Until just a few days ago, the highest density mSATA SSD was 256GB capacity. mSATA PCBs are small and don't offer a lot of surface area to mount the controller, NAND flash and DRAM chips.

at least in 2014. Plextor released the M6M mSATA SSD in four capacities, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB. All four drives use the same configuration, a Marvell four-channel SATA to flash controller ...

If you feel like your ultrabook is limited in capacity, that won’t be the case much longer: Samsung has just announced the industry’s first 1TB mSATA SSD, which’ll give any ultra-thin laptop ...

there are now a number of inexpensive adapters that let you use an mSATA SSD in your PATA laptop. Performance and price of these are comparable to modern SATA SSDs. Since the mSATA drive is so ...

While the 850 Evo is available as an M.2 and mSATA drive, it’s the standard 2.5-inch drive that proves time and time again to be an SSD you can’t go wrong with. The 850 EVO comes in a number ...

Ever wondered about those testpoint arrays on mSATA and M.2 SSDs? This write-up lays bare the secrets of such an SSD, using a Pi 4, PiFEX, OpenOCD and a good few open-source tools for JTAG probing ...

Give your gaming PC a serious speed boost with the best SSD for gaming. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When it comes to ...

Because of what SSDs are, solid-state drives (SSDs) are a core component of any modern PC, whether it’s a traditional SATA SSD or a more modern NVMe drive. Knowing the difference between these ...

There are a few restrictions. First, you need a PCIe 4.0 or Gen 4 drive or better. This interface allows for SSD speeds up to 7,500MB/s, which is a huge improvement over the 3,500MB/s for Gen 3 M.

2 form factor PCIe SSD, the Plextor M6S, a new 2.5″ SATA 6Gb/s SSD, and the Plextor M6M, a new mSATA SSD. So far, we’ve already had a chance to check out Plextor’s first M.2 SSD aimed at the ...