Silicon Motion Launches Complete 16-Channel PCIe 4.0 NVMe Turnkey Enterprise SSD Controller Solution The SM8266 accelerates customers’ time-to-market with a development platform that includes turnkey firmware stack and reference design kit TAIPEI, Taiwan and MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 17, 2020 — Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) (“Silicon Motion”), a global leader in designing and marketing …more

NEW SPECIAL EDITION WD_BLACK DRIVES FROM WESTERN DIGITAL ENABLE GAMERS TO HEED THE CALL OF DUTY Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Gets Next-Level Performance with WD_BLACK Collector’s Edition Storage Products SAN JOSE, Calif., November 16, 2020 – Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) is working with Call of Duty to reimagine three high-performance products from the …more

Apple unleashes M1 With industry-leading performance, powerful features, and incredible efficiency, M1 is Apple’s first chip designed specifically for the Mac Cupertino, California — Apple today announced M1, the most powerful chip it has ever created and the first chip designed specifically for the Mac. M1 is optimized for Mac systems in which small size …more

Micron Ships World’s First 176-Layer NAND, Delivering A Breakthrough in Flash Memory Performance and Density New 3D NAND boosts storage capability across mobile, automotive, client and data center applications BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 9, 2020 — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced that it has begun volume shipments of the world’s first 176-layer 3D NAND …more

KIOXIA Introduces Industry’s First PCIe 4.0 OCP NVMe Cloud Specification-Enabled SSD New XD6 Series E1.S Data Center NVMe SSD Optimized for Hyperscale, Open Compute Platform Applications SAN JOSE, Calif., November 3, 2020 – KIOXIA America, Inc. (formerly Toshiba Memory America, Inc.) announced another significant technological contribution to cloud data center infrastructures. Today, the company expanded …more

AMD to Acquire Xilinx, Creating the Industry’s High Performance Computing Leader — Strategic transaction strengthens AMD’s industry–leading technology portfolio — Expands AMD’s rapidly growing data center business Xilinx, the No. 1 provider of adaptive computing solutions, increases AMD TAM to $110 billion Immediately accretive to AMD margins, cash flow and EPS All stock transaction with combined enterprise value of approximately $135 …more

SK hynix to Acquire Intel NAND Memory Business   NEWS HIGHLIGHTS SK hynix will pay US $9 billion for the Intel NAND memory and storage business, which includes the NAND SSD business, the NAND component and wafer business, and the Dalian NAND memory manufacturing facility in China. SK hynix aims to enhance the competitiveness of …more

Silicon Motion Launches PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1.4 Controller Solutions for Client SSDs  New controller solutions offer best-in-class Power and Performance up to 7,400/6,800 MB/s Sequential Read/Write Speeds   TAIPEI, Taiwan and MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 20, 2020 — Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) (“Silicon Motion”), a global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for solid-state storage …more

HyperX Releases QuadCast S USB Microphone with Dynamic RGB Lighting Effects that can be Personalized with Custom Settings  Ideal for Streamers and those Working from Home, RGB Microphone Features Four Polar Patterns and Built-in Anti-Vibration Shock Mount  FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif – Sept. 28, 2020 – Underscoring an unwavering commitment to streamers, casters and work from …more

World’s Fastest Discrete Graphics Memory From Micron Powers NVIDIA’s Breakthrough Gaming Speeds Micron GDDR6X accelerates photorealistic 3D experiences at 1 terabyte per second, rates once thought impossible BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced the world’s fastest discrete graphics memory solution, GDDR6X, the first to power system …more

Toshiba releases New Canvio Portable Storage Lineup with New Applications and Designs Adding new Canvio Flex  and Canvio Gaming models along with new colors and textures. Irvine, Calif. — August 31, 2020 — Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. announces the newest models of the Canvio Portable Storage lineup.  Canvio Flex models with USB-C are portable storage …more

Intel Launches World’s Best Processor for Thin-&-Light Laptops: 11th Gen Intel Core More than 150 Designs in Development, Including 20 Verified Under New Intel Evo Platform Brand NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel launches 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics, the world’s best processors for thin-and-light laptops, delivering up to 2.7x faster content creation, …more

QNAP Launches USB 3.2 Gen 2 Dual-port PCIe Expansion Card for NAS and PC – SuperSpeed+ up to 10Gbps Taipei, Taiwan, August 20, 2020 – QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, today launched the QXP-10G2U3A – a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Dual-port PCIe Expansion Card which provides speeds of up …more

Western Digital’s New Sleek WD Brand My Passport SSD Is Built for Speed to Accelerate Productivity With Massive File Sizes and Loads of Digital Content, Consumers Continue to Trust WD Brand Products for Fast Reliable Storage SAN JOSE, Calif. – Aug 20, 2020 For consumers who need to accelerate their productivity and protect their valuable content …more