Samsung's 16TB datacenter SSD

[dragosudeki]

This is exactly what the companies are doing.  They are researching how to fit more storage in smaller/single chips.  This decreases cost, by increasing capacity per chip, so they need less chips for equal size.  So, they are already doing exactly what you want.

I have a hard time understanding your statement in terms of this article.

 

What they just did, was increase the density of a chip, which most likely will not make anything else cheaper, nor does it make it smaller. It just makes one expensive as hell product (especially considering the GB/$ we see on an SSD). How the article explained the creation of this new 16TB SSD, was to make the memory 3D, which is the same idea as HBM. Then look at the current HBM GPUs and that sure ain't cheap either...

 

Making something smaller would be to have an existing size (let's say 256GB) and turn it into a 1 inch SSD or something, which I even doubt would be any cheaper than the already existing models.

[Guest]

[HarmFull]

Honestly I can't help but see that flash storage is the future. It's density is just growing so much more quickly then mechanical drives now. As OP said and from what I can dig up, the largest capacity 2.5" mechanical drive is a 3TB Toshiba drive, just released at the beginning of the year. 16TB SSDs for the mainstream market seem very unreasonable for the next while, but this paves the way for consumer-available SSDs soon to come that will match if not surpass the capacities of consumer-available mechanical drives.

 

TBH, HDD density isn't really a top priority right now. Since the average consumer doesn't need more than 1 or 2 Terrabytes anyway.

 

But still, the speed of the SSD alone is a key selling point and right now paying €50 for 1TB or +/- €100 for 250GB is still a hard sell to some people. It's still 8x per GB cheaper (maybe a bit less).

 

But if Price per GB will drop further, than hello fast boot times!

[CTR640]

Ok, how many kidneys it will cost ?))))

It will cost you more two kidneys, liver, a pair of your eyeballs, one penis, two testicles, stomach, colon, small intestine, your best strong faphand, left brain.

Do you like to make the deal?

[Tedol]

It will cost you more two kidneys, liver, a pair of your eyeballs, one penis, two testicles, stomach, colon, small intestine, your best strong faphand, left brain.

Do you like to make the deal?

I will wait 2-3 years)) 

[The Gaige]

I'll take 3 for all 3 of my PCs here at home!

[Doobeedoo]

Still can't wait for the day when SSDs come to price of HDDs though.

[WanderingFool]

I have a hard time understanding your statement in terms of this article.

 

What they just did, was increase the density of a chip, which most likely will not make anything else cheaper, nor does it make it smaller. It just makes one expensive as hell product (especially considering the GB/$ we see on an SSD). How the article explained the creation of this new 16TB SSD, was to make the memory 3D, which is the same idea as HBM. Then look at the current HBM GPUs and that sure ain't cheap either...

 

Making something smaller would be to have an existing size (let's say 256GB) and turn it into a 1 inch SSD or something, which I even doubt would be any cheaper than the already existing models.

 

The thing to note is moving from the standard 2d gates to a 3D structure requires more initial investment (R&D and building the factories, as they may require new equipment to be built).  So while the initial cost of such products might be higher than consumer grade stuff, the fact the density decreases will have benefits to the consume *down the road*.

 

The way to look at it is like, what is the major cost of making flash?  It isn't the lithography, but the purified silicon wafers.  So the more you can build out of a single wafer the cheaper things become.  Although someone can correct me if I am wrong.

[themaniac]

I was thinking about cpu's and gpu's and making miniature military ships then I saw the title and my mind just went blank

[EcoBoost]

I have a hard time understanding your statement in terms of this article.

As larger enterprise SSDs come out, the price of smaller consumer-oriented SSDs goes down. Look at how expensive they were a few years ago

[EcoBoost]

For those who are interested, although this is a 2.5" drive, it is 15mm in thickness. It may not install it in hdd cage or any space that are designed for 7mm or 9mm SSD...

 

http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/samsung-sm953-pm1725-pm1633-pm1633a,1-2805.html

It should fit in most desktop 3.5" bays where there's holes for 2.5" drives since 3.5" HDDs are like 25mm(?) in thickness