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Samsung now too, wonder if this is chip shortage related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28329386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28329386
by mzs 5y ago
Samsung now too, wonder if this is chip shortage related:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28329386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28329386
- InitialLastName 5y agoI suspect that we're starting to see a lot of products being quietly changed in subtle ways now that we're moving into ~6 months of part shortages (for reference, 6 months is about normal for lag from part purchasing to consumer availability, with substantial variation by sector). The good way to do this is be open when user-visible specs have to change, or even to release a new model. What WD is doing is the bad way.
- shadilay 5y agoThis doesn't have anything to do with the shortages. SSD OEM's have been doing it for years. The real reason is the NAND manufactures add more layers or change nodes.
- noizejoy 5y agoThe Samsung case seems to be quite different, though. i.e. the replacement components don’t seem to generally make things worse.