The traditional hard disk drive has dominated the market for a long time.
But now, there is news that Samsung has started the mass production of customer QLC SSDs worldwide.
This move is likely to impact the status of the traditional hard drives.
This post will focus on this topic to show some related information.
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There is news that Samsungs worlds first customer quad-level cell (QLC) SSD has started mass production.
Since it is a new ting, many of you dont know what QLC is.
So, firstly, we will introduce it to you.
Intel/Micron found the QLC, and SK Hynix and WD/Toshiba have already begun to produce QLC chips.
To a certain extent, you’re able to think that QLC SDDs are in produced.
For instance, Micron owns a 7.68 T QLC SSD which is called the 5210 ION.
While SK Hynix has not announced that any QLC technology is developed.
It is also said that the 4 TB QLC consumer SSD is in mass production.
This unit applies 32 x 1Tbit(128GB)64-layer V-NAND die.
Its sequential reads speed can reach 540MB/second and the sequential writes speed can be up to 520MB/second.
But, you had to admit that Samsung hasnt announced the random reads and writes IOPS numbers.
This may mean that there is nothing worth showing off.
Perhaps, you’re able to think the controller is still under development.
It is said that there is a 3 years warranty.
However, there is no lifetime TB written rating until now.
The situation may be like this.
But, you might note that this customer quad-level cell SSD has no name and no price.
It is not available now.
And there is no detailed IOPS and endurance information.
Thus, it is too early to release the announcement now.
Seeing this, you’re free to look forward to getting more detailed information later.
Also, the mass production of QLC 5th(96-layer) V-NAND will begin.
In addition, Samsung is trend to produce a die with more than 1 TB capacity.
This aim may be completed in 2019 and the capacity of SSDs can be even larger.
Reading here, you will find that the future of desktop and notebook traditional hard disk is not bright.
It means that this new Samsung consumer QLC SSD may end the traditional hard disk drive age.
