Toshiba to double HDD production capacity amid devastating shortages
Toshiba to double HDD production capacity amid devastating shortages

Toshiba doubles HDD capacity in the Philippines in fiscal 2027, in time for 30TB-class HDD ramp in 2027.

BiWin’s CL 100 Mini is a particularly puny but potent SSD for portable gaming
BiWin’s CL 100 Mini is a particularly puny but potent SSD for portable gaming

BiWin’s CL 100 Mini is a particularly puny but potent SSD for portable gaming — 15 x 17mm in size and up to 2 TB in capacity

Micron lawsuit claims Chinese memory maker YMTC poached its engineers, then sued it using its own stolen tech

Micron files a lawsuit against Yangtze Memory, claims that some of the patents which YMTC uses against Micron in various courts were granted to former YMTC engineers who took crucial know-how from Micron and took it to YMTC.

Sony released the first CD audio player on this day in 1982

Sony launched the world’s first CD player on this day in 1982, kickstarting the compact disc digital audio era.

Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P 2TB SSD review: A PS5 SSD you recognize at a price you don’t
Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P 2TB SSD review: A PS5 SSD you recognize at a price you don’t

The Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P is a WD Black SN850P by another name. It’s a great PS5 SSD with good performance in a mature package, but with a stiff premium.

China’s YMTC wins patent battle against Micron in ongoing 3-year legal war over memory patents
China’s YMTC wins patent battle against Micron in ongoing 3-year legal war over memory patents

A Munich court has granted YMTC two injunctions against Micron over 3D NAND patents, the latest development in a years-long cross-border legal battle between the memory rivals.

Beat the Switch 2 storage crisis with this $99 512GB microSD Express card
Beat the Switch 2 storage crisis with this $99 512GB microSD Express card

Amazon has slashed 33% off the price of the Samsung P9 microSD Express card for the Nintendo Switch 2, bringing it down to $99.99.

New DapuStor SSD pairs high-capacity QLC with a permanent pSLC region — trades 6% to 20% of its QLC capacity for more than 7x faster random writes
New DapuStor SSD pairs high-capacity QLC with a permanent pSLC region — trades 6% to 20% of its QLC capacity for more than 7x faster random writes

DapuStor’s dual-mode J5060 QLC SSD runs part of its NAND as pSLC, trading 4TB of a 30.72TB drive for 800GB of fast flash.

New DapuStor SSD pairs high-capacity QLC with a permanent pSLC region
New DapuStor SSD pairs high-capacity QLC with a permanent pSLC region

DapuStor’s dual-mode J5060 QLC SSD runs part of its NAND as pSLC, trading 4TB of a 30.72TB drive for 800GB of fast flash.

iPhone 18 Pro Max storage can drop lower than a hard drive at 1.1 MB/s during heavy writes — QLC NAND offers higher capacity but reportedly suffers 38% drop compared to TLC-based Pro
iPhone 18 Pro Max storage can drop lower than a hard drive at 1.1 MB/s during heavy writes — QLC NAND offers higher capacity but reportedly suffers 38% drop compared to TLC-based Pro

Apple’s use of QLC NAND allows the iPhone 18 Pro Max to offer higher storage capacity, but Homolab’s testing highlights the potential performance trade-off under sustained writes.