appleache

higher the better, especially if you use it for work. mac's component is non user replaceable, the "optimization" they can do is just making a virtual ram space on your ssd, which would just make stuff slower and potentially wear out the ssd more due to the rosetta transcoding occupying some ram space. apple cannot do magical optimization on 3rd party software, like chrome or adobe. the store prob just have bunch of 8gb piled up, for a good reason.

higher the better, especially if you use it for work. mac's component is non user replaceable, the "optimization" they can do is just making a virtual ram space on your ssd, which would just make stuff slower and potentially wear out the ssd more due to the rosetta transcoding occupying some ram space. apple cannot do magical optimization on 3rd party software, like chrome or adobe. the store prob just have bunch of 8gb piled up, for a good reason.

higher the better, especially if you use it for work. mac's component is non user replaceable, the "optimization" they can do is just making a virtual ram space on your ssd, which would just make stuff slower and potentially wear out the ssd more due to the rosetta transcoding occupying some ram space. apple cannot do magical optimization on 3rd party software, like chrome or adobe. the store prob just have bunch of 8gb piled up, for a good reason.

Samsung have kind of the same problem, but more of just a slc caching strategy change, the new 970 evo plus have the new ver of controller (same one on 980), slc cache is now much larger, and overall write speed is more stable, but out of slc write is worse
 
 

Summary
 
RN the news is exploding in Chinese media circle, the recent NEW batch of sn550 1tb seems to have only half of the speed outside SLC cache compare to the original, old can do 800mb/s while new one is just about or less than 400mb/s. the new batch come with firmware version 233010WD, and 潮玩客 has tried flash older drive with this firmware but failed, and new drive also cannot be forced downgrade to the older firmware starting with 21 or older, this suggest a change in hardware level(NAND). RN the NEW sn550 1TB now has out of SLC cache speed similar to 500gb ver of sn550, or 960GB SN350. There is no solid prove that the NAND new SN550 is QLC as WD themself dont give enough details on their NAND chip part number, but there is a listing for 1TB QLC version of SN350 on their product sheet with 100TBW, old tlc SN350 is 960GB 80TBW, for context the OG SN550 1TB is 600TBW. RN there is no saying if this batch is CHINA/Asia only or global, but NA usually have older stockpile.
 
 Quotes
 
experview tested speed, middle is sandisk ultra which is basically the old sn550:

潮玩客's video：
 

 
old vs new, dashboard shows firmware is already up to date and cannot be forced updated even by changing filename
 

 



 
My thoughts
even with the speed downgrade SN550 1tb is still a ok DRAMless drive, however now it is no longer the god tier budget DRAMless drive due to it "new performance". now it just on a slightly better position compare to other $100 DRAMless. consider stuff like sn750 1tb is only $20 there is no point gambling for SN550, since there is a possibility that the actual TBW is now the same as SN350 or just a bit better. PLUS other SSD that has DRAM occasionally comes down $110 or less, like Silicon Power P34A80, no point buying a (more) lootboxed SSD.

also WD is selling a pcie4 ver of SN550 in same Amazon listing as SN750, named SN750 SE, very scummy move.
 
Sources
expreview.com https://www.expreview.com/80127.html
潮玩客 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1eA411A7Z1
supplemental source:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV18P4y1s7Rt
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15L411b7Ur

Summary
 
RN the news is exploding in Chinese media circle, the recent NEW batch of sn550 1tb seems to have only half of the speed outside SLC cache compare to the original, old can do 800mb/s while new one is just about or less than 400mb/s. the new batch come with firmware version 233010WD, and 潮玩客 has tried flash older drive with this firmware but failed, and new drive also cannot be forced downgrade to the older firmware starting with 21 or older, this suggest a change in hardware level(NAND). RN the NEW sn550 1TB now has out of SLC cache speed similar to 500gb ver of sn550, or 960GB SN350. There is no solid prove that the NAND new SN550 is QLC as WD themself dont give enough details on their NAND chip part number, but there is a listing for 1TB QLC version of SN350 on their product sheet with 100TBW, old tlc SN350 is 960GB 80TBW, for context the OG SN550 1TB is 600TBW. RN there is no saying if this batch is CHINA/Asia only or global, but NA usually have older stockpile.
 
