Sandisk is launching new SATA SSDs in 2026 because NVMe prices are out of control

Posted by rkhunter_@reddit | hardware | View on Reddit | 6 comments

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Nicholas-Steel@reddit

I dunno why there's so much hyperbole about it being SATA, like that's a noteworthy thing. It's just the method of physical connectivity that they seemingly arbitrarily chose to use, the stuff they're actually running low on would be the memory chips.

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sammothxc@reddit

Yeah, the actual NAND chips should be exactly the same as far as I understand it, someone correct me if I’m wrong. Not sure how this gets around the NAND shortage.

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sollord@reddit

Only thing I could think of would be is if they have a source for NAND that's to slow to use in anything NVME but it's good enough for sata

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jigsaw1024@reddit

Could also be reject chips that don't have full capacity, so they have to use more chips to achieve their target. A SATA enclosure has a lot more room inside for such a layout.

Or some combination thereof.

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sammothxc@reddit

That crossed my mind, as SATA speeds are quite slow when compared to NVMe. I guess that lets them use binned chips that don’t meet higher speed requirements

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bhop_monsterjam@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/1tq0ph0/sandisk_brings_back_affordable_storage_to_rescue/