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Microsoft Z1000 SSD engineering sample highlights enterprise collaboration with CNEX Labs

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Assuming the drive utilizes PCIe 4.0, it could be decently fast. Then again, if it is meant for data centers and servers, pure speed probably is not.
In a nutshell: A mysterious Microsoft storage drive has surfaced on X that could be used in data centers and servers. The Z1000 SSD in question utilizes a CNEX Labs controller mated to four 256 GB Toshiba Bit-Cost Scalable Generation 4 96-layer 3D eTLC NAND flash modules for a total capacity of 960 GB. There is also a gigabyte of Micron-made DDR4 used as cache.
Assuming the drive utilizes PCIe 4.0, it could be decently fast. Then again, if it is meant for data centers and servers, pure speed probably is not a top priority.

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