Intel SSD 660p brings QLC and NVMe to the masses
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Samsung announced yesterday that it's mass-producing QLC SATA SSDs for consumers, but Intel has beaten the NAND giant to the punch with a QLC drive of its own. The SSD 660p launching today offers SATA-like prices for NVMe gumsticks in 512-GB, 1-TB, and 2-TB capacities.
According to Anandtech's report on the drive , the SSD 660p uses Intel's 64-layer, 1-Tb 3D QLC NAND to achieve its high densities at relatively low prices per gigabyte for NVMe storage. The uniform ...