
Solidigm P41 Plus, DRAMless QLC With Efficiency?
SK Hynix + Intel NAND = Solidigm
Because the headline says, Solidigm is the identify SK Hynix gave to merchandise utilizing Intel’s flash after they purchased that a part of their enterprise in December of last year. Evidently they took the prevailing enterprise and let the QLC NAND age like a superb Maltavino, into one thing fairly tasty for these on the lookout for a deal on storage.
Everyone knows that QLC is each the least costly and slowest of NANDs, and an SSD and not using a DRAM cache gained’t find yourself on the prime of the charts even when paired with a good controller like Silicon Movement’s SM2269XT. What it might probably do is adjust to Ryan’s Legislation, presently the worth on Newegg is $170 for the 2TB model of the Solidigm P41 Plus and that’s onerous to say no to.
As to the efficiency, TweakTown’s file copy check noticed writes of 997 MB/s and the 3DMark SSD gaming check gave the identical outcomes because the venerable Samsung 980 Professional. That’s definitely one thing for a QLC drive to brag about! Check out all the benchmarks here.