It runs on the PCIe bus, it's getting closer but current generation RAM is also much faster than it used to be.
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Samsung Announces 512GB NVMe SSD That's Smaller Than a Stamp
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It runs on the PCIe bus, it's getting closer but current generation RAM is also much faster than it used to be.
Technology is amazing. I remember dropping $500 on a shiny new 1.6 gig hard drive about 20 years ago and thinking it was more space than I could ever use. Now there is something that holds over 300 times as much that coudl fit the tip of your finger.
Uhh sadly it will, it fullfills all their requirements:
- Small size? Check
Introducing 32" iMac with 8K display, GTX 1080MX, 7700K i7 Kaby Lake @ 4.5 GHz. 1TB 5400rpm drive.
This is sensational. There were days where the sheer concept of TBs of data were limited to Star Trek. Where 1MB/s download speeds on the Internet was a fantasy for the average consumer.
We're now living in a world where terabytes of data can be transferred in seconds. Our phones have more processing power than any computer in the '90s had to produce music, or edit films.
I remember my father told me around the mid '90s that computers couldn't physically get much quicker, as they weren't able to figure out how to transfer data faster than the speed of light. This really puts it into perspective how far we've come.
We're now living in a world where terabytes of data can be transferred in seconds. Our phones have more processing power than any computer in the '90s had to produce music, or edit films.
I remember my father told me around the mid '90s that computers couldn't physically get much quicker, as they weren't able to figure out how to transfer data faster than the speed of light. This really puts it into perspective how far we've come.
Simple.
Apple thrives off the huge profits they make when choosing cheap, old, low cost technology.
Isn't this slower than the current M.2 Samsung 950 Pro? (2.5GBps reads and 1.5Gbps writes).
Small size useful for small devices e.g Macbooks or iPads, but in larger devices you'd probably want the fastest storage.
Unless they put multiple of these little chips into Raid 0.
Small size useful for small devices e.g Macbooks or iPads, but in larger devices you'd probably want the fastest storage.
Unless they put multiple of these little chips into Raid 0.
I'm curious to know this myself. I know this is much higher quality, but I've had a number of flash drives just stop showing any data over the years. I might be completely off base, I'm not an expert in memory/storage.
Meh. Wake me when it's available in Rose Gold...
[Seriously, that's an impressive and potentially useful improvement]
[Seriously, that's an impressive and potentially useful improvement]
Devices have limits to the total number of writes. Eventually the cells wear out. But we're talking 100's of TB in most cases. The latest samsung 950 drive is rated at 400TB. So 800x the drive's capacity.
Apple moved onto SSD for their very profitable iPods - but still kept the original alive in the HDD format for too long. No matter how cheap SSDs are today, they still taunt us with the HDD!
When they move on to all SSD products, then countries like India will not snub them with "You are not cutting edge enough to be a primary seller"!
When they move on to all SSD products, then countries like India will not snub them with "You are not cutting edge enough to be a primary seller"!
Yeah, I have one of those in a bin at home - called Flip-Phone! Candy-bar format is here for a reason.
Holy crap! When these puppies eventually come down in price, there's no reason the current 2.5" SSDs couldn't become the entry-level storage option on PCs, doing away with spinners as main storage devices on our computers.
HDDs could then be used mainly in back-up solutions, NASes, or for archival storage.
HDDs could then be used mainly in back-up solutions, NASes, or for archival storage.
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Why not when all the isheep buy it in droves anyway. Theres your answer.
Physical limit. Notice that this drive is a stack of 18 silicon dice. A 1TB capacity would have needed 34 dice.