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Xiaomi has announced its first NAS, which is set to be available for crowdfunding from July 01, 2026, and it's confirmed to be affordable. Just a few days ahead, a fresh leak has detailed the system by sharing the specs of the engineering sample.

ETA Prime’s teardown of Valve’s $1,428 Steam Machine shows a compact SteamOS gaming PC that is moderately serviceable, with accessible storage but more involved disassembly required to reach the RAM.

Framework is upgrading the SSDs of all Laptop 13 Pro pre-orders, giving buyers more storage and lower order costs before shipments begin. However, increasing CPU price increases could raise overall system costs soon.

The first Xiaomi NAS is now official, and in the pre-configured form, it's set to be available with up to 16TB of storage. As for the base config, it will come with 4TB of storage and start at CNY 2,299, about $338.

Samsung has announced the industry's first UFS 5.0 storage chip, achieving sequential read speeds of up to 10.8 GB/s and write speeds of up to 9.5 GB/s — more than double the ceiling on the current UFS 4.1 standard. The chip is also 40% more power-efficient than UFS 4.1 and measures 7.5mm x 13mm x 0.9mm. Mass production is scheduled to begin in Q4 2026 at capacities up to 1TB.

The TerraMaster F4-425 Pro NAS features eight processor cores, 16 GB of RAM, four hard drive slots, and three M.2 SSD slots, all housed in a high-quality aluminum enclosure. With two Ethernet ports and several high-speed 10 Gbit/s USB ports, the NAS is designed to be particularly versatile.

OpenAI's Codex CLI is quietly destroying SSDs. A misconfigured logging sink writes up to 640 TB/year to a local database, which is way more than a typical drive's lifetime endurance. The bug is still open on GitHub.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has admitted in an exclusive Wall Street Journal interview that price hikes for Apple products are coming due to the severe shortage of memory components as AI data centers continue to demand more of these. Impacted products and timing were not revealed.

CheckMag Lexar celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026. For the celebrations, the storage manufacturer gave us a closer look at its manufacturing capabilities and vision.

SanDisk has unveiled one of the most expensive PS5 storage upgrades yet. The $2960 Optimus GX Pro 850P adds 8TB of space to the console, enough for hundreds of games. The company is receiving blowback after pricing the PlayStation licensed NVMe SSD well above comparable PCIe 4.0 drives.

In June 2026, RAM in Germany already costs more than four times as much as it did a year ago. While prices are no longer rising as quickly as they did over the winter, the DRAM crisis continues to worsen, with 32 GB of RAM already costing well over €300.

Anyone who needs fast, UHS-II-capable microSD cards—for instance, due to new gaming handhelds—will have to pay a lot of money, as our look at the current market shows. However, the significantly faster microSD Express cards are not an alternative either, as they are slower when running in compatibility mode.

SanDisk already announced SDUC cards back in 2024. However, these SD cards never hit the market. Now there is a second attempt. 4 and in some cases 8 TB will be available as microSD and SD cards respectively, split across the Ultra and Extreme series. The new capacities strictly require new readers. Even new SD Express readers cannot handle them.

Following the China launch, Ugreen has now officially launched the NASync DXP GT series NAS. The NASync DXP GT series consists of two models, the DXP4800 GT and the DXP2800 GT. The former features a new black and gold chassis, an AMD Ryzen processor, 8 GB of RAM, dual 10 GbE ports, and support for up to 144 TB of storage.

Ugreen has launched a new 2-bay NAS in the global market with the model number DXP2800 GT. The company’s DXP GT series consists of two models that should offer strong performance and support local AI applications. It’s compact and designed for storing large amounts of data.

Ugreen is working on an SSD with a wide range of visible status information. It even works independently of the operating system, since a small touchscreen is built into the SSD. Ugreen showed us what the company has planned.

QNAP is planning a particularly compact desktop NAS system that still offers a great deal of flexibility. A total of ten drives can be installed, ranging from hard drives, M.2 SSDs to the practical E1.S blades. The system can even be expanded via an SFF-8088 cable.

Minisforum has announced four new products capable of running AI locally. The MS-03 and M2 Pro mini PCs are powered by Intel Panther Lake CPUs, which provide up to 50 TOPS and 180 TOPS of AI compute power respectively, while the fanless S5 and N5 Max NASs provide up to 33 TOPS and 126 TOPS respectively.

Following the unavoidable shift in the Linux ecosystem, OviOS 6 drops SysV and moves to systemd. The list of new features includes a browser-based dashboard, S3-compatible object storage, NVMe over Fabrics, auditd security auditing, Cockpit integration, the ability to run entirely from the system memory via PXE network boot, and more.

There's a more affordable version of the Aoostar WTR Max available, and instead of being powered by an AMD processor, the newer model packs an Intel Core i5 1235U. It retains the 11-bay design, but the RAM support maxes out at 96GB.

Orico has listed a new 5-bay 3.5-inch HDD enclosure on Amazon Japan supporting up to 90 TB, featuring a tool-free magnetic cover, 5Gbps USB 3.0, UASP, and a 120mm cooling fan. Currently discounted to ¥9,461 ($59.4) until June 22.

The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Xbox version will soon monopolize console hard drives. Gamers can preload the title now, but only after clearing more than 169 GB of space. Larger than Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, Switch 2 owners may also need pricey MicroSD Express cards.

