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SSDs are on track to get bigger and cheaper thanks to PLC technology
- dokem 7y agoCan someone explain what it means to store more than one bit per NAND cell. for PLC does this mean reading/writing a voltage to the cell with a 5 bit DAC/ADC?
- Arbalest 7y agoPretty much. It means that each cell has 2^5 (32) distinct voltage ranges for each potential 5 bit combination.
- Havoc 7y agoGlad to see things are progressing rapidly Disagree an the conclusion that it'll be niche. A big chunk of consumers will be fine with big cheap space with writes that fall off a cliff if you write too fast. Eg I could use that for a steam library. My Internet can't keep up with 80 MBs anyway And all those Facebook machines out there won't care either
- garyclarke27 7y agoAbout time. I just bought a Macbook Air for my daughter and was astonished to find that the only available models in the shops (in Portugal) had a measly 128 GB. Also that 1TB ssd is still a luxury in laptops ie zero progress in 6 years! My 2013 Macbook Pro has 1 TB and still works fine, so I’m reluctant to replace it, considering how little they have advanced and how expensive they still are.