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Intel's New 3D NAND Technology Allows for Greater Than 10TB Solid-State Drives
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No, it's per die (chip), and it is 256 gigabits, or 32 GB. A cell holds a single-digit number of bits.
Oh how I would love a 1TB+ drive in my MacBook (yes, waiting for Apple to put these in the new MacBook line). Hopefully next year? Maybe the year after that?
I have a feeling that Apple may shy away from extreme storage capacities in the near (3-5yrs) future for the sole purpose of pushing their iCloud agenda. If everyone is pushing for cloud storage so heavily, why do we need such monstrous local storage options?
That's not to say I wouldn't jump on that in a heartbeat. I would. Being able to store all my pictures/music/apps/videos on my computer would be amazing.
It's interesting how Apple is an early adopter in some cases (USB Type-C), and less so in others.
I have a feeling that Apple may shy away from extreme storage capacities in the near (3-5yrs) future for the sole purpose of pushing their iCloud agenda. If everyone is pushing for cloud storage so heavily, why do we need such monstrous local storage options?
That's not to say I wouldn't jump on that in a heartbeat. I would. Being able to store all my pictures/music/apps/videos on my computer would be amazing.
It's interesting how Apple is an early adopter in some cases (USB Type-C), and less so in others.
Samsung already sells SSDs with 3D NAND. In fact, I bought one just the other day!
(It's excellent, btw.)
Intel and Micron are actually way behind Samsung on this...
This is terrific technology. In my lifetime I have experienced sliderules, punch cards, magnetic tape and tube electronics. This new stuff looks like magic. Thank you to every engineer working working on this technology. It is improving our lives in so many ways.
yay now lets see the prices not cost as much as a car or house.
its about time I have been putting off on a new MBP for just this reason i don't want to go back 10 years and have only 200-500 in disk space i want more then i have now 1 TB or more would be nice and it shouldn't cost more then the 3K laptop to have it
its about time I have been putting off on a new MBP for just this reason i don't want to go back 10 years and have only 200-500 in disk space i want more then i have now 1 TB or more would be nice and it shouldn't cost more then the 3K laptop to have it
Modern SSDs contain software that can cause all cells in the memory to reset. This removes all data on the storage, and also makes sure none of your data can be recovered.
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Dood, some of us remember when 16K of ram and a floppy drive was luxury.
Yeah, we can look forward to the day when today's technical marvel is tomorrow's nostalgia item at the local thrift store.
My first computer was the Apple II (I think 1978) with two 5 inch floppy drives and no hard drive. Those were the days! No internet. Not even dial up.
Meanwhile Apple announce a new 8GB iPad 
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It's so so sad Apple are so very penny pinching when it comes to memory on their "premium" devices.
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It's so so sad Apple are so very penny pinching when it comes to memory on their "premium" devices.
Can we get an update to the OP?
Can we get an update on the OP that clarifies if this is a new 3D NAND process different from the process already on the market? Given that the Samsung 850 series has been on the market since mid 2014, we can probably drop the portion of the OP I bolded. Several forum members already own the 850.
Can we get an update on the OP that clarifies if this is a new 3D NAND process different from the process already on the market? Given that the Samsung 850 series has been on the market since mid 2014, we can probably drop the portion of the OP I bolded. Several forum members already own the 850.
The only Mac likely to get a drive size as big as 10TB anytime soon is the Mac Pro. This could actually open up large storage options to the new design. I suppose the next generation iMacs may see versions up 3TB. With the usual premium applied obviously.
Don't expect drives of this size on any Apple Macbooks anytime soon.
Don't expect drives of this size on any Apple Macbooks anytime soon.
The future of tape...
I expected tape to hang in there just a bit longer myself. But we've recently handed off all of our archiving to geographically-dispersed 3rd party services and retired the ol' jukebox. I've still got a firesafe full of media in a legal hold, but I'm in for a tough week if I ever have to mount them.
The problem with tape is that it's too people-intensive to manage. People are expensive, so like everything else, the cost pressure to automate the data lifecycle wins out.
I expected tape to hang in there just a bit longer myself. But we've recently handed off all of our archiving to geographically-dispersed 3rd party services and retired the ol' jukebox. I've still got a firesafe full of media in a legal hold, but I'm in for a tough week if I ever have to mount them.
The problem with tape is that it's too people-intensive to manage. People are expensive, so like everything else, the cost pressure to automate the data lifecycle wins out.
In 2 years time nobody will be buying hard disks, it will be all SSD. We will still be using tape for archiving though. Long live tape!
We had BBSes, and FidoNet! (For those who remember those heady days... Wow, it's like another lifetime thinking back to my youth in the 80s.)
I should have been clearer why I thought it is good news. I work in the storage area network field and we've been using 3.2TB flash modules for a bit (6TB soon). It's great to see the technology/capacity growing so rapidly and being available for general public's use.
It's great for technological advancement ... regardless who have done it first.
Just to be clear, I am not a fanboi of anything
apple: )
Samsung 850 evo and Pro have V-nand
Samsung has been selling their V-nand ( vertical nand ) for a while now. As others have mentioned, Samsung earlier in the product cycle called this both 3D-Nand and V-nand. We'll see which companies produce multi-terabyte PCIe and SSD products first.
Samsung has been selling their V-nand ( vertical nand ) for a while now. As others have mentioned, Samsung earlier in the product cycle called this both 3D-Nand and V-nand. We'll see which companies produce multi-terabyte PCIe and SSD products first.
That's good. But what if, for example, the power supply in the MacBook, let's say, breaks, or it gets run over by a truck, or simply dropped, or whatever, and you can't even power it up, and "they've" permanently installed the 'disk drive' on to the motherboard? Being able to physically remove those things is starting to get iffy. I guess I could take it to the shooting range.
No, thank you. I don't want one. I've been around electronics for too long.
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Used to connect to those with my 300 baud Hayes Smartmodem! A different phone number of each BBS. Those WERE the days...in the 70s! Fun fun!
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i remember back in 2009, a 128gb ssd is all i wanted, how times have changed. Although, since 2010, I have used exclusively, flash storage for my main macs, and my gosh, the difference it makes. I would eventually, like to move over to all flash storage too.