Seriously, why leave out something so obvious. If they can't include the price, why bother writing the article. As far as I am concerned it's vaporware, until I see a price.
These are OEM drives, hence pricing is highly dependent on volume and the terms of the contract. I.e. you won't be able to buy these drives anyway, although the XG3 is likely the Toshiba-based NVMe drive OCZ teased at Computex and will retail under the RevoDrive brand.
I wonder if it's worth reporting about these at all. You can't actually buy them. And OEMs don't tell you what drive they integrated into their systems so even if you happen to buy a system with one of these inside, you probably won't even know it.
So if we can't buy them, its not worth knowing?? Really.......so a new product line\launch\direction shouldn't be reported simply because its not consumer based? Wow.....
I would guess the audience for that on _consumer_ oriented site is rather limited, yes. I may be wrong, I was just asking whether it made sense to report.
This is a technology oriented site, not consumer oriented. Sure, we like the new shiny things you can wander down to a brick-and-mortar store to buy, but we're also interested in more esoteric technology. that's trickier to get a hold of.
I have a Samsung SM951 as a datadisk in Ubuntu Linux OS. Can't get it to boot on three MBs I have. I await for an NVMe version to appear and hopefully one will.
Most likely this announcement is to allow the big system integrators (Dell/Supermicro) to start planning product roadmaps. Then when they get sufficient orders, Toshiba might suggest a final MSRP, but that'll be substantially different to the thousands of units pricing that the SIs get. If it gets sold as individual units down the road, that will be after the SIs put their initial orders in, and then an MSRP might be made public. For some of these customers though, money is almost no object.
i sometimes kinda like these kind of articles , they can give a indication on how the OEM side is evolving. Which means getting a glimps on what the big manufactures are massproducing and what we might expect to see in consumer-end products. Like when M.2 is going to be mainstream etc ...
Hmmm, I had to do a bit more research and the differences between Sata Express and U.2 are ambiguous at best. Sata Express uses 2 PCIe lanes where U.2 uses 4. Looks like Sata Express is partially backwards compatible with U.2 if the right connector is used. I don't think U.2 is backwards compatible though with SATA Express since it requires 2 more PCIe lanes.
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mcveigh - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
Pricing??mdw9604 - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
If you have to ask you can't afford it :)Seriously, why leave out something so obvious. If they can't include the price, why bother writing the article. As far as I am concerned it's vaporware, until I see a price.
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
These are OEM drives, hence pricing is highly dependent on volume and the terms of the contract. I.e. you won't be able to buy these drives anyway, although the XG3 is likely the Toshiba-based NVMe drive OCZ teased at Computex and will retail under the RevoDrive brand.bug77 - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
I wonder if it's worth reporting about these at all. You can't actually buy them. And OEMs don't tell you what drive they integrated into their systems so even if you happen to buy a system with one of these inside, you probably won't even know it.nevcairiel - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
The SM951 is a OEM drive, yet one runs in my PC just fine. There is always shops that sell OEM components if there is interest on the market.dsraa - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
So if we can't buy them, its not worth knowing?? Really.......so a new product line\launch\direction shouldn't be reported simply because its not consumer based? Wow.....bug77 - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
I would guess the audience for that on _consumer_ oriented site is rather limited, yes.I may be wrong, I was just asking whether it made sense to report.
edzieba - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
This is a technology oriented site, not consumer oriented. Sure, we like the new shiny things you can wander down to a brick-and-mortar store to buy, but we're also interested in more esoteric technology. that's trickier to get a hold of.fjgaude - Friday, August 14, 2015 - link
I have a Samsung SM951 as a datadisk in Ubuntu Linux OS. Can't get it to boot on three MBs I have. I await for an NVMe version to appear and hopefully one will.nils_ - Monday, September 7, 2015 - link
Does grub detect it? Maybe just have /boot + grub on a separate device.Ian Cutress - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
Most likely this announcement is to allow the big system integrators (Dell/Supermicro) to start planning product roadmaps. Then when they get sufficient orders, Toshiba might suggest a final MSRP, but that'll be substantially different to the thousands of units pricing that the SIs get. If it gets sold as individual units down the road, that will be after the SIs put their initial orders in, and then an MSRP might be made public. For some of these customers though, money is almost no object.plopke - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
i sometimes kinda like these kind of articles , they can give a indication on how the OEM side is evolving. Which means getting a glimps on what the big manufactures are massproducing and what we might expect to see in consumer-end products. Like when M.2 is going to be mainstream etc ...freeskier93 - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
So is Toshiba officially the first to have a SATA Express drive on the market?RealBeast - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
Hardly, the Intel 750 is in stock at Newegg Business.freeskier93 - Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - link
The Intel 750 2.5" drive is U.2 not Sata Express.RealBeast - Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - link
Semantics: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9363/sff8639-connect...freeskier93 - Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - link
Hmmm, I had to do a bit more research and the differences between Sata Express and U.2 are ambiguous at best. Sata Express uses 2 PCIe lanes where U.2 uses 4. Looks like Sata Express is partially backwards compatible with U.2 if the right connector is used. I don't think U.2 is backwards compatible though with SATA Express since it requires 2 more PCIe lanes.