCS10 3D NAND: 332 active layers and over 29 Gb/mm2 areal capacity.
Lenovo has seemingly begun using YMTC SSDs in some of its laptop models, allowing the Chinese storage chip company to gain a foothold in the U.S. This is despite its inclusion on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Entity List and its branding by the Pentagon as a Chinese military company.
The Samsung 9100 Pro SSD is still sporting its Prime Day price. Grab one at this low price while you can.
In an interview with Tom’s Hardware Premium, Solidigm’s Avi Shetty discusses the future of high-capacity SSDs, Floating-Gate NAND, PLC memory, PCIe 6.0 storage, liquid-cooled SSDs, Nvidia’s Storage Next vision, and why the company believes AI will drive demand for even denser NAND flash-based storage technologies.
We’ve rounded up the best SSD deals to help you expand your PC’s storage without breaking the bank during Amazon Prime Day 2026. We’re constantly updating this list with the best deals across all retailers throughout the year.