PCIe SSD

so far from the preliminary results Im loving the new MBA SSD, and given its apple it should trickle down to all its notebooks, I just hope its M.2

 

dude, apple LOVES one word and only one word, "proprietary"

 

@qweryuiop: Haha, that's true.
In a completely unrelated notice, what's that CPU you're sporting there?

 

its the sample CPU i got off ebay, which is:
Advertised as 3720QM ES QBC1
CPU-z gives me the name of 3720QM
Clock speed and L3 cache size identical to the 3820QM
Has unlocked multiplier that is only available on OEM xm chips(3920xm)
can overclock above 4 Ghz
thus thats how I call it, 3720XM
though IF CPU-Z gives out the name as genuine intel CPU
I'd say most people will call this the 3820qm
or even 3820xm since its unlocked.....

 

http://www.sata-io.org/documents/SATA Express - SV 2013.pdf

http://www.pcisig.com/developers/ma...c_id=40b3a6125722725569a266fd6ee3253a18b99ad5

some reading, they are using the new sata express, to achieve those numbers in that notebook its dandy



and Ill just post this here, so that i dont have my hopes crushed so soon

 

just a reminder, the SSD in the rMBP has SATA 3 speed..... but we don't see an msata SSD, nor a SATA SSD, but instead a "proprietary" slot that has all the 6 Gbps connection pins being made more compact

now back to the macbook air: Sata express pins with an ever-so-slightly smaller than M2 slot?
take the other source in hand: mac pro PCIE flash storage, just not in PCIE slot shape

 

P.S. they didn't solder it on board simply because there are many different storage size configuration, and SSD controllers might experience the panic lock by accident, if this never happens I'd pretty much guarantee it will be soldered

another question out there, storage expansion on the "R2D2" must be via thunderbolt, however do they work on native SATA speed or must go through signal conversion i.e. speed lost

 

I will prentend that I understood what you said here

apple applied gains of economy scale, its appears that they will use the same SSD for all their machines that can deal with an SSD, last year there were only 2 machines that didnt use the proprietary format, mac mini (unknown strange reasons) and the mac pro (dat old guy)

so its safe to assume that whatever the hell they are using there will be on the other parts

apparently there will be other storage parts in that droid, there is a rumour about sata express support up to 3x or something and maybe 2.5'''

I think there will be a signal conversion here. since the system will probably use ACHI on the controller for the storage add on, though my knowledge on this is fairly limited to say the least

 

So CPU's like yours are the reason for the ES craze Awesome chip mate.

 

And thats why intel is trying to stop people from selling them since technically they are stolen....

 

From Anand: " Update: It's a custom Apple design, not M.2. ".

Not sure what all the fuss is about, VAIO Z has had faster SSD with proprietary SATA interface for several years.
It would be nice to see a move towards NGFF/M.2. for laptops in general though.

 

the fuss is vaio Z uses raid 0, thats operating something with a gun pointed at your head

 

So? WHo cares... the speed and reliability is important. Whether they use magic or RAID is none of my concern
I would prefer it be non-proprietary so I can change it without extortinate prices, like Apple's Or Sony's