3D NAND Flash could drop to 2 Cents per GB

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1330153

Interesting technology from a startup called BeSang, claims it can drop the price of flash memory by a factor of 10.

On the one hand it's a small no-name company making big claims, on the other hand they already have a licensing agreement with SK Hynix.

Personally I think it sounds too unbelievable to be true, but it would be awesome if this was legit. 4 TB SSDs for $100? yes please.

 

See:
http://www.3dincites.com/2014/12/samsungs-3d-v-nand-flash-product-ceaselessly-marching/


Samsung is into inefficiency mode for it's '3D V-NAND'. I don't doubt this leads to pricing themselves as 'leaders'.

Nor do I doubt that this affects real world performance of their latest SSD's (regardless of what the synthetic 'scores' all around the 'net would indicate), yeah; this could be the reason for their 'lagginess' that I feel.


See:
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1258107

BeSang made this back in late 2010... hmmm... wonder how Samsung gets away with producing an inferior product 4 years later and still making it more expensive too?


See:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8216/samsung-ssd-850-pro-128gb-256gb-1tb-review-enter-the-3d-era/13

The above is from July 1, 2014. So much for in-depth, informative and objective coverage from Anandtech. (About 2 months before Anand Lal Shimpi left).


As far as this 'news' from BeSang? Looking forward to (possibly) seeing 20TB SSD's in 2017 for the same or less than the less-than-stellar 4TB 850 EVO we're 'stuck' with now...

 

I don't believe anything until we see it. Putting it on paper is one thing, but working samples is entirely another. At least Samsung, and other vendors, have been producing consumer level SSD products for ten years or more, despite not necessarily being the most cost or performance efficient. Dropping price by factor of 10 is a pipe dream IMHO. And even if they could, do you really think that any company in their right mind would offer a 4TB drive for $150 when others are selling theirs for $1500? Profit margins would be too tempting and lucrative. Sure they could undermine the $1500 price point and sell for $1200, but I wouldn't expect it to drop to $150 in any short period of time.

 

@HTWingNut if they can produce a lot of those efficiently, I believe they may - effectively killing the competition - though chances are very slim.