SSD prices set to tumble.

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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=14176

DailyTech has learned that JMicron will be unveiling a new NAND flash controller for use in Solid State Drives (SSDs) in the near future. The JMF612 chip uses an ARM9 core in a 289-ball TFBGA package, and will support the use of up to 256MB of DDR or DDR2 DRAM as an external cache.

Good news, I've been waiting for news like this!!

[aidanjt]

How does this help the exorbitant price of SSDs? Much less the decent ones using non-jmicron controllers.

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The JMF612 chip is designed especially for a new generation of NAND flash chips built using smaller process geometries that will be entering the market soon. The new flash chips will be smaller, faster, and cheaper to manufacture. IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture between Intel and Micron, is already building 34nm NAND, while 32nm NAND from Samsung and Toshiba will soon be entering production. The use of a cheap single-chip controller and new higher density flash chips could cut prices in half by the vital Christmas shopping season.

Seems pretty straightforward, unless I am missing something?

[Englander]

Very interesting... If this price cut does materialise, I wouldn't mind a nice 64GB SSD for an OS drive.

[ixos]

Watching with interest.

[aidanjt]

Seems pretty straightforward, unless I am missing something?

Not unless JMicron charges £200 for their current SSD controllers. And frankly, their current controllers aren't worth £2, much less £200.

Most of the SSD prices is new-flanged-tech premium. Not component cost.