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Samsung Announces 512GB NVMe SSD That's Smaller Than a Stamp
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This segment from a 1998 CNN article makes me chuckle when I compare it to the subject of this [Macrumors] article.
I've never heard this joke before. Very funny.
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Dude, you've got to get a better hobby than complaining about Apple on an Apple forum every day.
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Because Samsung and others will probably have moved on from SSD technology to something even better.
Wow, so many clever comments here today. "Can't innovate my ass" "Apple can start using this and charge you $$$".
Apple acquired Anobit way back in 2011, an Israeli company that specializes in....wait for it....NAND flash and controllers. Do you people know ANYTHING at all about Apple products? Apple uses their own custom designed NVMe controllers in their latest MacBooks. They also use one in the iPhone 6S.
Yes, that's right. The iPhone 6S has a custom designed NVMe controller, and it's the first (and only) phone in the world to do so.
Sooooo, what's that about innovating again?
Apple acquired Anobit way back in 2011, an Israeli company that specializes in....wait for it....NAND flash and controllers. Do you people know ANYTHING at all about Apple products? Apple uses their own custom designed NVMe controllers in their latest MacBooks. They also use one in the iPhone 6S.
Yes, that's right. The iPhone 6S has a custom designed NVMe controller, and it's the first (and only) phone in the world to do so.
Sooooo, what's that about innovating again?
As appealing as the 5400 drive sounds, I think I'd rather go for the new technology 128GB SSD, priced at only $300 more.
Looks like Samsung's really ahead in the innovation race!
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"512 gb"
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"512 gb"
On the one hand, I'm hoping to see a MacBook Pro with about eight of these things—I'd buy one next week if Apple sold it. On the other hand, knowing Apple, they will probably still stop at 1 TB and instead use the extra space to somehow make the computer a quarter millimeter thinner....
Intels 3D Xpoint SSD technology seems to be even better, but still amazed by the size.
That link confirms my feeling about HGST, they are by far the best drives, until now I never had one fail on me, most of them just retired because of capacity.
That link confirms my feeling about HGST, they are by far the best drives, until now I never had one fail on me, most of them just retired because of capacity.
Never have I imagined that the biggest leaps in technology will be not in CPU but in storage speed and size.
Reminds me of that Jobs ad sitting on a stack of paper saying all the papers beneath me can be stored on a single cd. (a 700 MB CD-R that is)
Reminds me of that Jobs ad sitting on a stack of paper saying all the papers beneath me can be stored on a single cd. (a 700 MB CD-R that is)
Bah, while this is pretty cool... I'd rather be given options for a higher amount storage space rather than 1TB.
Where are those PCI-E SSDs that are 2TB+?
Where are those PCI-E SSDs that are 2TB+?
It's sort of both. Currently 16-die NAND stacks are the highest capacity packages in volume production and going above that will require TSV, which is more expensive than wire bonding and still in development for such tall stacks. 256Gbit is also the largest die in production, but if Samsung announces fourth generation V-NAND this year we may see a larger die and hence possibly a larger SKU of this drive.
Cool...oh man I just thought....this could bring the Mac Mini into new levels lol.
Samsung today announced that mass production has begun on a new NVMe PCIe solid state drive in a ball grid array package, the first of its kind to be available in large quantities. The SSD, called the PM971-NVMe, is tiny, merging all SSD components into a package that's smaller than a standard U.S. postage stamp.
Designed for next-generation PCs and ultra-slim notebooks, the PM971-NVMe measures in at 20mm x 16mm x 1.5mm and weighs approximately a gram. Its volume is about a hundredth of a 2.5-inch SSD or HDD, and it offers performance able to surpass a SATA 6Gb/s interface with sequential read/write speeds of up to 1500MB/s and 900MB/s, respectively.
According to Samsung, it takes 3 seconds to transfer a 5GB-equivalent full-HD movie and is up to 1500 times faster than a standard hard drive when it comes to random read/write input output operations per second (190K and 150K, respectively). Samsung plans to offer the SSD in 128, 256, and 512GB configurations.
Apple has used Samsung SSDs in its Mac machines in the past, and it stands to reason that the company could adopt Samsung's newest technology in the future. There's no guarantee that will happen, but Apple often likes to include cutting-edge technology in its products.
Apple has been using a faster NVM Express interface for the SSDs of its most recent machines, starting with the 12-inch Retina MacBook. Intel is also developing next-generation 3D Xpoint SSD technology that's set to launch in 2016 in its forthcoming Optane solid state drives, another hardware option that may be of interest to Apple.
Article Link: Samsung Announces 512GB NVMe SSD That's Smaller Than a Stamp
Apple note this is what innovation looks like !!!!