Solidigm is developing a 61.44 TB, 192-layer 3D QLC with improved endurance.

The firm that Intel sold its SSD division to, Solidigm, had a tech day last week where it revealed some information regarding its next roadmaps. The company seems to be concentrating on 3D QLC NAND, and its 192-layer offering offers larger drives as well as improved QLC NAND endurance.

For instance, Solidigm’s 30.72 TB SSD claims to have an endurance of 32 PB (Petabytes). The company’s QLC Essential Endurance NAND is being used in this. Although it should be emphasized that this is at 16 KB aligned data or during other types of light data writes, the 61.44 TB drive’s QLC Value Endurance NAND is what will make it possible. This NAND is said to give about 65 PB write endurance. Given that Solidigm is solely focusing on E1, E3, and U.2 form factors, neither type of NAND is currently intended for consumer applications. In any case, Solidigm is anticipating that its forthcoming drives will be able to displace mechanical drives in the enterprise market area because this appears to be a significant advancement for 3D QLC NAND. Additionally, Solidigm asserts that it provides speed and latency that are superior to those of its rivals, although we’re still evaluating SSD performance at the SATA type level. Early in the following year, the first drives equipped with the new 192-layer 3D QLC NAND are anticipated to go on sale.