Samsung unveils 1TB solid-state drive

[Viper1]

Pemalite said:

Viper1 said:

Throw a $60 60 GBB SDD into a regular computer as the OS/Boot drive and they'll notice a huge difference in boot times, program start up times, virus scans, etc...

 

As for this SDD specifically, it will likely retail for between $550 to $650.  Samsung is selling some SDD's for $0.65 per GB and these are coming on a smaller memery process meaning costs are reduced.   Granted those are still high prices but an SSD of this capacity isn't developed for every day web browsing, MS Word and email usage anyway.

Agreed. Every PC, even your grandmothers should have an SSD, amazing pieces of technology which makes any PC incredibly responsive.

However, keep in mind these will be using cheap TLC NAND and not just any TLC NAND either, 19nm TLC NAND which means worse latency and longevity.
I prefer to stick to MLC/SLC NAND SSD's if I can.

Samsung's NAND is some of the best.  Not sure where you get the idea it's cheap.  This also 10 nm, not 19 nm.

They've performed longevity tests on modern cell performance and it's now far and away beyond what original longevity tests showed back when flash was first coming to market.  The early SSD tests were not much better and in both, RAM was never taken in as a factor which actually plays a huge role in the longevity of your SSD.

Most longevity tests are actually still based on the old Compact Flash drives.  Those being much smaller in capacity and of older technology did indeed have issues with short cell lifespans but that's really no longer an issue.  Especially with larger drives (meaning fewer write cycles per cell over time), better wear leveling software, great over provissioning software and finally...computers with more RAM which leads to far less paging on the SDD.