Computer Storage Devices

Photo: nikkytok / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock)There’s good news if you’re running out of space on your Google account. Researchers from Scientists from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology just figured out how to fit up to a petabit of data onto an optical disk by storing information in 3D. In other words, that’s 125,000 gigabytes on a single DVD-sized disk, or what experts refer to as a “big boy.”What Drew Noomi Rapace to Constellation?Optical disks like DVDs and Blu-rays are cheap and durable but…

WD If you’ve snapped up one of the better PS5 deals around at the moment, it’s a smart move to also buy one of the best SSDs for PS5 so you can easily expand your PlayStation 5’s storage. While the internal storage will get you started, as you install more games and download more titles from the PSN store, the more you’ll find yourself limited for space. That’s why we’ve sought out all the best PS5 SSD deals around right now. Below, we’ve listed the best PS5 SSDs so you won’t have to worry about any compatibility…

There are couple of games ruffling feathers in the world of PC gaming right now: Cyberpunk 2077 and Starfield, both of which require that you have them installed on an SSD. For the three-year-old Cyberpunk 2077, the change comes on the back of an overhaul to the system requirements in anticipation of its Phantom Liberty expansion, while Starfield is, well, Starfield.  Some are quick to claim HDDs are dead, or flock to complain about how Starfield is the first game to require an SSD (spoiler alert: it’s not). If you…

Whether it’s important files for work or memorable photos and videos of your personal life, you’ll want to keep them in a durable storage device like the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD. If you don’t own an external SSD like this one yet, here’s your chance to buy it for nearly half its original price as the 2TB model is on sale from Best Buy for $122 instead of $225, for savings of $103. You shouldn’t waste time thinking about it as the deal may disappear at any moment, after which we’re not sure when it will return.…

If you’ve ever had a hard disk drive (HDD) fail on you, you’re certainly not alone. It turns out that this is actually a lot more common than most people think. According to research carried out across a sample of over 17,000 hard drives, the average life span of an HDD is only two years and 6 months. Does that make the HDD one of the weakest components inside your PC? Benjamin Lehman / Unsplash Cloud storage and backup company Backblaze released an interesting report about the average time it takes for an HDD to…

Image: SeagateThere was a time in the evolution of the desktop PC that it didn’t really matter what the insides looked like, because they were always hidden away behind a beige metal box. Now, the insides of many high-performance PCs are flashier than their outsides. Seagate wants to make sure the guts of your gaming rig are as impressive as its performance with a new collection of Star Wars lightsaber-themed SSDs. May the Force eject be with you.Image: SeagateSeagate’s lightsaber collection SSDs are special edition…

Microsoft may have a problem on its hands — the latest Windows 11 update doesn’t seem to be working as intended. According to various user reports, the update drastically slows SSD speeds, in some cases even cutting them in half. If you’ve noticed that your PC is loading slowly or programs aren’t running as quickly as you’d hoped, you might be affected by this problem. Here’s how to fix it. The Windows 11 update was released on March 14 and announced on the dedicated Reddit community by a Microsoft…

For those whose internet access isn’t reliable enough to stick everything on the cloud, or for those who simply don’t trust their data to live anywhere but on their desk, Western Digital has updated its My Book and My Book Duo external drives with significant storage boosts so users may never have to delete a file again.The 22TB, 3.5-inch hard drives used in each of these products have been available standalone since last year and still sell for $500, so it makes sense that you’re going to be paying a little more for this…

SEOUL—Memory-chip prices, which dropped steeply over the past year, are expected to keep falling in the first half of 2023, putting more pressure on an industry that has already cut investments and jobs.Average prices for the two main types of memory chips used in everyday electronics—from smartphones to personal computers and TV sets—are projected to experience double-digit percentage declines this quarter, industry analysts say. That comes after prices dropped by more than 20% in the last three months of 2022 from the…

Memory and data storage producer Micron have begun production and shipment of the world’s first 232-layer NAND in Singapore, which marks the first time a NAND manufacturer has surpassed 200 layers. This opens the door for the world’s first 200TB SSDs. For comparison, even the flashiest personal computers usually stop at 2TB of storage, and the current largest SSD in the world is Nimbus Data’s 100TB ExaDrive.Prior to the innovation, the company’s NAND topped out at 176-layers. The new NAND is also 50% faster than Micron’s…