" I suspect this is supply related because there will be a spike in TLC NAND demand in the second half of this year, so using two suppliers guarantees that ADATA won’t run into supply issues. "
Is that because more manufacturers are gonna be building TLC drives (which should eventually mean lower prices no?) or is there some other consumer side spike in demand that I'm not aware of?
The former. I'm not sure what is the current state of TLC supply in the spot market, but prices will definitely decline after the initial TLC demand spike
I will never buy a tlc drive. They should focus on 3d mlc and expanding capacity at current fab nodes. They are just going to create uncertainty in consumer minds if they loose data.
Neither 3D MLC or capacity expansion is going to bring similar cost reductions as TLC. I'm not sure why you associate TLC with data loss because the Samsung bug resulted in zero data loss, just decreased performance. Frankly, there were people that said they will never touch an MLC drive when the switch from SLC to MLC happened, but today finding an SLC drive is close to impossible...
TLC will be what pretty much all mainstream drives use in the near future. I would assume that we will still see MLC drives as high end offerings, but they will have higher prices..
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Impulses - Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - link
" I suspect this is supply related because there will be a spike in TLC NAND demand in the second half of this year, so using two suppliers guarantees that ADATA won’t run into supply issues. "Is that because more manufacturers are gonna be building TLC drives (which should eventually mean lower prices no?) or is there some other consumer side spike in demand that I'm not aware of?
Kristian Vättö - Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - link
The former. I'm not sure what is the current state of TLC supply in the spot market, but prices will definitely decline after the initial TLC demand spiketoyotabedzrock - Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - link
I will never buy a tlc drive. They should focus on 3d mlc and expanding capacity at current fab nodes. They are just going to create uncertainty in consumer minds if they loose data.Kristian Vättö - Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - link
Neither 3D MLC or capacity expansion is going to bring similar cost reductions as TLC. I'm not sure why you associate TLC with data loss because the Samsung bug resulted in zero data loss, just decreased performance. Frankly, there were people that said they will never touch an MLC drive when the switch from SLC to MLC happened, but today finding an SLC drive is close to impossible...extide - Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - link
TLC will be what pretty much all mainstream drives use in the near future. I would assume that we will still see MLC drives as high end offerings, but they will have higher prices..Sejong - Monday, July 20, 2015 - link
Please....no TLC. No TLC. Please.SLC to MLC made sense (twice the capacity), but MLC to TLC doesn`t.