Ugreen has released a new 4-bay NAS in China with the model number DXP4800 GT. Unlike earlier DXP4800 models, the new NAS pairs a black-and-gold chassis with an AMD Ryzen processor and support for high-speed U.2 SSDs

Adata, TeamGroup, Micron and other Taiwan-based memory firms are raising about $880 million through debt and equity to secure NAND and DRAM inventory as prices surge. Despite record revenues and strong demand, manufacturers are racing to stockpile chips amid tightening supply and looming shortages.

The Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD has received notable discounts across several major US retailers and is now down to $249.99. This is a fast PCIe 4.0 drive with strong speeds, durability, and efficiency.

In late 2025, a wild rumor claimed that Asus was considering manufacturing its own RAM, and while the company refuted it, the rumor wasn't entirely off the mark. Asus has now announced the ROG Certified program, allowing manufacturers to sell ROG-branded RAM kits.

Around for over two decades, Unraid OS is back with a new update. Labeled 7.3.0, the new release features new licensing options, the ability to boot from an internal drive, a completely redesigned onboarding wizard, several security fixes, smarter networking thanks to the Docker update from 29.3.1 to 29.4.3, and more.

Affordable 1 TB video storage backpack The Digiera LPS2000M MagSafe-enabled SSD acts as a solid storage backpack for the iPhone. It does away with pretty much every issue that complicates filming on smartphones. Granted, general hardware limits cap its advertised 2000 MB/s claim to 10 Gbps , but the $105 drive still handles 4K ProRes 60fps with ease.

The LincStation E1 is a new NAS from LincPlus. Even though it features a compact form factor, it brings support for up to 76TB of storage. It runs on LicOS, is powered by a Rockchip SoC, and has a super early bird price of $129.

Seagate has expanded its portfolio of mass storage solutions with the refreshed One Touch, new FireCuda X Vault, and new LaCie 8big Pro5 RAID system. They are available for purchase via the official website.

One of the world’s first NAS powered by AMD Strix Halo hits shelves on April 23. The Minisforum N5 Max supports up to 200 TB of storage and comes with 64 GB of LPDDR5x RAM.

The Samsung Galaxy S27 series is tipped to adopt UFS 5.0 storage, potentially doubling speeds to 10.8 Gbps. This massive upgrade may be exclusive to the S27 Ultra and a new "Pro" model, while base variants could miss out due to rising costs. With a 2027 launch, Samsung faces stiff competition from rivals likely to debut the standard first.

Be careful when buying SSDs: After cheaper SSDs with new packaging were recently sold as expensive Samsung 990 Pro in Japan, counterfeit Samsung 990 Pro are now also in circulation in Europe, and this time they don't work at all.

Framework CEO Nirav Patel warns that the AI boom and a “winner-takes-all” scramble for chips and storage could drive up component costs and push consumers toward cloud-leased, closed devices, effectively ending personal computing as traditionally understood. While acknowledging progress in repairability across the industry, he positions Framework’s upcoming Next Gen Event as part of a renewed pledge to defend user ownership through upgradable, repairable hardware and local control over data and computation.

A trip to one U.S. retailer may dismiss any notion that memory prices are falling. Costs for DDR5 RAM and SSDs at Micro Center keep rising, even as consumer demand fades. With DRAM makers signing new lucrative contracts with AI data centers, the outlook for buyers looks grim.

Michael Dell is painting a bleak picture of the memory market: compared with 2022, AI-related demand could reportedly be 625 times higher by 2028. Many observers, however, are skeptical of these claims and suspect vested interests behind them.

The Acemagic N3A is now available to purchase. It was initially announced in February 2026, and the company has switched the processor. This mini PC and NAS hybrid with 136TB storage support is powered by the AMD Ryzen Embedded R2544. The launch price is $299.

A new expansion board essentially turns the Raspberry Pi 5 into a NAS. It comes with two Ethernet ports and support for multiple storage drives. Both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard drives are supported.

Enterprising gamers continue to look for ways to expand Switch 2 storage. In the latest promising development, the handheld has recognized an external M.2 SSD drive. Other adapters connected to the system’s MicroSD Express card slot produced error messages.

Fake SSDs are proliferating with the rise in memory prices and getting better at avoiding detection. Unlike the laughably crude counterfeits of yesteryear, a fake Samsung 990 Pro can now pass CrystalDiskMark with flying colors.

Sony Japan has announced the suspension of sales of select CFexpress and SD memory cards due to semiconductor shortages, affecting camera owners who need them for work. The affected cards are also listed as out of stock in the US.

Many Nintendo supporters rely on MicroSD Express cards to build Switch 2 game libraries. A recent firmware update has caused the console to stop recognizing the expandable storage. Most reports focus on the 1TB PNY card, but other gamers mention problems with competing brands.

The Crimson Desert PS5 physical media is not nearly large enough to contain Pywel. A gamer discovered that an over 48GB digital download will be necessary on its release date. Players can explore the sprawling open world offline after installing the additional files.

Minisforum has confirmed new details about its upcoming N5 Max network-attached storage solution. Featuring an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU and its Radeon 8060S iGPU, the Minisforum N5 Max has been confirmed to support local LLM deployment out of the box, too.

Insta360 has launched a new pint-sized external storage drive with a 512 GB capacity. With its relatively high read and write speeds, the Insta360 Quick Reader can also handle media transfers efficiently, especially for videos.

Seagate's first consumer SSD launch after quite a long while appears to be just around the corner. However, performance enthusiasts may be left disappointed - the upcoming FireCuda X1070 is substantially slower than the FireCuda 530R.