Seagate To Improve SSD Technology?

Seagate is investing as much as $100 million into the development a new type of solid-state drives (SSD), with the aim of resolving some of the issues of SSDs, such as the higher cost of production and the limited read/write cycles. According to reports, the solution would be to create a new technology that combines single-layer cell and multi-layer cell technology, benefitting from the former’s reliability and the latter’s low manufacturing cost. If Seagate is paying $100 million to get us cheaper and better SSDs for the future, we’ve certainly got no complaints, but we would point out that today’s SSD lifespan should be largely enough for consumers. What we really need is higher performance (SSD controller changes) along with lower per-GB cost.