 Quotes
 
experview tested speed, middle is sandisk ultra which is basically the old sn550:

潮玩客's video：
 

 
old vs new, dashboard shows firmware is already up to date and cannot be forced updated even by changing filename
 

 



 
My thoughts
even with the speed downgrade SN550 1tb is still a ok DRAMless drive, however now it is no longer the god tier budget DRAMless drive due to it "new performance". now it just on a slightly better position compare to other $100 DRAMless. consider stuff like sn750 1tb is only $20 there is no point gambling for SN550, since there is a possibility that the actual TBW is now the same as SN350 or just a bit better. PLUS other SSD that has DRAM occasionally comes down $110 or less, like Silicon Power P34A80, no point buying a (more) lootboxed SSD.

also WD is selling a pcie4 ver of SN550 in same Amazon listing as SN750, named SN750 SE, very scummy move.
 
Sources
expreview.com https://www.expreview.com/80127.html
潮玩客 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1eA411A7Z1
supplemental source:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV18P4y1s7Rt
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15L411b7Ur

most important thing is TBW is now potentially different, which is SSD's lifeblood

Also beware of Crucial P2. 
They changed TLC to QLC. while keeping the same product name. 
 
edit 
Source 
https://www.tomshardware.com/features/crucial-p2-ssd-qlc-flash-swap-downgrade

Summary
 
RN the news is exploding in Chinese media circle, the recent NEW batch of sn550 1tb seems to have only half of the speed outside SLC cache compare to the original, old can do 800mb/s while new one is just about or less than 400mb/s. the new batch come with firmware version 233010WD, and 潮玩客 has tried flash older drive with this firmware but failed, and new drive also cannot be forced downgrade to the older firmware starting with 21 or older, this suggest a change in hardware level(NAND). RN the NEW sn550 1TB now has out of SLC cache speed similar to 500gb ver of sn550, or 960GB SN350. There is no solid prove that the NAND new SN550 is QLC as WD themself dont give enough details on their NAND chip part number, but there is a listing for 1TB QLC version of SN350 on their product sheet with 100TBW, old tlc SN350 is 960GB 80TBW, for context the OG SN550 1TB is 600TBW. RN there is no saying if this batch is CHINA/Asia only or global, but NA usually have older stockpile.
 
 Quotes
 
experview tested speed, middle is sandisk ultra which is basically the old sn550:

潮玩客's video：
 

 
old vs new, dashboard shows firmware is already up to date and cannot be forced updated even by changing filename
 

 



 
My thoughts
even with the speed downgrade SN550 1tb is still a ok DRAMless drive, however now it is no longer the god tier budget DRAMless drive due to it "new performance". now it just on a slightly better position compare to other $100 DRAMless. consider stuff like sn750 1tb is only $20 there is no point gambling for SN550, since there is a possibility that the actual TBW is now the same as SN350 or just a bit better. PLUS other SSD that has DRAM occasionally comes down $110 or less, like Silicon Power P34A80, no point buying a (more) lootboxed SSD.

also WD is selling a pcie4 ver of SN550 in same Amazon listing as SN750, named SN750 SE, very scummy move.
 
Sources
expreview.com https://www.expreview.com/80127.html
潮玩客 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1eA411A7Z1
supplemental source:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV18P4y1s7Rt
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15L411b7Ur

Summary
 
RN the news is exploding in Chinese media circle, the recent NEW batch of sn550 1tb seems to have only half of the speed outside SLC cache compare to the original, old can do 800mb/s while new one is just about or less than 400mb/s. the new batch come with firmware version 233010WD, and 潮玩客 has tried flash older drive with this firmware but failed, and new drive also cannot be forced downgrade to the older firmware starting with 21 or older, this suggest a change in hardware level(NAND). RN the NEW sn550 1TB now has out of SLC cache speed similar to 500gb ver of sn550, or 960GB SN350. There is no solid prove that the NAND new SN550 is QLC as WD themself dont give enough details on their NAND chip part number, but there is a listing for 1TB QLC version of SN350 on their product sheet with 100TBW, old tlc SN350 is 960GB 80TBW, for context the OG SN550 1TB is 600TBW. RN there is no saying if this batch is CHINA/Asia only or global, but NA usually have older stockpile.
 
