Sandforce SSDs article

Pilgrim57 · 12 Aug 2011 at 16:03

This is an interesting read
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4604/...air-patriot-ocz-owc-memoright-ssds-compared/1

.Griff. · 12 Aug 2011 at 17:27

A 120GB SF-2281 SSD uses 128GB of 25nm MLC NAND. The NAND market is volatile but a 64Gb 25nm NAND die will set you back somewhere from $10 - $20. If we assume the best case scenario that's $160 for the NAND alone.

Excuse me for sounding thick but if a 120GB drive (formatted) uses 128GB of NAND (with 64GB costing between $10 and $20) where does the author get $160 from?!?

Donkeyfumbler · 12 Aug 2011 at 17:27

Very interesting. Makes me glad I went for Crucial!

panyan · 12 Aug 2011 at 17:30

.Griff. said:
Excuse me for sounding thick but if a 120GB drive (formatted) uses 128GB of NAND (with 64GB costing between $10 and $20) where does the author get $160 from?!?

if you keep reading, he doesnt mean 64gb, he means 8gb

.Griff. · 12 Aug 2011 at 17:37

panyan said:
if you keep reading, he doesnt mean 64gb, he means 8gb

Fair enough. I gave up reading the article when the author failed at basic maths