Official: Crucial Cancels Ballistix TX3 SSD

[Guest]

The Ballistix-branded PCIe NVMe SSD is canceled as Micron prioritizes resources and investments during a sizeable workforce reduction.

Official: Crucial Cancels Ballistix TX3 SSD : Read more

 

[xyriin]

Maybe they got smart and don't want to waste money ramping up production on a subpar product people aren't going to buy.

 

[Sakkura]

Sucks that Micron has been struggling a bit lately. I liked when they were giving Samsung a real fight, especially with the MX100.

 

[epobirs]

Employment in the tech sector is contracting rapidly, yet nearly all of these companies have standing requests for more H1B Visas.

 

[amateramasu]

In the second to last paragraph, minor typo:
After testing four products with Micron 32-layer TLC and a partial test on a product with 3D MLC (Phison S11 DRAM-Less), it appears the flash falls /sort/ of competing

Should be: After testing four products with Micron 32-layer TLC and a partial test on a product with 3D MLC (Phison S11 DRAM-Less), it appears the flash falls /short/ of competing

 

[mqualls2]

Micron / Crucial has been racing to the bottom for a few years now. I guess we can say, they have finally won.

 

[FritzEiv]

[quotemsg=18459366,0,2099677]In the second to last paragraph, minor typo:
After testing four products with Micron 32-layer TLC and a partial test on a product with 3D MLC (Phison S11 DRAM-Less), it appears the flash falls /sort/ of competing

Should be: After testing four products with Micron 32-layer TLC and a partial test on a product with 3D MLC (Phison S11 DRAM-Less), it appears the flash falls /short/ of competing[/quotemsg]

Dammit. Good catch. Fixed. (And thank you.)