If you don’t recall, TLC is technically a form of MLC (Multi-Level Cell) and contains three bits per cell rather than the two in MLC and the one in SLC. So far, it’s only available as 2.5″ drive although they could easily make an M.2 or mSATA drive given the size of the PCB in the review sample we received (check out page 2). IOPS specifications are solid too with reads and writes all above 80K and then some depending on the model.
Available in capacities of 120GB, 240GB, 480GB and 960GB, it covers all the bases while offering a splendid read/write rating of up to 550MB/s and 500MB/s respectively. Enter the SanDisk Ultra II Solid-State Drive. As such, it didn’t come as a total surprise to see them out a TLC based drive but there are many in the industry don’t believe TLC is a viable long term component for client SSDs.
SanDisk has really been coming on strong in the SSD market and should be considered one of the premiere drive makers given their expertise and access to raw materials and manufacturing. Without peeking at the specifications, we surmised that performance would be above average with low power consumption and we weren’t wrong.
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SanDisk has decided to drop some TLC NAND into their second iteration of the Ultra series drives which should provide some solid performance numbers along with budget level pricing. The drive proved to be quite popular with decent performance and stellar power usage along with a very modest price tag. When Samsung released their 840 Series drive back near the end of 2012, it was the first consumer drive to feature TLC (Triple Level Cell) NAND which took everyone by surprise as up until then, MLC drives ruled the consumer roost. The Ultra II Gets TLC With A Dash Of SLC – SanDisk’s First TLC NAND SSD
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