Phison
Sabrent's lineup of internal and external SSDs is popular among enthusiasts. The primary reason is the company's tendency to be among the first to market with products based on the latest controllers, while also delivering an excellent value proposition. The company has a long-standing relationship with Phison and adopts its controllers for many of their products. The company's 2 GBps-class portable SSD - the Rocket nano V2 - is based on Phison's U18 native controller. Read on for a detailed look at the Rocket nano V2 External SSD, including an analysis of its performance consistency, power consumption, and thermal profile.
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152 by Billy Tallis on 12/4/2020
New Enterprise SSD Controllers From Silicon Motion, Phison, FADU
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5 by Billy Tallis on 11/25/2020
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5 by Ganesh T S on 9/29/2020
KINGMAX Joins PCIe 4.0 SSD Club with PX4480 Drives
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9 by Anton Shilov on 4/1/2020
Enterprise SATA SSDs: Can Budget 2020 beat Top Line 2017?
Today we're looking at two wildly different enterprise SATA SSDs: the Kingston DC450R entry-level server SSD with the latest controller and 96L 3D NAND, and the Micron 5100 MAX...
21 by Billy Tallis on 2/4/2020
Enmotus MiDrive: Rethinking SLC Caching For QLC SSDs
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44 by Billy Tallis on 1/30/2020
Phison At CES 2020: Preparing For QLC To Go Mainstream
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10 by Billy Tallis on 1/17/2020
CES 2020: Patriot Goes Big on Bandwidth For New EVLVR 2 TB3 SSDs
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5 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2020
CES 2020: Patriot Demonstrates PXD External SSD w/ USB-C
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5 by Anton Shilov on 1/9/2020
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42 by Billy Tallis on 12/31/2019
OWC Releases Accelsior 4M2 SSD: Quad-M.2 For Over 6000 MB/s
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24 by Anton Shilov on 12/23/2019
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20 by Ganesh T S on 11/12/2019
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16 by Billy Tallis on 11/12/2019
Team Group Joins PCIe 4.0 SSD Race with Cardea Zero Z440 Drives
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28 by Anton Shilov on 10/9/2019
Team Group Unveils MP33 SSDs: Entry-Level PCIe Drives
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10 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2019
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24 by Anton Shilov on 9/19/2019
Patriot Launches Viper VP4100 PCIe Gen 4 SSDs: Up to 5 GB/s
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13 by Anton Shilov on 9/12/2019
GOODRAM Reveals IRDM Ultimate X: A Lineup of PCIe 4.0 x4 SSDs
GOODRAM has introduced its first SSDs featuring a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface designed for new-generation high-end PCs. Set to be available in 500 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB...
22 by Anton Shilov on 9/9/2019
Phison Previews Next-Gen PCIe 4.0 SSD Controllers: Up to 7 GB/s, NVMe 1.4
At FMS 2019, Phison shared the specs for its next generation of client SSD controllers. The PS5018-E18 high-end controller will be made using a FinFET process technology and promises...
27 by Billy Tallis & Anton Shilov on 8/9/2019
Phison to Showcase PS5013-E13T BGA SSD: Up to 1.7 GB/s At Under 2 W
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24 by Anton Shilov on 8/2/2019
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