Jon Coulter | Storage editor
TweakTown.com

Jon joined TweakTown in 2013 and has since reviewed hundreds of SSDs, HDDs, and storage devices. Jon became a computer enthusiast when Windows XP launched. He was into water cooling and benching ATI video cards with modded drivers. Jon has been building computers for others for more than 20 years. Jon became a storage enthusiast the day he first booted an Intel X25-M G1 80GB SSD. Look for Jon to bring consumer SSD reviews into the spotlight. Jon, based in California, USA, has contributed 409 reviews, 53 feature articles, 9 news posts, and 1 guide to TweakTown since August 2013

Appearances:

Future of Memory and Storage - Day 3 @ 13:00

From JEDEC to Extreme: What Happens When You Overclock Memory meets optimized Storage?

JEDEC specifications define interoperability and reliability—but innovation often happens at the margins. This panel convenes leading industry reviewers to examine what occurs when DRAM and SSDs operate beyond standardized parameters.

We’ll analyze scaling behavior, controller firmware response, error rates, thermals, signal integrity constraints, and endurance trade-offs. Panelists will share testing frameworks, failure modes observed in the lab, and the challenges of comparing results across platforms and BIOS revisions.

This interactive panel brings together respected hardware reviewers to discuss:- How they design fair and reproducible overclocking tests- The impact of timing adjustments, voltage changes, and thermal management- PCIe and controller constraints in SSD overclocking- Stability validation and data integrity risks- How overclocking affects AI, gaming, and content-creation workloads

Chris Ramseyer, Director Technical Marketing, Phison Technology