14 DAY TRIAL // Since new process technologies have been announced over the past months, makers of Flash-based storage units have been moving on to better chips, and OCZ just announced it has moved all its SSDs to the 2Xnm process.
Solid state drives have been gaining traction quickly because, despite being less capacious and much more expensive than hard drives, they are much faster, among other things.
To be more specific, solid state drives are more reliable and enduring, as they have no moving parts, and they also use less energy.
Nevertheless, the speed is their prime advantage, while their capacities have steadily been increasing as well.
Of course, it will take quite some time for NAND Flash-based SATA storage devices to even start to get near the 3 TB that some HDDs proudly flaunt.
Still, with the transition to more advanced chip making processes, it is only a matter of time before something of a sort comes to pass.
On that note, OCZ Technology Group issued a press release in which it claims to be the first company to transition to SSDs based on 2Xnm process technologies.
“OCZ is constantly exploring ways to not just advance solid state drive design but also make the technology more affordable, while maintaining high performance and reliability standards” said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology Group.
“We are excited to complete the transition to the next generation 2Xnm NAND components which reiterates our strategy of producing high performance SSDs at the most attractive price point available for consumer applications.”
Besides reaching higher capacities, better efficiency and faster speeds (though the latter depend more on the controller), OCZ also hopes to drive down the costs, so as to bring SSDs closer to the mainstream.
What remains to be seen is to just what extent the company manages to achieve this objectives and if it does so in a timely fashion.