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When the USB4 specification emerged several years ago, it was quickly positioned as a less expensive alternative to the Thunderbolt 3 technology which ruled the market of high-performance direct-attached storage (DAS) devices and docking stations. Since then, we've seen multiple USB4 docks hit the market, but USB4 DASes and SSDs are still rare. Thankfully, the situation began to change in the recent weeks, as multiple vendors have finally begun releasing their own USB4 SSDs and external drive enclosures. Adata Adata announced its first SE920 External USB4 SSD back in August 2021, but it only started shipping these drives in October. Adata's SE920 External SSDs offer capacities of 1 TB or 2 TB, along with a sequential read speed rating of up to 3.8 GB/s as well...
ADATA Launches XPG SX8000: High-End M.2 NVMe SSD Featuring 3D MLC NAND
ADATA on Thursday introduced its first lineup of SSDs powered by 3D MLC NAND flash memory. The XPG SX8000 drives promise up to 2.4 GB/s read speed as well...
14 by Anton Shilov on 9/29/2016
ADATA Introduces Ultimate SU800 SSD: SMI Controller, 3D NAND, SATA Interface
ADATA has formally introduced its first SSDs based on 3D NAND flash memory. The Ultimate SU800 drives are designed for price-conscious market segments and use SATA interface, which means...
11 by Anton Shilov on 8/25/2016
ADATA Introduces Premier SP550 SSDs in M.2 Form-Factor
ADATA has introduced a new family of SSDs that come in M.2 form-factor and are more affordable than the majority of M.2 drives on the market. The Premier SP550...
8 by Anton Shilov on 7/1/2016
ADATA Introduces Premier SP580 SSD: TLC NAND, LDPC and Marvell Controller
Last week, ADATA announced its new inexpensive lineup of SATA SSDs: the new Premier SP580 drives use Marvell’s 'Artemis' controller aimed at value storage, as well as TLC NAND...
21 by Anton Shilov on 6/16/2016
The ADATA Premier SP550 SSD Review: A Second Look At Silicon Motion's SM2256 Controller
Today we're taking a look at ADATA's Premier SP550 SSD, the company's latest entry-level drive. The Premier SP550 gives us a fresh look at Silicon Motion's SM2256 controller by...
25 by Billy Tallis on 3/23/2016
ADATA XPG SX930 (120GB, 240GB & 480GB) SSD Review: JMicron JMF670H Debuts
At Computex ADATA had a variety of new SSDs on display. While most were based on upcoming technologies such as TLC NAND and the PCIe/NVMe interface, the company also...
67 by Kristian Vättö on 7/16/2015
Interview with Kevin Chen, ADATA's Vice President of SSD Marketing
Last year at Computex I had the opportunity to interview ADATA’s President Shalley Chen. At the time, we discussed the SSD and DRAM industries in general as well as...
6 by Kristian Vättö on 7/15/2015
ADATA Displays XPG SX930 SSD, Two New TLC SSDs, Several PCIe Drives & USB Type-C Products
After a long week of meetings and over a day worth of traveling, I'm finally back from Taipei. Given our hectic schedule (it was just me and Ian at...
7 by Kristian Vättö on 6/8/2015
DDR4 Haswell-E Scaling Review: 2133 to 3200 with G.Skill, Corsair, ADATA and Crucial
For any user interested in performance, memory speed is an important part of the equation when it comes to building your next system. This can apply to any user...
120 by Ian Cutress on 2/5/2015
ADATA CES Suite Tour: PCIe & TLC SSDs, Power-Loss Protection Demo, 256GB SD Cards, USB 3.1 And More
I stopped by ADATA's suite last week to see what the company has been up to in the past six months. While ADATA didn't release or announce anything new...
9 by Kristian Vättö on 1/12/2015
Interview with ADATA's President Shalley Chen
At this year’s Computex, I had the opportunity to sit down with Mrs. Shalley Chen, ADATA’s President, to discuss the current trends in the memory and SSD business, as...
7 by Kristian Vättö on 8/22/2014
ADATA Officially Launches XPG Z1 DDR4 Memory
Given that the supposed release date of DDR4, according to a pre-order listing which suggests it is almost three weeks away, DRAM module manufacturers are slowly initiating press releases...
17 by Ian Cutress on 8/7/2014
ADATA Formally Announces DDR4-2133 CL15 UDIMMs
One of the hot topics in computer upgrades for the next couple of years is going to be the move to DDR4. Intel has already announced that the...
28 by Ian Cutress on 7/31/2014
ADATA Launches XPG V3 DDR3 Range
Despite the talk surrounding the introduction of DDR4 to the market, the volume product for the foreseeable future is still DDR3. We have done a number of memory scaling...
18 by Ian Cutress on 7/25/2014
ADATA Premier SP610 SSD (256GB & 512GB) Review: Say Hello to an SMI Controller
The ADATA Premier SP610 is the first SSD with a new Silicon Motion SM2246EN controller to enter our test labs. This is a drive going after the lower cost...
24 by Kristian Vättö on 6/27/2014
Computex 2014 ADATA Booth Tour: 2TB SX930 SSD, Micro SSDs, Power Banks, Wireless Chargers and More
We already covered ADATA's DDR4 last week but they had a ton of other interesting products at their booth. I'll start with the SSDs as they are the most...
15 by Kristian Vättö on 6/9/2014
Computex 2014: ADATA Shows XPG Z1 DDR4 At 3200MHz
I spent quite a bit of time at ADATA's booth this year as I had a meeting with their president along with the directors of their SSD and memory...
3 by Kristian Vättö on 6/4/2014
ADATA SP920 (128GB, 256GB, 512GB & 1TB) Review
This spring has turned out to be the time for nearly all SSD OEMs to update their lineups. A little over a month ago Intel introduced the SSD 730...
30 by Kristian Vättö on 4/1/2014_carousel.jpg)
ADATA at CES: SF-3700, Power Banks, etc.
Visiting any of the former RAM companies these days usually results in the same result: lots of SSDs, with RAM still there in the background and maybe PSUs and...
5 by Jarred Walton on 1/13/2014
ADATA XPG V2 Review: 2x8 GB at DDR3-2800 12-14-14 1.65 V
The final kit in our current run of DDR3 on Intel reviews falls at the feet of a kit that blends a high rated speed with density. When...
19 by Ian Cutress on 12/17/2013
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