 Quotes
 
experview tested speed, middle is sandisk ultra which is basically the old sn550:

潮玩客's video：
 

 
old vs new, dashboard shows firmware is already up to date and cannot be forced updated even by changing filename
 

 



 
My thoughts
even with the speed downgrade SN550 1tb is still a ok DRAMless drive, however now it is no longer the god tier budget DRAMless drive due to it "new performance". now it just on a slightly better position compare to other $100 DRAMless. consider stuff like sn750 1tb is only $20 there is no point gambling for SN550, since there is a possibility that the actual TBW is now the same as SN350 or just a bit better. PLUS other SSD that has DRAM occasionally comes down $110 or less, like Silicon Power P34A80, no point buying a (more) lootboxed SSD.

also WD is selling a pcie4 ver of SN550 in same Amazon listing as SN750, named SN750 SE, very scummy move.
 
Sources
expreview.com https://www.expreview.com/80127.html
潮玩客 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1eA411A7Z1
supplemental source:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV18P4y1s7Rt
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15L411b7Ur

Summary
 
RN the news is exploding in Chinese media circle, the recent NEW batch of sn550 1tb seems to have only half of the speed outside SLC cache compare to the original, old can do 800mb/s while new one is just about or less than 400mb/s. the new batch come with firmware version 233010WD, and 潮玩客 has tried flash older drive with this firmware but failed, and new drive also cannot be forced downgrade to the older firmware starting with 21 or older, this suggest a change in hardware level(NAND). RN the NEW sn550 1TB now has out of SLC cache speed similar to 500gb ver of sn550, or 960GB SN350. There is no solid prove that the NAND new SN550 is QLC as WD themself dont give enough details on their NAND chip part number, but there is a listing for 1TB QLC version of SN350 on their product sheet with 100TBW, old tlc SN350 is 960GB 80TBW, for context the OG SN550 1TB is 600TBW. RN there is no saying if this batch is CHINA/Asia only or global, but NA usually have older stockpile.
 
 Quotes
 
experview tested speed, middle is sandisk ultra which is basically the old sn550:

潮玩客's video：
 

 
old vs new, dashboard shows firmware is already up to date and cannot be forced updated even by changing filename
 

 



 
My thoughts
even with the speed downgrade SN550 1tb is still a ok DRAMless drive, however now it is no longer the god tier budget DRAMless drive due to it "new performance". now it just on a slightly better position compare to other $100 DRAMless. consider stuff like sn750 1tb is only $20 there is no point gambling for SN550, since there is a possibility that the actual TBW is now the same as SN350 or just a bit better. PLUS other SSD that has DRAM occasionally comes down $110 or less, like Silicon Power P34A80, no point buying a (more) lootboxed SSD.

also WD is selling a pcie4 ver of SN550 in same Amazon listing as SN750, named SN750 SE, very scummy move.
 
Sources
expreview.com https://www.expreview.com/80127.html
潮玩客 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1eA411A7Z1
supplemental source:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV18P4y1s7Rt
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15L411b7Ur

Summary
 
RN the news is exploding in Chinese media circle, the recent NEW batch of sn550 1tb seems to have only half of the speed outside SLC cache compare to the original, old can do 800mb/s while new one is just about or less than 400mb/s. the new batch come with firmware version 233010WD, and 潮玩客 has tried flash older drive with this firmware but failed, and new drive also cannot be forced downgrade to the older firmware starting with 21 or older, this suggest a change in hardware level(NAND). RN the NEW sn550 1TB now has out of SLC cache speed similar to 500gb ver of sn550, or 960GB SN350. There is no solid prove that the NAND new SN550 is QLC as WD themself dont give enough details on their NAND chip part number, but there is a listing for 1TB QLC version of SN350 on their product sheet with 100TBW, old tlc SN350 is 960GB 80TBW, for context the OG SN550 1TB is 600TBW. RN there is no saying if this batch is CHINA/Asia only or global, but NA usually have older stockpile.
 
 Quotes
 
experview tested speed, middle is sandisk ultra which is basically the old sn550:

潮玩客's video：
 

 
old vs new, dashboard shows firmware is already up to date and cannot be forced updated even by changing filename
 

 



 
My thoughts
even with the speed downgrade SN550 1tb is still a ok DRAMless drive, however now it is no longer the god tier budget DRAMless drive due to it "new performance". now it just on a slightly better position compare to other $100 DRAMless. consider stuff like sn750 1tb is only $20 there is no point gambling for SN550, since there is a possibility that the actual TBW is now the same as SN350 or just a bit better. PLUS other SSD that has DRAM occasionally comes down $110 or less, like Silicon Power P34A80, no point buying a (more) lootboxed SSD.

also WD is selling a pcie4 ver of SN550 in same Amazon listing as SN750, named SN750 SE, very scummy move.
 
