Kioxia and Sandisk sample world’s densest 3D NAND — new 332-Layer beats Samsung’s 400-Layer NAND

Kioxia, Sandisk begin to sample BiCS10 3D NAND: 332 active layers and over 29 Gb/mm2 areal capacity.

RAMpocalyse pricing prompts maker to construct his own memory using ancient Apollo-era tech — USB drive resurrects hand-threaded magnetic core memory using salvaged Russian computer parts
RAMpocalyse pricing prompts maker to construct his own memory using ancient Apollo-era tech — USB drive resurrects hand-threaded magnetic core memory using salvaged Russian computer parts

DIYer shows how they made a handsome magnetic core memory USB drive using home CNC and 3D printing equipment. However, it isn’t a homebrew answer to the AI-induced memory crisis with only 64 bits of data capacity

Chinese YMTC SSDs make their way into retail Lenovo laptops — media outlet slams YMTC PCIe 4.0 drive for ‘below average for an SSD in an office laptop’ in review

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.

GitHub thumbs nose at Sony’s controversial end to physical media with its introduction of Repo CDs — offers limited run of 1,000 CD-ROM copies of public GitHub repos for preservation

GitHub has announced that it will be giving developers a way to obtain their public repo on a CD-ROM. Context is provided by Sony’s recent decision to abandon game discs.

Solidigm VP talks PCIe 6.0 SSDs, next-gen floating gate NAND, liquid cooled storage and more — Avi Shetty, VP of AI, Solutions & Market Enablement discusses the future of enterprise storage tech
Solidigm VP talks PCIe 6.0 SSDs, next-gen floating gate NAND, liquid cooled storage and more —  Avi Shetty, VP of AI, Solutions & Market Enablement discusses the future of enterprise storage tech

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.

Best Amazon Prime Day SSD deals 2026 — savings on Samsung, WD, Crucial, and other SSDs at Amazon, Newegg, and others
Best Amazon Prime Day SSD deals 2026 — savings on Samsung, WD, Crucial, and other SSDs at Amazon, Newegg, and others

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.