While some manufacturers are pushing for even more performance for their SSDs, the biggest problem is the capacity, as while HDDs are slower, they are still capacity kings. This won't be a case for long as Sage Microelectronics has unveiled its new BlackDisk Series 2.5-inch 10TB SATA SSD.

Unveiled at China Data Summit 2015 held in Beijing on November 5th, VP of Sage Microelectronics, Robin Zhou, demonstrated the highest capacity 2.5-inch SSD in the world, the BlackDisk 10TB SATA 2.5" SSD. Last winter, Sage-Microelectronics announced its 5TB 2.5-inch SATA SSD and the industry has been pushing for higher capacity ever since but these have not been widely available and were based on a non-standard form-factor, due to 2-3 layers of PCB stacked inside.

On the other hand, some manufactures now use TLC NAND to build high-density SSDs, which have a much shorter life span and much lower reliability when compared to MLC NAND SSDs.

Sage-Microelectronics managed to double the capacity of their SSDs in less than a year and has launched the new BlackDisk 10TB SATA 2.5-inch SSD which both uses MLC NAND and is based on a single-layer design with standard 9.5mm 2.5-inch form-factor.

While we still do not have any details regarding the performance numbers, this one will most likely end up slower than competition due to a ues of denser multi-chip packaging and tweak controller which should provide constant performance, regardless of how full it is.

Unfortunately, the price has not been detailed either so we will have to wait a bit longer to see this one in action.



Source: via Digitimes.com.