Sunshine (she/her) to [email protected]English • 1 month agoMicron just demoed the world's fastest SSD with PCIe 6.x tech, a sequential read speed of 27GB/s, and yes, it's just a prototype for nowwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkMicron just demoed the world's fastest SSD with PCIe 6.x tech, a sequential read speed of 27GB/s, and yes, it's just a prototype for nowwww.techradar.comSunshine (she/her) to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoI just want bigger drives… I feel like we’ve been stuck at 1TB for at least a decade.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoSSDs have gotten much cheaper. 10 years ago, they were over $0.50/GB, now they’re just over $0.04/GB That’s over 12 times cheaper. You can get a 2tb ssd for $85. 10 years ago a 2tb ssd would’ve been super expensive and very boogie.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoSSDs were even cheaper until memory manufacturers decided it was getting too cheap: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/ssd-prices-predicted-to-skyrocket-throughout-2024 They predicted prices would go higher and, through the magic of intentionally constricting supply, it happened. Prices still have not dropped back down to where they were in 2023.
I just want bigger drives… I feel like we’ve been stuck at 1TB for at least a decade.
SSDs have gotten much cheaper. 10 years ago, they were over $0.50/GB, now they’re just over $0.04/GB That’s over 12 times cheaper.
You can get a 2tb ssd for $85. 10 years ago a 2tb ssd would’ve been super expensive and very boogie.
SSDs were even cheaper until memory manufacturers decided it was getting too cheap: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/ssd-prices-predicted-to-skyrocket-throughout-2024
They predicted prices would go higher and, through the magic of intentionally constricting supply, it happened. Prices still have not dropped back down to where they were in 2023.