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Samsung to halt SATA SSD production, leaker warns of up to 18 months of SSD price pressure, worse than Micron ending consumer RAM (www.notebookcheck.net)
submitted 8 months ago by [M] to c/hardware@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 5 points 8 months 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.

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