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Samsung has launched its first 3D V-NAND SSD but hasn't yet released any real performance data, bringing its new product's status into question. 3D V-NAND, announced on 7 August, stacks layers of NAND vertically to increase the capacity available in a set footprint. It is a way of getting over the progressively shorter working …

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  1. BugMan
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    Too late...

    Apple have already patented Memory, and SSD, and V-NAND, and 3D, and anything else you were just about to think of.....

    Alien - because we all know than NAND is Area 51 tech

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    1. Dazed and Confused
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      Re: Too late...

      Apple's probably ordering gigatons of them to include in their products. Remember when you're not suing Samsung, shop with them.

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  2. Stuart Halliday

    Hopefully it's not going to be £960...

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  3. Eradicate all BB entrants

    So it comes ....

    ...... in 2.5" form factor and possibly a PCI card later. With a 3.5" form factor they could cram a hell of a lot more in there with a small fan for cooling that many chips, and save us having to mess around with the 2.5" to 3.5" crappy adapters .

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    1. Gerhard Mack
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      Re: So it comes ....

      It's far more likely that PC cases will start including 2.5" bays as a standard.

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      1. annodomini2
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        Re: So it comes ....

        Or just not bother making desktops if the marketing garbage is to be believed.

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    2. Alan Brown Silver badge
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      Re: So it comes ....

      Whichever form factor is comes in, even sata express won't make full use of it. I'd like a PCIe card though.

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