Subj : This is what the 256TB SSD from Samsung looks like - and no, you
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Sat Aug 26 2023 08:00:03

This is what the 256TB SSD from Samsung looks like - and no, you wont be able 
to put it in your workstation yet

Date:
Sat, 26 Aug 2023 06:51:22 +0000

Description:
Samsungs E3.L 256TB QLC SSD adopts a curious accordion structure.

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A new look at Samsungs gargantuan 256TB first teased earlier this month found 
that it uses the new E3.L EDSFF form factor and adopts an accordion structure 
to vastly expand the available space for NAND chips. 

The drive, spotted at Flash Memory Summit 2023 by Serve the Home , is 
certainly the SSD with the highest capacity weve seen. But itll likely be a 
while before you can take full advantage. It doesnt have a serial number, for 
starters, and there's little information by way of retail pricing or a 
release date. For that reason, it feels like a prototype device. 

For reference, the biggest SSD weve come across otherwise is the 100TB Nimbus 
ExaDrive SSD , which is priced at $40,000. Otherwise, they come in at roughly 
the 64GB mark, with most commercially available SSDs available with much 
smaller maximum capacities, like the 16TB Teamgroup QX SSD . Power saver 

Many new SSDs in the enterprise space, meanwhile, are adopting the E3.S form 
factor, but Samsungs 256TB SSD uses E3.L EDSFF and is a little chunkier by 
way of consequence, said Serve the Home. The accordion structure is bolted on 
as a means to house the additional NAND packages  because there isnt enough 
room on the PCB to house all 64 V7 1Tb QLC NAND units. 

Rather than pushing performance benefits, Samsung has positioned this drive 
as a means to save power. Its press release, for example, says a single 
25ssd6TB SSD consumes seven times less power than eight 32TB SSDs. Its geared 
largely to hyperscalers and enterprise users looking for efficiency gains  in 
terms of physical space as well as power consumption. 

It yet remains to be seen how significant the Samsung E3.L 256TB QLC SSD may 
be in the enterprise space. Its also difficult to predict pricing, should 
this prototype make its way into mass production  and youd expect it to come 
in at far in excess of the Nimbus $40,000 price tag. That said, the potential 
energy savings might go some way to appeal to hyperscalers willing to invest. 
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