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Re:Samsung Demos Its First BGA SSD: 1500 MB/s Read Speed and... by metafex on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @05:22AM (#11813077)
If you have an X-Ray to check if the balls are soldered perfectly, then yes. Put it on the board and off with it in the reflow-oven. Keep in mind, it's only 20x16mm.

If not, then you're mostly out of luck, but you can try if you manage to source it. And find some datasheets. And have a driver for it. And...

On a more serious note: It would be very nice, if it was possible to design a board with components like this, but it is way to hard and needs way too much equipment and experience to do right.

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Re:Samsung Demos Its First BGA SSD: 1500 MB/s Read Speed and... by sklogic on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @06:14AM (#11813284)
Well, OSH Park and alike are surprisingly good now, I even had some success recently with an ice40lp WLCS16 package (by pushing well beyond the recommended design constraints), got 1 passable board out of 3. So even a very small ball pitch is somewhat suitable for DIY.

What caught my eye in this SSD package is a low ball count, so it might be potentially suitable for DIY even without an expensive hardware. If it's possible to route it on 4 layers without too many small vias it might be a game changer.

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Re:Samsung Demos Its First BGA SSD: 1500 MB/s Read Speed and... by ChartsNGraffs on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:52PM (#11817126)
Low ball count also means that it is easier for the part to not sit flat when soldered.
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