From 1Tbit to 1.33Tbit, I don't understand why we need QLC at all. We are scarifying a lot for 33% improvement.
But if NAND continue to drop due to pressure from Chinese Fabs, and lower demand, we may finally see 512GB SSD replacing 256GB Price range within the next 24 months.
This technology is probably one of primary reasons why HDD manufactures are close HDD plants - just hope it comes to consumer - of course I not sure what average consumer will do with 20 TB.
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brakdoo - Friday, July 20, 2018 - link
Well, Western Digital just gave details on their QLC chip: http://investor.wdc.com/news-releases/news-release...boozed - Friday, July 20, 2018 - link
Where are the details?brakdoo - Friday, July 20, 2018 - link
details might be too much but it's: 4/3 terabit (from 1 gigabit TLC), 96-Layer sampling now, mass production this year.Intel is talking about "second half of 2018" too so it's probably the same amount of details...
brakdoo - Friday, July 20, 2018 - link
And they start with SanDisk consumer product shipments (Billy was talking about no consumer).iwod - Friday, July 20, 2018 - link
From 1Tbit to 1.33Tbit, I don't understand why we need QLC at all. We are scarifying a lot for 33% improvement.But if NAND continue to drop due to pressure from Chinese Fabs, and lower demand, we may finally see 512GB SSD replacing 256GB Price range within the next 24 months.
HStewart - Friday, July 20, 2018 - link
This technology is probably one of primary reasons why HDD manufactures are close HDD plants - just hope it comes to consumer - of course I not sure what average consumer will do with 20 TB.