Sony’s recent PS5 teardown has revealed a lot of hidden details about the upcoming next-generation home console, including what appears to be an advantage over the Xbox Series X in regards to the SSD.

If you've ever seen NVMe SSD reviews online, you've probably noticed that some reviews mention these drives as having DRAM inside. And you've probably wondered—why would an SSD have RAM? As it turns ...

Host Memory Buffer (or HMB) is a pretty simple concept: Avoid the expense of adding DRAM cache to an SSD by employing the DRAM memory that’s already installed in your computer (or other device, like ...

You might have seen the words "DRAM" and "DRAM-less" tossed around when you're out shopping for a new SSD and scratched your head. It's almost confusing; doesn't your PC already have RAM? Yes, but ...

Not everyone needs the zany speeds that some of the best gaming SSDs offer with PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 5.0 SSDs offer. There are more affordable drives to be had, though, if you just want to upgrade an ...

The Seagate Game Drive PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD has DRAM cache for best performance in a PS5. It’s also fast overall and sports a low-profile heatsink plus the usual fantastic Seagate longevity ratings. It’s ...

Patriot Memory has announced the release of its Torqx SSD series and a lineup of 6GB DDR3 tri-channel modules, which are being showcased at the ongoing Computex 2009. Patriot's Torqx SSD is designed ...

Samsung’s 840 EVO is a breath of fresh air in a sea of largely cookie-cutter SSDs. It’s a true original—the first solid-state drive to combine TLC main storage with a faster SLC write cache. Thanks in ...

We've been left with a poor impression of most caching technologies, but Samsung's RAPID (Real-time Accelerated Processing of I/O Data) is different in that it uses system memory. In a typical caching ...