SanDisk says goodbye to WD Blue and Black SSDs, hello to new “Optimus” drives

Today, SanDisk announced that mainstream WD Blue and WD Black SSDs would be discontinued and replaced by SanDisk ...

SanDisk is replacing WD Blue and Black SSDs with new Optimus models

The transition marks the unspooling of the 2015 merger between the two firms, when Western Digital paid $19 billion for SanDisk to combine hard drive and ...
Bleeping Computer

Trivial Bugs in Western Digital SSD Utility Puts Owners at Risk

Security researchers have released details about two vulnerabilities in the Western Digital and SanDisk SSD Dashboard application that could be exploited to trick users into running arbitrary code on ...

SanDisk drops 'WD_BLACK' name in favor of 'Optimus' for its NVMe SSD

During CES 2026, SanDisk revealed that it's NVMe SSDs are getting rebranded from WD_BLACK to Optimus. Here's what that means ...
HotHardware

WD Black SN750 NVMe Heatsink SSD Review: Speedy And Cool

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Western Digital WD Black 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

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