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Plextor's Dabbles in TLC NAND

by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/8/2013 12:49 PM EST
Posted in Storage , SSDs , Plextor , Trade Shows , CES 2013

Following in Samsung's footsteps, Plextor will be bringing a TLC version of its M5 series of SSDs to market towards the middle of the year. Despite the move to TLC NAND, Plextor is promising very good performance from the upcoming drive:

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performance? by jonjonjonj on Tuesday, January 08, 2013

i can only image how bad this ssd will be considering anand showed that the M5 Pro with its toggle MLC nand has horrible performance consistency.

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I love it! by Beenthere on Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Not the product as much as the performance claims...

"Up to xxxxx" Pick a really high number and then say "Up to impossible". Marketing at it's best - and they all do it.

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@KShermPhoto they primarily focus on datacenter and corporate client, however some of those products end up in the consumer space

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@dveneski to be honest, I'm surprised it lasted this long - for some reason you guys love high margin products :-P