Samsung starts mass producing high-performance 4TB QLC SSDs for consumers

In 2016, Samsung launched a 4TB SSD with a prohibitively expensive $1499 price tag. In a statement this week, Samsung revealed that it has started mass producing a less expensive variant, ushering in the industry's first 4-bit quad-level cell (QLC) 4TB SATA SSDs. The 4TB model will be part of a consumer QLC SSD lineup released later this year alongside 1TB and 2TB capacities. ...its new 1-terabit V-NAND chip enables it to efficiently produce 128GB cards for mobile devices The three new consumer-...