interesting article, SSD prices might drop but im sure your next Galaxy or iPHONE wont be any cheaper. with the market being flooded with TLC nand and QLC slowly coming out, the question is. just how cheap is that 1tb TLC drive going to get from samsung! right now it seems it is going to be a while before we see the prices starting to drop. right now on newegg you can get a Team Group L5 LITE 3D 1TB on sale for $159, then look at samsungs 860evo 1tb at $219. even right now it seems there is more supply then demand and prices have not changed to reflect that.
trekky,
i keep going back and rewriting my reply to you, only to change it, this is the 4th time. LOL the intel 660p is a entry level M.2 drive, consider that single sided 4 chips is 2tb. using a smaller controller to fit 4 on one side, now thing if they were able to get a better controller in the same size. then add proper cache that is more in-line with mainstream drives, think about how much better it would do? what about the fact that intel then could use the other side of the pcb to make it a 4tb m.2 drive. how much bigger could a QLC drive be/get in a 2.5in form factor, with even more cache, maybe a even better controller. use a SAS to M.2 or U.2 connector, like some of intels other drives, QLC could get interesting then. its all about baby steps, im glad to finally see a strong ssd in M.2 for the entry level computers. i just say keep in mind its for entry level and that means basic computing with office workloads. With that in mind they wont tax it enough for the dip to 100mb/s to be a problem, im sure they will be happy the PC boots near instantly vs HDD.
