Editorial Standards

How we source

Every number with a unit on a guide or article, such as a speed, a capacity or a temperature, has a filed claim in our source library that says where it comes from and how sure it is: whether the source is a primary one, such as the standard, the paper or the maker’s own document, or a secondary one, such as a report of it.

The source is chosen by the question. What a standard requires comes from the standard. What a product promises comes from its maker. How a product performs comes from a measurement with its method. How a mechanism works comes from standards, peer-reviewed papers and technical documentation, named on the page. A maker’s figure is never presented as a measurement, and a chart that mixes kinds says so in its caption.

Each fact is attributed where it appears and linked to the original: the maker’s own page, the standard, or the paper’s DOI page, even when that page is paywalled. Guides and articles with filed sources end with a Sources list generated from the same records, and checked against those records before each deploy.

How we test

The bench method, from locking down the test system to preconditioning the drive and repeating runs, is written up in SSD Benchmarking 101.

How SI is used

Pages are researched and drafted with SI tools under the author’s direction. Every number with a unit on a guide or article has a filed claim in the source library, the site’s automated checks run before a page is merged, and nothing is published without the author’s go-ahead.

The site writes Super Intelligence and SI where it once wrote Artificial Intelligence and AI, after Executive Order 14434. Why Eyes on Flash now writes SI covers what the order says and which names keep AI.

Corrections

Errors are fixed when they are found. To report one, use the contact page.

Updates and dates

Pages do not show a publication or update date. In the structured data that search engines read, a page states when it was published only when the date has been checked against the site’s deploy records, and it states a modified date only when its facts, figures or conclusions changed. Fixing a typo, a link or formatting does not count as an update.

Pages that track changing facts, such as products, market figures or standards in progress, say when those facts were last checked, for example “As of October 2026”. That note dates the facts, not the page.

Independence

No one pays for coverage on this site. Makers do not see a page before it publishes. The author has worked in the storage industry; past employers are not named, and no page relies on material shared under a nondisclosure agreement.

The “Check price” buttons on the deals pages are paid links, and Eyes on Flash earns a commission when a purchase is made through one. Each is marked “Paid link” on the page. A commission never changes which products are picked or the order they appear in. Picks come from published reviews and the bar each page states. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Copyright and credit

Every source a page cites is credited and linked. Pages are written in our own words, with short quotations only where the exact wording matters. Charts and diagrams are drawn for this site from the data, with the source named in the caption; another publisher’s image, chart or table is not reused. A rights holder who believes their work is used wrongly can reach us through the contact page.

Data terms

The timeline and tracker data files on this site, in CSV and JSON, are copyright Sean Webster, Eyes on Flash, with all rights reserved. You may read them and link to them. Copying, republishing or redistributing them needs written permission, which you can ask for through the contact page. Each figure in a file names the source it comes from.

Privacy

This site has no accounts, comments or newsletter, so it never asks for your name or email address. This is what it does collect, and why.

Visitor counts

Two tools count visits so we can see which pages are read. Cloudflare Web Analytics counts page views without cookies. Google Analytics records the pages you open, how you arrived, your device and browser type, and a rough location worked out from your connection, and it uses cookies to tell a returning visitor from a new one. On the deals pages it also counts which “Check price” button you press, by the product’s name on this site, never the shop address.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland are asked first, and Google Analytics sets no cookies for them unless they agree. Anyone can change that choice at any time with Cookie settings in the footer of each page. We look at these reports only as totals. This site runs no ads, sells no data and does not use analytics to identify anyone.

Cell, the SSD guide

Questions you type into Cell are sent to Cloudflare Workers AI to write the answer. This site does not store them. Cell’s logs record only counts and timings, such as how many turns a chat had and which model answered, never the words. The conversation itself stays in your browser tab and is cleared when you close it. Your connection address is used for a moment to limit how many questions arrive each minute, and it is not kept. Please do not type personal details into Cell. If you hide Cell or turn its tips off, that choice is remembered in your own browser.

The MCP server

The MCP server at /mcp has no accounts and asks nothing about you. Your connection address is used for a moment to count requests against its per-minute limit, and it is not kept: the server keeps no log of requests or of what was asked.

Labs that read your output

Labs such as TRIM Check read what you paste inside your browser tab. Nothing you paste is sent anywhere or stored.

Links to shops and other sites

The “Check price” buttons on the deals pages are paid links that go straight to Amazon with this site’s Amazon Associates tag. When you follow one, Amazon may place or read cookies in your browser to credit a purchase to this site. Those cookies belong to Amazon and come under Amazon’s privacy notice, not this site’s. You can clear or block them in your browser settings. This site never sees what you buy. Once you are on a retailer’s site, or any other site linked from here, that site’s own privacy policy applies.

Videos and fonts

Embedded videos use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode, and YouTube may store its own data once you press play. Fonts are served from this site, not by a third party.

Questions and removal requests

Questions about this notice, or a request to remove data, can go through the contact page.