Crucial Has a 500GB, QLC NAND SSD on Amazon Japan

[Guest]

Amazon Japan revealed a new Crucial drive featuring Micron's QLC NAND.

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[Peter Martin]

Gimme! Gimme Gimme (Capt. Murphy, SeaLab 2021 - Stimutacs). Seriously, Want....

 

[compprob237]

$135 for a 500GB M.2 that has worse performance than the same price (on sale) 970 EVO 500GB I purchased last month?

"QLC's 1 terabit die density provides 33 percent more storage capacity than its MLC NAND die, which could in turn lead to a 33 percent price reduction, but that doesn't seem to be the case here."
Indeed.
You should point out the significant write life sacrifice for that 33% increase in capacity, too.

 

[emv]

33% more storage will not lead to 33% lower price (I will let you do the math).

 

[emv]

having a NVMe high speed device (better than SATA) with QLC at a low price is breakthrough. This puts huge price pressure on everyone.

 

[compprob237]

33% more storage will not lead to 33% lower price (I will let you do the math).

33% more storage for 56-66% LESS write life (TLC 3k vs QLC 1k P/E Cycles).
You do the math.

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/storage-ssd-comparison -> Endurance