Sources
expreview.com https://www.expreview.com/80127.html
潮玩客 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1eA411A7Z1
supplemental source:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV18P4y1s7Rt
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15L411b7Ur

ipad os is always going to be ipad os, the mac os would merge to it not the other way around. ios eco is much more easy to control and monetize for apple. rn there is noting close to blender. and since you never used apple stuff, the file system is going to be a nightmare for you to export stuff to blender pc, unless you have a nas or network share folder setup.
you should really go try with stuff like ipad air with apple pencil, before you go for m1 ipad.

then they will say it is Chinese doing intellectual property theft

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/03/business/japan-looks-turn-heat-south-korea-stricter-export-controls-items/#.XR9eb49OmUk
as for "display" it is mainly OLED related material, which is a huge deal
 
I wonder who they learn that from
 
the reason for the trade ban
 

http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=33786
 
As side news, SSD in Chinese already begin to rise price a little bit now, good times for SSD might be ending boys

http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=33786
 
As side news, SSD in Chinese already begin to rise price a little bit now, good times for SSD might be ending boys

it is more of Japanese problem than Korean, although Korea does have a strong nationalism. Japan has never being properly trial like Germany. there is still a strong imperial sentiment in high elite, take the Yasukuni for example. not to mentions culturally there still large amount of fantasizing for that era, like in anime etc, even cosplay as old emperial soldier is usual. (now try wearing a Nazi uniform in public). even the school are leaving out stuff like unit 731, not to mention some try to intentionally while washing  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_history_textbook_controversies
 
 

I don't think it would be that much of a lost for AMD to lower the price, this isn't HBM. But to be honest, AMD's target is always the OEM costumers, they could prob do discount with ryzen for HP, DELL etc.
 
As for super I have no idea how nvidia gonna push the marketing on OEM side

https://www.iot-inspector.com/blog/2019/07/huawei-cryptographic-keys-embedded-in-ciscos-firmware/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
 
In short, it is not a big issue as it sounds like, but it is still such an irony under current time
 
 

I don't know how much time I have to say this in this thread. it always about getting Japan to fully admin it's wrong. why do you not see german get the same treatment? because they have done everything they can to extirpate Nazism. textbook, education, banning swastika etc. but in Japan, there is people in education that is activity leaving out large part of history. not to mentioned a lot of other thing Japan is doing purely to piss off other country. because the pp who is running gov now a the same bunch of people as in ww2. simply say, they do this to themselves
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21226068
https://youtu.be/lnAC-Y9p_sY

it is more of Japanese problem than Korean, although Korea does have a strong nationalism. Japan has never being properly trial like Germany. there is still a strong imperial sentiment in high elite, take the Yasukuni for example. not to mentions culturally there still large amount of fantasizing for that era, like in anime etc, even cosplay as old emperial soldier is usual. (now try wearing a Nazi uniform in public). even the school are leaving out stuff like unit 731, not to mention some try to intentionally while washing  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_history_textbook_controversies
 
 

people forget is one thing, school deliberately don't teach you is the other. several of my Japanese roomate ( exchange student) simply don't know about unit 731 or even Nanjing Massacre, it like german school dont teach you about concentration camp. not to mentioned several Japanese high up still saying Nanjing Massacre is a fabrication

I don't know how much time I have to say this in this thread. it always about getting Japan to fully admin it's wrong. why do you not see german get the same treatment? because they have done everything they can to extirpate Nazism. textbook, education, banning swastika etc. but in Japan, there is people in education that is activity leaving out large part of history. not to mentioned a lot of other thing Japan is doing purely to piss off other country. because the pp who is running gov now a the same bunch of people as in ww2. simply say, they do this to themselves
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21226068
https://youtu.be/lnAC-Y9p_sY

it is more of Japanese problem than Korean, although Korea does have a strong nationalism. Japan has never being properly trial like Germany. there is still a strong imperial sentiment in high elite, take the Yasukuni for example. not to mentions culturally there still large amount of fantasizing for that era, like in anime etc, even cosplay as old emperial soldier is usual. (now try wearing a Nazi uniform in public). even the school are leaving out stuff like unit 731, not to mention some try to intentionally while washing  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_history_textbook_controversies