Kioxia Corporation today announced that its KIOXIA PM7 Series of enterprise SAS SSDs are now available for customer evaluation. Targeted at enterprise applications and use cases – including high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, caching layer, and financial trading and analysis – the new drives bring improved performance, reliability and security to enterprise servers and storage. With an emphasis on security, the PM7 Series is FIPS 140-2 certified and currently under test for FIPS 140-3 certification.

Designed for modern IT infrastructures, 24G SAS (SAS-4) doubles effective bandwidth over 12Gb/s SAS (SAS-3). Featuring Kioxia’s 5th generation BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory, the PM7 Series delivers sequential read performance of up 4.2Gigabytes (GB) per second (GB/s) and 720K random read IOPS, achieving approximately 20% performance improvement over the previous generation KIOXIA PM6 Series. The new Kioxia drives are available in capacities up to 30.72terabytes (TB), making them the industry’s highest capacity 2.5-inch SAS SSD.

As data processing requirements continue to evolve, cloud-scale infrastructure requires solutions that maximize bandwidth, minimize latency and are optimized for efficient resource utilization. Microchip Technology Inc. today announced the newest member of the Flashtec controller family, the NVMe 4016 SSD controller. As the industry’s highest-performing PCIe® Gen 5 NVMe SSD controller, the Flashtec NVMe 4016 controller addresses the market demand for high-reliability, high-performance Solid-State Drives (SSDs) delivering greater than 14 GB per second throughput and over 3 million IOPS. With advanced Credit Management technology, this next-generation controller offers the stringent Quality of Service (QoS) required by today’s cloud-focused data center applications.

“Microchip is proud to announce the next generation of our Flashtec NVMe controller product line. Its market-leading performance, coupled with our proven and flexible architecture, means the NVMe 4016 can provide our cloud and OEM customers with a cutting-edge platform for their PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD solutions,” said Pete Hazen, vice president of Microchip’s data center solutions business unit.

QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solution innovator, today introduced the new short depth rackmount NAS – the TS-x64eU. There are three models available: the 4-bay TS-464eU, the 8-bay TS-864eU and the 8-bay with redundant power TS-864eU-RP. All the TS-x64eU models are powered by an Intel® Celeron® N5095/5105 quad-core processor with dual 2.5GbE ports, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports and 4K HDMI output for multimedia and virtual machine display. The TS-x64eU series provides a complete backup/recovery solution (local, offsite and cloud) and a cloud storage gateway alongside expandable storage capacity and feature-rich apps.

“The compact short depth design of the TS-x64eU NAS series provides a versatile solution for modern businesses and organizations. The TS-x64eU adds high flexibility to IT network infrastructure deployment with high performance, high-speed I/O ports and high expandability. Offering versatile business applications, the TS-x64eU meets requirements for optimized data storage, backup, sharing, disaster recovery and hybrid cloud,” said Xavier Hsu, Product Manager of QNAP.

Silicon Power (SP) releases its newest UDIMM memory module with the latest, groundbreaking DDR5 technology. Read on to learn why it’s time to ditch your DDR4 module and make the upgrade.

Harness The Power Of DDR5
Taking speed, capacity, and reliability even further, the cutting-edge technology of this DDR5 module gives that next-level edge for your system's performance. With aggressive speeds of 4800MHz, it's 1.5x faster than standard 3200MHz DDR4 to provide multi-core CPUs with extreme responsiveness and the power to multi-task seamlessly.

Greater Power Efficiency
Even with all of its extra power, this DDR5 module improves upon its predecessor with on-module voltage regulation. A power management integrated circuit (PMIC) reduces the burden on the motherboard control and results in a lower voltage of 1.1V versus 1.2V for DDR4 for even less power consumption.

The all-new Marvel Xtreme M80 USB flash drive from Silicon Power (SP) earns its name for good reason. With industry-leading speeds and storage capacity, this UFD will be at the top of everyone’s list.

Go Xtreme With Top-Tier Speeds
With extreme read speeds up to 600MB/s and write speeds up to 500MB/s, the Marvel Xtreme M80 is our fastest USB flash drive yet. Compared to a standard UFD, that's 5.5x and 16.7x faster, respectively! Make the most of your time and copy huge files to the drive in a matter of seconds! For example, transfer a 5GB file from a PC to the drive in as little as 12 seconds!

The Only USB Flash Drive You'll Need
The Marvel Xtreme M80 is equipped with a Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface and a massive capacity of up to 1TB. With this much space, it's the only UFD you'll need. Add to that its portable-friendly design and simpler and quicker alternative to cloud storage, and you'll definitely want it by your side wherever you go.

Pioneer Japan recently announced its latest 16x Blu-ray Disc writer, the BDR-213JBK. This new, entry-level drive offers support for M-DISC media and is capable of 16x BD-R, 14x BD-R DL, 8x BD-R LTH, 2x BD-RE and 2x BD-RE DL writing speeds and a maximum BD-ROM read speed of 12x. The BDR-213JBK also writes to triple-layer (100GB) BD-R media at 8x, quad-layer (128GB) BD-R media at 6x and triple-layer (100GB) BD-RE media at 2x.

The BDR-213JBK's front bezel has been redesigned and now features a textured finish and blue LED. The drive also supports Pioneer's PureRead 3+ and PureRead technologies as well as a "custom eco function" that reduces power consumption. The BDR-213JBK ships with authoring and playback software from CyberLink and is expected to hit stores in Japan later this month.

Lexar, a leading global brand of flash memory solutions, is proud to announce the new Lexar Professional 1800x SDXC UHS-II Card GOLD Series. It is the perfect memory solution for professional photographers and videographers who want to dramatically accelerate their workflow from start to finish.

With speeds up to 270MB/s read, the Lexar Professional 1800x SDXC UHS-II Card GOLD Series is designed for your DSLR or mirrorless cameras to speed up your workflow - saving you time and getting you back behind the camera to create more content.

It is built with the latest UHS-II technology with write speeds up to 180MB/s that allows you to handle photos in burst mode with ease. And, with V60 and UHS Speed Class 3 (U3), seamlessly capture stunning Full-HD and 4K video with large capacity options up to 256GB.

The Lexar® Professional 1800x SDXC™ UHS-II Card GOLD Series provides the performance you need to capture and store valuable data in a variety of elements. The 1800x is water-proof, temperature-proof, shockproof, vibration-proof, and X-ray-proof. For added versatility, the cards are also backwards compatible with UHS-I devices, performing up to the maximum thresholds of UHS-I speed capabilities.