Sandisk has reimagined its WD Black and WD Blue SSDs, unveiling the new Optimus series designed specifically for gamers, creators, and professionals.

NVMe drives to live on under the Optimus banner WD Black and Blue SSDs are some of the most widely recognized client drives on the market, but their branding is about to disappear. Following Western ...

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 ...

Sandisk has introduced the SANDISK Optimus SSD brand at CES 2026, consolidating its WD_BLACK and WD Blue NVMe SSDs under a unified identity aimed at gamers, creators, and professionals.

The SN5100 SSDs adopt SanDisk’s latest 3D CBA NAND architecture and are built on the PCIe Gen 4.0 standard. They come in the M.2 2280 form factor, support PCIe 4.0 x4 lanes, and remain backward ...

If you’ve been thinking about adding storage, this is one of those deals that’s worth acting on for a second reason beyond the discount. The WD Black SN7100 1TB Gen4 x4 NVMe SSD is $119.99, down from ...

During CES 2026, SanDisk revealed that it's NVMe SSDs are getting rebranded from WD_BLACK to Optimus. Here's what that means for the company's storage devices.