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Phison takes legal action over falsified 'leaked' document on Windows SSD issues — says it continues to investigate reports of problems
No, Samsung SSDs generally do not use Phison controllers; they primarily use their own in-house, proprietary controllers like the "Phoenix" and "Polaris" for their high-end consumer and enterprise drives. While there have been reports and even reviews mentioning Phison-controlled Samsung EVO drives
...Elevatorteck in r/hardware
September 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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NVME at 79° while Idle! (with heatsink)
This is normal for oldish WD drives. Even though samsung sometime gets hot too but same time period they'll be using more cooler and or efficient 5-8nm picolo elpis etc while WD's still on 16nm polaris even newer releases. You basically need to keep an eye on it while it's in operation to see where
...Yellowtoblerone in r/overclocking
July 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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