That is coming soon. Tsinghua Unigroup ( its Subsid )is going to compete with Samsung with DRAM and NAND pricing. This is China taking its first step into the Semiconductor Fabs industry.
I think they need to shrink their 2.5" drive cases. They want to cheap out with TLC or DRAMless when they should simply reduce volume and actually reduce shipping prices to all transport/housing chain.
You really don't have an ability to shorten them, the mounting screw holes are very close to the corners of the drive and many tool-less designs that just stick pins into them need bot the front and rear pairs of holes to hold the drives securely.
If it wasn't for M.2 trying to kill the entire form factor off I suspect we would see a either a half lengthish 2.5" short form factor or a revival of the 1.8" sata form factor for SSDs with cheap 2.5" to 1.8" adapters in the box (similar to how many early SSDs included 3.5" to 2.5" brackets to aid installing in desktop cases that rarely had 2.5" bays.
As it is, I expect we'll continue to see sub-sized PCBs in 2.5" carriers from now until the form factor slowly fades away. Older systems and the upgrade market mean that's probably at least 5 years out.
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vladx - Friday, January 5, 2018 - link
Finally SSD price drop incoming.Pork@III - Saturday, January 6, 2018 - link
SSD`s price drop is permanent. Problem has with DRAM prices.iwod - Saturday, January 6, 2018 - link
That is coming soon. Tsinghua Unigroup ( its Subsid )is going to compete with Samsung with DRAM and NAND pricing. This is China taking its first step into the Semiconductor Fabs industry.DanNeely - Saturday, January 6, 2018 - link
A modernish semi-conductor fab costs billions; PCB integration's much farther down the price/complexity scale.Lolimaster - Saturday, January 6, 2018 - link
I think they need to shrink their 2.5" drive cases. They want to cheap out with TLC or DRAMless when they should simply reduce volume and actually reduce shipping prices to all transport/housing chain.DanNeely - Sunday, January 7, 2018 - link
You really don't have an ability to shorten them, the mounting screw holes are very close to the corners of the drive and many tool-less designs that just stick pins into them need bot the front and rear pairs of holes to hold the drives securely.If it wasn't for M.2 trying to kill the entire form factor off I suspect we would see a either a half lengthish 2.5" short form factor or a revival of the 1.8" sata form factor for SSDs with cheap 2.5" to 1.8" adapters in the box (similar to how many early SSDs included 3.5" to 2.5" brackets to aid installing in desktop cases that rarely had 2.5" bays.
As it is, I expect we'll continue to see sub-sized PCBs in 2.5" carriers from now until the form factor slowly fades away. Older systems and the upgrade market mean that's probably at least 5 years out.