Because of what SSDs are, solid-state drives (SSDs) are a core component of any modern PC, whether it’s a traditional SATA SSD or a more modern NVMe drive. Knowing the difference between these two ...

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Intel’s products using 3D XPoint NAND are all branded within the Optane family, so don’t get them confused. The new Optane SSD 900p isn’t the same as the previous M.2 option that we’ve seen earlier ...

Optane Memory uses a "least recently used" (LRU) approach to determine what gets stored in the fast cache. All initial data reads come from the slower HDD storage, and the data gets copied over to the ...

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It's time to review some next-level M.2. NVMe shizzle, yes we review the Corsair MP600 PCIe Gen 4.0 SSD. Of course it is an SSD you can seat into any PCIe 3.0 compatible PC, however, if you place it ...

Sony and Microsoft may use PCIe 3.0 SSDs in tandem with Optane-like cache technology to accelerate data in their next-gen consoles, leading to massively improved load times, revolutionary asset ...

Last year Intel launched its 16GB and 32GB Optane Cache modules (about a year ago) and its 280GB and 480GB Optane SSD 900P Series, which were aimed at enthusiast and pro users. Now it hopes to deliver ...

Solid-state drives are universally faster than old-school hard-disk drives, but not all SSDs are the same. They come in different shapes and sizes, have different maximum speeds, and as you might ...

Intel has a history of caching technologies, all made to improve the performance of your systems slowest points. Their newest technology in this area is the Intel Optane which is designed as a cache ...