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Four of the Nextorage G Series EEA gaming SSDs float in a blue-to-pink gradient void.
Nextorage unveils fresh new gaming SSDs, but they only come with a one-year warranty

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Has the memory supply crisis claimed another victim?

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A promotional image of the SK hynix 321-layer QLC PQC21 SSD, against a colorful gradient background
SK hynix's latest 321-layer QLC flash memory chips are ready to roll out, with Dell's PCs first in line to host the tiny SSDs

By Nick Evanson Published

News What's good for SK hynix and Dell isn't necessarily good for you. Yet.

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Teamgroup MP44Q SSD on a desk.
Teamgroup MP44Q 2 TB NVMe SSD review

By Zak Storey Published

Score: 68% Arrived at a bad time.

Score: 68%
This photo taken on July 5, 2025 shows signage for Japanese company Kioxia, the world's third largest manufacturer of NAND flash memory chips, at their Yokohama Technology Campus in the Ofuna area of Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)
Memory manufacturer Kioxia reveals its entire NAND flash production volume for 2026 is already 'sold out'

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News And we're unlikely to see supply improve until 2027 at the earliest.

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The SK Hynix Semiconductor Inc. logo is displayed at the company's plant during a media tour organized by Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) in Cheongju, South Korea, on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. KICOX, which develops and manages industrial complexes and support for resident enterprises as a public company under South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, held a media tour to the plant
SK Hynix's unique way of chopping cells in two is a big step in making PLC flash memory chips viable and could offer a solution to ballooning SSD prices

By Nick Evanson Published

News Though we're still some way off from seeing the light at the end of the AI-induced tunnel.

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The Micron 3610 SSD rests on a reflective surface on a black background.
Micron isn't done with consumer SSDs after all, unveiling a PCIe 5.0 QLC drive that should be both affordable *and* fast

By Jess Kinghorn Published

CES 2026 QLC, not QVC.

CES 2026
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB NVMe SSD on a white background
AI cloud companies have guzzled up so much HDD storage that they might be coming for our SSDs next

By Jacob Fox Published

News *Smiles nervously*.

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A promotional image by SK Hynix, showing two 321-layer QLC NAND flash modules with a flash memory wafer in the background.
SK Hynix's 'world first' 321-layer QLC flash memory chips, boasting 100% faster transfer speeds and up to 56% greater write performance, will be in gaming PCs next year

By Nick Evanson Published

News This could be the turning point where we all stop going 'Eww' when we see a QLC SSD.

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A promotional, stylised image for Micron's G9 QLC NAND flash memory chip
Want size and speed in your SSD? Micron's new 2600 boasts 'up to 63% faster sequential write and 49% faster random write speeds' than the competition

By Nick Evanson Published

News Dancing the SLC, TLC, and QLC three-way tango.

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Crucial P3 Plus 2TB NVMe SSD on a white background
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB

By Jeremy Laird Published

Review More capacity for less cash. But at what cost?

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