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WD Sandisk Extreme Pro (and WD My Passport) SSD FAILURES – WHAT HAPPENED?

Posted on 13th July 202313th November 2023 by Rob Andrews

SanDisk Extreme PRO and WD My Passport SSD Failures – Wait, WHAT? SanDisk, long established SSD brand and partner of Western Digital, in the last few months has come under scrutiny following a flurry of user complaints about their Extreme and Extreme Pro Portable External Solid State Drives (SSDs) in the first half of 2023. […]

Understanding SSD NAND Chips – SLC vs MLC vs TLC vs QLC

Posted on 6th April 202120th July 2021 by Rob Andrews

What are NAND Flash Chips in SSD? NAND flash memory is built up of many cells that hold bits, and those bits are either turned on or off through an electric charge. How those on/off cells are organized represents the data stored on the SSD. The number of bits in those cells also determine the […]