What does 3D NAND or TLC NAND mean? How do you choose the best SSD for your PC? These questions may burn in the minds of those seeking additional storage, which is where this explainer piece will ...

Ever wondered how SSDs read and write data, or what determines their performance? Our tech explainer has you covered.

Intel’s latest NAND SSD products include the Intel SSD D7-P5500 ... the new PCIe 4.0 SSDs are built with Intel’s 96-layer triple-layer cell (TLC) 3D NAND technology, which the company said ...

This is why QLC (and TLC) SSDs use a pseudo-SLC ... performed by Gabriel Ferraz on the BX500 SSD involves reprogramming its Silicon Motion SM2259XT2 NAND Flash controller using the MPTools ...

Although this has boosted the storage capacity, the transition from single-level cell (SLC) to multi-level (MLC) and today’s TLC and QLC NAND Flash have come at severe penalties, mostly in the ...

The SSD memory with the highest cell density comes from YMTC. The manufacturer is ahead of Samsung, SK Hynix and other ...

For example, a 500 GB TLC based SSD can quite easily manage a 300TB written before NAND cells start to die off. TLC has roughly a 1000 PE cycles, and that is the claim for QLC as well ...

Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) has quietly started to ship its 5th-Gen 3D NAND memory with 294 layers in total as well as 232 active layers, and analysts from TechInsights have managed to ...

Additionally, the 176-layer 3D TLC NAND offers increased density and better endurance, enhancing the SSD's ability to maintain high performance over extended use. Despite its features and ...