SK Hynix is the #3 flash manufacturer (acquired Intel's NAND biz), and their RAM is quite decent. i wouldn't think twice about buying if it wasn't for this report.
Pretty much every brand uses phison controllers in at least some of their products, even wd/samsung/intel who design controllers in house use them for their cheapest offerings because phison is all about making the cheapest product possible.
There were a few more listed deeper in the thread. Fyi, the nitter version is actually readable: https://nitter.net/xenadu02/status/1495693475584557056#m
Samsung 970 Evo Plus: MZ-V7S2T0, 2021.10: Pass
WD Red: WDS100T1R0C-68BDK0, 04Sept2021: Pass
Crucial P2 250GB CT250P2SSD8, FW P2CR046: Pass
Samsung 980 250GB MZ-V8V250, 2021/11/07: Pass
WD Black SN750 1TB WDS100T1B0E, 09Jan2022: Pass
WD Green SN350 240GB WDS240G20C, 02Aug2021: Pass
SK Hynix Gold P31 2TB SHGP31-2000GM-2, FW 31060C20: Fail
Sabrent Rocket 512 (Phison PH-SBT-RKT-303 controller, no version or date codes listed): Fail
So...vendors no sane person would store valuable data on their drives were the only ones that failed. The sound of a dog biting a man...
SK Hynix is the #3 flash manufacturer (acquired Intel's NAND biz), and their RAM is quite decent. i wouldn't think twice about buying if it wasn't for this report.
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Apple has been using SK Hynix products (some rebranded as their own) for years.
I would expect the world's second largest DRAM manufacturer to have trustworthy memory products.
Pretty much every brand uses phison controllers in at least some of their products, even wd/samsung/intel who design controllers in house use them for their cheapest offerings because phison is all about making the cheapest product possible.
FWIW, I've had SK Hynix parts in my Dell laptops before.
I agree about Sabrent.
SK Hynix and Sabrent: https://x.com/xenadu02/status/1496290369184874497?s=20
Did what, for those of us without Twitter accounts?
Did they Pass or Fail the flush test? (Saved or Lost data respectively?)
> Update 2: models that lost writes:
> SK Hynix Gold P31 2TB SHGP31-2000GM-2, FW 31060C20
> Sabrent Rocket 512 (Phison PH-SBT-RKT-303 controller, no version or date codes listed)
Looks like those two models failed.
Would like to note that these tweets are from Feb 22, 2022. This entire thread should have (2022) on it.