ADATA Prospector 950 SSD Supports Up to 28,000TB Writes
The new Prospector950 SSD, aimed to Chia mining, was officially unveiled by ADATA. This SSD allows data writing up to 40 times that of a typical model with a total write volume of 28,000 TBW.
To generate your plots with great speed, the Prospector 950 uses an M.2 PCI-E 3.0 x4 connection, reaching read speeds of up to 3500MB / s and write speeds of up to 3000MB / s, and random reads of up to 280K IOPS in read and 220K IOPS in writing, allowing you to transmit your plots to several hard drives simultaneously without worries. In addition to Chia mining, the Prospector 950 Pro SSD is ideal for tasks such as video editing, allowing you to upload and download large files such as 4K videos in seconds, without having to worry about wear and tear on the SSD. .
Regarding this launch, ADATA Country Product Manager in Argentina, Fabio Selvaggio, stated: “Since Chia's arrival we have seen a great demand for SSDs with the ability to support a large amount of data writing, which until a few months ago they were only available for industrial and server applications. With our Prospector line, we seek to offer a new alternative for this market sector that allows plotting for extended periods of time without worrying about the useful life and at a much more accessible cost than a server-oriented SSD, allowing Chia miners to work calm without the need to make large outlays of money. "
- Capacity: 1TB
- Maximum IPS Random Read / Write 4K: 280K / 220K
- NAND Flash memory type: 3D NAND
- Interface: PCIe Gen3x4
- Form Factor: M.2 2280
- MTBF: 2,000,000 hours
- Weight: 9g
- Maximum Speeds: 3500MB / s Read, 3000MB / s Write
- Warranty: 5 years
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I'm guessing the 1TB drive is a 4TB drive cut down to run in SLC mode aka pseudo SLC.
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I like how this is the 3rd manufacturer I think who is coming up with Chia based SSD and there is no price or release date

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So without Chai Tea, I mean Chia mining these SSDs would have never come?!
How come all of the sudden we see SSDs with that much of total write volume?
It looks like the users did not deserve these SSDs until now but when the money started talking...

With a 5-year warranty, I don't think Chia mining is the target market.
Speaking of which, that's a really good warranty!
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Man would have been awesome if you could choose for example a 4tb drive to flash it or use a company tool to tuen it to what ever you like like fake slc or fake mlc or tlc ! I would gladly grab such a drive and run it mlc for 2tb !
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So without Chai Tea, I mean Chia mining these SSDs would have never come?!
How come all of the sudden we see SSDs with that much of total write volume?
It looks like the users did not deserve these SSDs until now but when the money started talking...