SK Hynix + Intel NAND = Solidigm
Because the headline says, Solidigm is the identify SK Hynix gave to merchandise utilizing Intel’s flash after they purchased that a part of their enterprise in December of final yr. It appears that evidently they took the present enterprise and let the QLC NAND age like a positive Maltavino, into one thing fairly tasty for these on the lookout for a deal on storage.
Everyone knows that QLC is each the least costly and slowest of NANDs, and an SSD and not using a DRAM cache received’t find yourself on the high of the charts even when paired with an honest controller like Silicon Movement’s SM2269XT. What it might probably do is adjust to Ryan’s Legislation, at the moment the value on Newegg is $170 for the 2TB model of the Solidigm P41 Plus and that’s laborious to say no to.
As to the efficiency, TweakTown’s file copy take a look at noticed writes of 997 MB/s and the 3DMark SSD gaming take a look at gave the identical outcomes because the venerable Samsung 980 Professional. That’s actually one thing for a QLC drive to brag about! Take a look at all of the benchmarks right here.
