Toshiba announces the addition of 16TB helium-sealed models to both N300 NAS HDD and X300 Performance HDD series at IFA 2019, an upgrade over previous 14TB models that also boosts the buffer from 256 to 512MiB.

Aimed at performance, gaming and small business NAS applications, the 16TB N300 and X300 HDDs use a 9-disk helium-sealed design. According to the company it brings an increase in storage density with a lower operating power profile. Laser wielding technology and case design keep the helium securely sealed within a standard 3.5-inch enclosure.

SK hynix pushes into the consumer storage market with the Gold S31-- the first product in the SuperCore consumer SSD range, being a 2.5-inch SATA III model available in 250GB, 500GB and 1TB capacities.

The company says the Gold S31 SSDs are ideal for "gamers, designers and content creators," and promises "superior quality, reliability, and five-year warranty." All components making the SSDs, including the NAND flash, built-in controller, DRAM cache and firmware, are made in-house, and performance reaches up to 560MB/s read and 525MB/s write.

ADATA announces a 2TB version of the XPG SX8200 Pro PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2-2280 SSD, a version of the Gammix S11 Pro SSD lacking an aluminium heat spreader, allowing use in laptops.

Based on the Silicon Motion SM2262EN controller and powered by Micron 3D TLC NAND, the SX8200 promises sequential read speeds of up to 3.5GB/s and sequential write speeds of 3GB/s with the use of pSLC caching (data based on CDM benchmark). It also offers up to 360000 random read/write 4K IOPS, and is rated for 1280TB over a 5-year warranty period.

Toshiba takes to the 2019 Flash Memory Summit to reveal XFMEXPRESS-- a technology for removable PCIe attached NVMe storage devices in form factor smaller than 22 x 30mm M.2 cards.

The XFMEXPRESS card measures 18 x 14 x 1.4mm, making it just slightly larger and thicker than a microSD card. It mounts into a latching socket making for a 22.2 x 17.75 x 2.2mm footprint. In comparison, standard BGA SSDs are 11.5 x 13mm with a PCIe x2 interface or 16.20mm with a PCIe x4 interface. The result, Toshiba says, is a removable storage format for devices making use of soldered BGA SSDs or eMMC and UFS modules, allowing for both aftermarket upgrades or even smaller embedded devices.