The Blue 3D SSD is the first TLC NAND drive whose sustained write performance nearly matches that of MLC NAND drives. Along with its Sandisk 3D Extreme sibling, by far the best bang for your buck in a ...

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Computex 2017 - Western Digital announces two new high-end solid state drives aimed at enthusiasts and gamers. Western Digital has revealed the world's first consumer 64-layer 3D NAND SSDs: the WD ...

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Western Digital is the king of the hard drive market but up to now has been a non-factor in SSDs. However, with its purchase of solid state storage giant, SanDisk, the company immediately leaped to ...

This is it folks, the end of SATA is upon us and the WD Blue SN500 is harbinger to the whole affair. Stuffed onto its 80 x 22mm frame is a single 500GB chip of WD's TLC 3D NAND alongside the company's ...

This week at Computex, Western Digital announced its first line of consumer SSDs that are based on 64-layer 3D NAND memory. Western Digital is marketing the new SSDs under both its WD Blue 3D and ...

If you've ever wanted to be totally blasé with storage space and game installs then Western Digital's 4TB TLC SATA SSD might be the drive for you. Set to rival Samsung's 860 QVO 4TB drive in the ...

WD's Red SA500 SSD is a solid drive for NAS users wanting high capacity storage or cache for their build at a price point that lashes the competition. Building on its successful 3D NAND product lineup ...

Faster and almost as cheap as before, Western Digital unleashes a new take on its formerly SATA Blue SSDs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

The Samsung 860 EVO delivers performance every bit as good as its MLC rivals. It’s a worthy competitor for the WD Blue 3D and Sandisk 3D, two other TLC drives that are undoing TLC’s weak reputation.

Micron’s latest crop of NAND flash memory products comes in three form factors: a 2.5-in., SATA solid state drive (SSD), an M.2 SATA drive, and an M.2 NVMe drive. All utilize Micron’s 32-layer, 3D ...