300TB SSDs Due in 2026, Supplier Claims

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Pure Storage's DFM modules to skyrocket capacity in coming years.

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  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    Meanwhile going on three years later, we're still waiting for this

    New X-NAND Tech Detailed: SLC Speed at QLC Capacity and Pricing | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)
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  • domih
    300TB SSD for between $30,000 and $300,000 :ROFLMAO:
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  • Amdlova
    Great maybe now can storage my corn collection.
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  • bit_user
    Sounds like a way to lose data at unprecedented speeds.

    Also, even using PCIe 5.0 x4, it would take at least 5.5 hours to copy a 300 TB storage drive. That's starting to get into the realm of hard drives, which is interesting to think about.
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  • bit_user
    Alvar Miles Udell said:
    Meanwhile going on three years later, we're still waiting for this

    New X-NAND Tech Detailed: SLC Speed at QLC Capacity and Pricing | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)
    Maybe he was trying to charge too much to license the IP, and that put off flash memory makers. Or, maybe there were problems with actually implementing those concepts in modern flash, made on modern process nodes.

    It's hard to say, because NEO Semiconductor doesn't make complete memory devices or IP. If X-NAND were announced by an actual memory maker, then you could decry it as vaporware. But, because NEO doesn't actually make or design full flash memory products, it's quite plausible they're just a form of patent troll that's trying to create an IP minefield around where they think the industry is headed.
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  • peachpuff
    Consumers will only receive $200 1tb pcie5 ssds...
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  • kerberos_20
    bit_user said:
    Maybe he was trying to charge too much to license the IP, and that put off flash memory makers. Or, maybe there were problems with actually implementing those concepts in modern flash, made on modern process nodes.

    It's hard to say, because NEO Semiconductor doesn't make complete memory devices or IP. If X-NAND were announced by an actual memory maker, then you could decry it as vaporware. But, because NEO doesn't actually make or design full flash memory products, it's quite plausible they're just a form of patent troll that's trying to create an IP minefield around where they think the industry is headed.
    x-nand is on gen2 now, it is available for storage companies who wants to build it, its main target is embeded devices, AI, and some high computing (cloud/nas/data centers), probably no data on whos using it now
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  • digitalgriffin
    Huge Boon for database backups administrator everywhere.
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  • jeremyj_83
    domih said:
    300TB SSD for between $30,000 and $300,000 :ROFLMAO:
    If you have to ask how much it costs you cannot afford it. However, in all seriousness these drives are going to be used by companies like Google. A 2U server with 24 U.2 drive bays populated with 15.36TB drives only has 368TB of raw storage. Basically one of these drives is able to replace an entire 2U server for space. In that same 2U a server with 24x 300TB drives will have a raw storage capacity of 7.2TB. In 1 2U they can replace the storage for an entire 42U rack and that level of consolidation saves A TON of money.
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  • korekan
    meanwhile for consumer we will be stuck with 512GB and 1 TB for at least next 10 years.:LOL:
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