According to Anandtech, Intel has begun production of the first PCIe SSD using QLC 3D flash memory, belonging to the D5 series, for data center platforms.
However, the further naming and details of the product are still unclear. Intel Vice President Rob Crooke will give a keynote speech at the Flash Memory Summit on August 8. It is expected to announce more details.
Earlier this year, Intel announced that it will begin production of QLC flash SSDs in the second quarter. At that time, some partners revealed that Intel plans to have a 2.5-inch, U.2 NVMe interface SSD with a capacity of up to 20TB. Only the SSDs that Intel put into production are This 20TB U.2 also needs to 'let the bullet fly for a while'.
It is worth mentioning that in May, Intel and Micron released the enterprise-class SATA SSD 5210ION based on QLC flash memory with a capacity of 2TB/4TB/8TB. The main control is from Marvell 88SS1074.
QLC flash memory will increase storage capacity by 33% compared with TLC, but the P/E frequency shrinks by 2/3 to 1000, which is an important support for the continued decline of SSD per GB. It is expected that before the end of the year, Samsung, Toshiba's enterprise-class, consumer-grade QLC SSDs will also appear on the scene.
