While this will not be a permanent situation, all signs point to a glut of NAND supplies soon driving prices down. The Register lists a variety of reasons why this could occur, not least of which is the roughly half dozen NAND fabs that are either being built or close to coming online. That is not the only factor increasing production, the move to 64-layer and 96-layer NAND, coupled with the move from TLC to QLC means more usable NAND comes off of every wafer. Since all the major manufacturers are participating in these changes, and will continue to try to undercut the competitions pricing, it seems likely that prices are going to start to dip in the later half of the year.
$0.10/GB, here we come?
"NAND oversupply is becoming a distinct possibility – with an increasing memory supply chasing a market that can’t absorb all the bits and bytes at prices that provide profits for suppliers."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Intel roadmap leak points to Core i9-9900K release in September @ The Inquirer
- Dixons Carphone: Yeah, so, about that hack we said hit 1.2m records? Multiply that by 8.3 @ The Register
- “P is for Power”—Android engineers talk battery life improvements in Android P @ Ars Technica
- AMD Launches B450 Chipset for Socket AM4 @ [H]ard|OCP
- Q&A With J. Turner Whitted – Creator Of Graphical Ray Tracing @ Techgage
” $.10/GB or GTFO” – Ryan’s
” $.10/GB or GTFO” – Ryan’s Law
“RGB? GTFO.” – Jeremy’s Law
“RGB? GTFO.” – Jeremy’s Law
That’s … not inaccurate.
That's … not inaccurate. LOL
Does write endurance go up,
Does write endurance go up, at an equal rate, as the number of bits/cell increases?
Write endurance decreases
Write endurance decreases with the number of bits/cells as the voltages/techniques required to differentiate the # of bits per cell degrades the cells faster.
QLC and even more bit-rot
QLC and even more bit-rot issues than TLC! So that means get some tape or spinnng rust for backups and backup often.
I’d still rather have less than TLC for flash or Some Form of DRAM/XPoint cache on the drive for performance and at least MLC(2 state) for durability. I’ll let others become the Beta Testers for QLC.
S/A is got more on Intel’s
S/A is got more on Intel’s “10nm” that been made more like 12nm in order to be ready by Q4 2019 according to Charlie(1).
(1)
“Intel guts 10nm to get it out the door”
https://semiaccurate.com/2018/08/02/intel-guts-10nm-to-get-it-out-the-door/