HP Announces S750 SSD: 96L Entry-Level SATA

HP-branded SSDs (manufactured by Biwin) have over the previous few years turn into one of many extra recognizable client SSD manufacturers, thanks largely to the success of the EX920 and EX950 high-end NVMe SSDs. However, they provide a wider vary of merchandise, and the SATA drives are actually getting an replace: The new HP S750 SATA SSD replaces the S700 and to some extent additionally the S700 Pro fashions, bringing a extra fashionable finances SATA design utilizing 96-layer 3D NAND.

HP/Biwin companions with Silicon Motion for many of their SSD controllers together with the one for this drive, with an unspecified diploma of customization for HP. We consider the HP H6578 controller used within the S750 is predicated on both the SM2259 or its DRAMless counterpart the SM2259XT. Pricing for the S750 has not been introduced, however the three yr guarantee with endurance rankings of round 0.6 DWPD signifies it is a low-end SATA drive that may compete towards DRAMless and QLC-based SSDs.

HP wasn’t particular about what sort of 96-layer 3D NAND is used within the S750, however the existence of a 256GB mannequin with respectable efficiency specs makes it unlikely that they are utilizing QLC NAND. The efficiency candy spot for the S750 line is the 512GB mannequin, because the 1TB mannequin comes with decrease random learn and write efficiency rankings. This means that the 1TB mannequin could also be utilizing a unique, bigger NAND die than the smaller two.