We first caught wind of 840 EVO SSD’s read speed issue last month and now Samsung, true to their word has released a firmware update to fix the performance issue. 840 EVO SSD users can download the fix from Samsung’s website and as Anand Tech points out, the fix is more than a firmware update […]
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Samsung launches SD590C Curved Monitor in US
Samsung has now announced the pricing and availability of SD590C curved monitor in the American market. The 27-inch Full HD monitor sports a curved display with a curvature of 400R, thus enabling a wider field of view than a regular TV. Additionally, the monitor has a high brightess of 350nits, 3000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, integrated […]
Samsung’s 3.2TB NVMe SSD now in mass production
Samsung has begun mass production of its 3.2TB NVMe SSDs based on Samsung’s proprietary 3D V-NAND technology. Samsung says the new drive will be used in high-end enterprise server systems that will drastically improve performance and reliability. The new NVMe PCIe SSD, SM1715 is a follow up to the award winning XS1715 SSD and comes […]
Samsung’s 840 EVO SSD has a read speed issue but a fix is on the way
Samsung’s 840 EVO series SSDs are facing a peculiar problem that affects the read speed of the SSD. According to a forum thread, a bug present in the 840 EVO causes the read performance of the drive to drop drastically and it affects only the blocks that have data older than a month. Good thing […]
Samsung mass produces 20nm 6Gb LPDDR3 Mobile DRAM
Samsung Electronics has announced that they have started mass producing its six gigabit (Gb) low-power double data rate 3 (LPDDR3) mobile DRAM. The DRAM is processed using 20nm technology that claims to improve performance by 30 percent and will enable users to have a device with longer battery life with faster processing of apps. The […]