"RAPID (Real-time Accelerated Processing of I/O Data) mode is a performance level of approximately twice that of a typical SATA SSD and ten times of an average HDD. Samsung also applied Samsung ...

At first I was surprised at the number of questions that came in about Samsung's new Magician software, but after remembering that Rapid Mode is tied to the software, it all made sense. We've covered ...

TurboWrite, as the name suggests, is a means of increasing the drive's write performance. To achieve the desired effect, the 840 EVO configures a portion of its onboard NAND in a single-level-cell ...

Samsung's 850 Pro SSD is out on the market and it's damned impressive. Combine Vertical NAND with the drive's performance enhancing Rapid Mode, and the 850 Pro destroys all comers. Share on Facebook ...

Samsung’s 840 EVO is a breath of fresh air in a sea of largely cookie-cutter SSDs. It’s a true original—the first solid-state drive to combine TLC main storage with a faster SLC write cache. Thanks in ...

We've been left with a poor impression of most caching technologies, but Samsung's RAPID (Real-time Accelerated Processing of I/O Data) is different in that it uses system memory. In a typical caching ...

VectoTech’s attractive, slim Rapid 16TB USB SSD has twice the capacity of most external SSDs. That in and of itself will sell units, but it’s SATA inside, so while seeks are fast, throughput is ...

Just to clarify from your "vs" in your title: they're basically the same thing, only Momentum Cache is Crucial's take on system memory caching, while Rapid Mode is what Samsung's implementation is ...

Samsung’s Magician software has long been the gold standard in consumer SSD software suites and over the years have gone through several revisions. The latest revision is Samsung Magician 5.1 which ...