Samsung is reportedly preparing to wind down its SATA SSD business, and a notable hardware leaker warns the move could have broader implications for consumer storage pricing than Micron’s decision to end its Crucial RAM lineup. The report suggests reduced supply and short-term price pressure may follow as the market adjusts.

Samsung is reportedly preparing to wind down its SATA SSD business, and a notable hardware leaker warns the move could have broader implications for consumer storage pricing than Micron’s decision to end its Crucial RAM lineup. The report suggests reduced supply and short-term price pressure may follow as the market adjusts.

    • Laser@feddit.orgEnglish
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      24 hours ago

      Not really. SATA SSDs make little sense compared to alternatives because SATA isn’t fast enough to saturate the drives’ throughout. SATA’s strength from my point of view comes in when you want to attach lots of storage for cheap, but that’s better served with HDDs. Sure, there are cases where you might want the fast access times of SSDs but don’t need its bandwidth, and SATA is me ubiquitous than other connectors, but that’s an edge case that seems to be no longer economically viable for Samsung.

      Btw, casings that convert M.2 to SATA 3 exist for cheap.

    • ikt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I built my PC with m.2 back in 2019, hasn’t SATA been moved on?

      He points out that roughly 20% of Amazon’s top SSD bestsellers are still SATA-based, with Samsung drives making up a notable portion of that list

      yeah 80% of market is not SATA

      • Rekall Incorporated@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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        1 day ago

        And DIY components is a relatively small segment of the market compared to laptops and pre-builts. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s in the 10-15% range of total revenues even for companies like AMD that have strong market momentum in the space.