FMS 2015: *UPDATED* Samsung Adds Layers to its 3D VNAND, Doubling Capacity...
FMS 2015: Samsung Adds Layers to its 3D VNAND, Doubling Capacity While Reducing Power ConsumptionSamsung recently added 2TB capacity parts to their 850 EVO SATA SSDs, but today’s announcement may...
View ArticleFMS 2015: Samsung's New 256Gbit VNAND Enables 16TB PM1633a Datacenter SSD
I get these emails and comments all the time - "I want a larger capacity SSD". Ok, here ya go:Samsung's earlier 48-layer VNAND announcement was exciting, but we already knew about it going into the...
View ArticleFMS 2015: Toshiba Announces QLC (4-bit MLC) 3D Archival Flash
We occasionally throw around the '3-bit MLC' (Multi Level Cell) term in place of 'TLC' (Triple Level Cell) when talking about flash memory. Those terms are interchangeable, but some feel it is...
View ArticleFMS 2015: Novachips HLNAND Pushes SSDs Beyond 16TB Per SSD Controller
It turns out Samsung wasn’t the only company to have 16TB SSDs at Flash Memory Summit after all:Now that I’ve got your attention, Novachips is an SSD company that does not make their own flash, but I...
View ArticleFMS 2015: Silicon Motion SM2260 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Controller Spotted
We’ve reviewed a few Silicon Motion SSDs in the past (Angelbird | Corsair Force LX | Crucial BX100), and I have always been impressed with their advances in SSD controller technology. Their SM2246EN...
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