Re:Samsung Is the Latest SSD Manufacturer Caught Cheating It...
by wmf on Friday August 27, 2021 @02:06PM
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Even if the new controller is better they should have changed the product name (not just SKU).
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Re:Samsung Is the Latest SSD Manufacturer Caught Cheating It...
by dahfizz on Friday August 27, 2021 @03:47PM
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Why? Do you rebrand your software projects on every commit?
This is an implementation detail. For 99% of consumers, they look at the advertised performance numbers and make decisions from that. For those people, this change makes no difference.
The SKU is meant for the 1% who like to dig into what kind of flash is being used, what firmware the controller is running, etc. Renaming a product every time the internal implementation is touched would result in a super confusing user experience.
Re:Samsung Is the Latest SSD Manufacturer Caught Cheating It...
by wmf on Friday August 27, 2021 @03:59PM
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For SSDs, the controller basically is the product; a different controller should have a different product name. I realize in this case there's only one workload that's slower, but I've learned that we can't give companies an inch on this topic.