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'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply dries up (www.tomshardware.com)
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According to Duann, PC makers have to buy from SSD module makers because NAND vendors reduced allocation to the client/consumer PC market and redirected most NAND supply to data center products.

As a result, PC OEMs like Acer, Asus, Dell, and HP cannot get enough NAND or SSD supply directly from NAND manufacturers and have to turn to module makers for solid-state drives. The latter traditionally served end-users and had plenty of aftermarket products with enhanced performance and cooling, but now they increasingly serve PC makers instead.

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[–] 46 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Yeah, that's what happens when you triple the price of everything.

2TB drives were about £100 a few years ago and now they're close to £400. That's a fuckin' no from me dog.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    My PC from 2019/2021 ist now still worth more than it was when I first bought it. Why the heck would I upgrade to someting worse for the same price? Or to something as good for a worse price?

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