Storage
At CES 2021, Phison gave us the usual updates on their SSD controller roadmap. The most significant new products coming this year are a pair of USB flash drive controllers for high-end portable SSDs, designed to compete against current solutions that combine a USB to NVMe bridge chip with a standard NVMe SSD controller. Phison is also planning to introduce a new entry-level DRAMless NVMe SSD controller later this year. Phison U17 and U18 USB 3.2 SSD Controllers For portable SSDs, Phison is introducing the U17 and U18 controllers. The U17 uses a USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10Gb/s) host interface and a two-channel NAND interface running at up to 1200 MT/s. The U18 doubles these: USB 3.2 Gen2x2 (20Gb/s) and a four-channel NAND interface. The performance...
Plextor 708A: First exclusive look at 8X DVD+R
Philips spearheaded the DVD+R forum into 8X DVD+R speeds back in July, but today, we get to see the first actual 8X DVD+R drive in action. Who wouldn’t...
41 by Kristopher Kubicki on 9/12/2003CR52-M: CDRW ramps up to 32X
CDRWs are still finding their niche in many developing countries, but in the US, they are starting to show their age. MSI’s newest CR52-M produces solid performance, but...
13 by Kristopher Kubicki on 9/9/2003Price Guides August 2003 Part II: Hard Drives and Memory
This is our first week of actively tracking hard drives. Today we take a quick look at some SATA solutions, along with IDE and DDR memory.
13 by Kristopher Kubicki on 9/2/2003Western Digital's Raptor - Part I: The World's Fastest Desktop Drive
Less than a week after we took a look at Western Digital's Raptor we received a production drive. Let's just say that the performance improvement is just shy...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/11/2003Western Digital Raptor Preview: 10,000RPM & Serial ATA
In our first storage review in years, we take a look at one of the most highly anticipated hard drives in recent history - the world's first 10,000RPM Serial...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2003ASUS CRW-5224A: CDR's Reach The End of the Line
Many people are claiming CDRW drives won't get any faster than 52X. This really is the end of the line for the CDRW drive, although it will be...
4 by Kristopher Kubicki on 1/13/2003ASUS CRW-4012A-U: High Speed Mobile Burning
ASUS takes a stab at the mobile market with their 40X USB 2.0 burner but are they successful? Find out as we take a look at the ASUS...
1 by Kristopher Kubicki on 11/6/2002IDE RAID Comparison
5 RAID cards, 48 different configurations, over 110 hours of benchmarks. For what you ask? Only the most comprehensive IDE RAID article to date. Find out what IDE RAID...
7 by Matthew Witheiler on 6/18/2001OnStream ECHO 30 USB Storage Drive
We have all heard the age-old tale, "backup your data". The number of personal backup devices out there now makes the decision of which one fits your budget/needs a...
0 by Jason Clark on 8/27/2000IBM Deskstar 75GXP Ultra ATA 100 Hard Drive
AnandTech takes a look at the popular IBM 75 GXP hard drive. It boasts an impressive list of features, but does it have what it takes to steal the...
1 by Scott Gooden on 7/26/2000Quantum Fireball Plus LM Review
We test Quantum's latest ATA offering, the Fireball Plus LM, a 30GB, 7200-RPM, Ultra ATA/66 hard drive, which promises to give the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus a run for its...
0 by Scott Gooden on 5/18/2000Ultra ATA/66 versus Ultra ATA/33 Comparison
We took three recently reviewed hard drives and ran them through the paces under the Ultra ATA/33 interface. We then compared these results with our previous Ultra ATA/66 test...
0 by Scott Gooden on 5/16/2000Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 Ultra ATA 66 HDD
With this first update to the March 2000 Hard Drive Roundup; we are fulfilling our promise to continue to bring you hard drive reviews on a regular basis. In...
0 by Scott Gooden on 4/14/2000Ultra ATA 66 Hard Drive Roundup - March 2000
With our first hard drive roundup in over a year, we take a look at six Ultra ATA 66 hard drives and put them to the test -...
0 by Scott Gooden on 3/14/2000
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