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SanDisk’s new Optimus SSD line-up replaces retired WD color-based models — new Optimus, GX, and GX Pro tiers for 2026
Sandisk has reimagined its WD Black and WD Blue SSDs, unveiling the new Optimus series designed specifically for gamers, creators, and professionals.
As the overseer of all things SSDs and storage for the GamesRadar+ hardware team, I was excited to learn about any ...
Today, SanDisk announced that mainstream WD Blue and WD Black SSDs would be discontinued and replaced by SanDisk ...
The highest-end of Sandisk's storage SSDs is now called Optimus GX Pro. Sandisk points to the WD_Black SN8100 NVMe SSD. It's ...
SSDs from the WD Black and WD Blue series are a thing of the past. Sandisk is instead digging up an old brand name.
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 introduces the Optimus SSD brand at CES 2026, unifying WD Blue and WD_BLACK drives to better serve content creators ...
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.
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