Western Digital is launching a behemoth, consumer-oriented Four TB SSD primarily based on its WD Blue product line. The WD Blue Four TB makes use of the SATA interface (for which controllers are nonetheless barely cheaper than for NVMe options) with a Marvell 88SS1074 4-channel controller with a 64-layer 3D TLC NAND from SanDisk. Read and write speeds are principally SATA III-bound (sequential 560MB/s learn and 530MB/s write speeds, with random 4K learn/write of 95Ok/82Ok IOPS.)
The WD Blue 4TB SATA SSD has its official availability date on May 13th, nevertheless it’s already popping up right here and there round retailers’ retailers in Europe. The Four TB SSD is being priced at €545, which appears to be inline with expectations for such a capability degree. Quick serviette math saying that these ought to discover a residence on the sub-$500 degree may be very probably correct, contemplating previous pricing practices from producers between the European and US markets.
