Hellstrom

The latest tech and it's only 1TB. Some laptops only have one M.2 slot. Be nice if they released this in 2TB and 4TB sizes. We've been stuck at these low capacities for many years now.

https://www.cinema5d.com/nimbus-data-100tb-ssd-worlds-largest-ssd/
What happened to the 100TB SSD announced a couple of years ago?

All that tech and the results are blurrier not sharper

Just check the comments below - the many criticisms are all about 'more capacity' and are ambivalent about further speed increases. No one is clamouring for faster, smaller-capacity drives. Many...

everyone wants more capacity and doesn't care about the speed, but every week some manufacturer serves up yet another iteration of what we've been seeing for five years now

Let's check back in 2030 and see where they're up to

In 2008, the highest capacity consumer drives (1.5TB and 1TB) were very cheap (around $100-$200). Now the highest capacity drives (16TB) are much more expensive (approx US$420+).
Yes, the data...

Simply doubling the capacity within a 2.5" enclosure shouldn't require new R&D. Look at how small the chips are already on a M.2 form factor or the microsdxc cards. No new technology needed....

It's not like SSDs are new. They've been around for about 15 years and solid state memory technology is older than mechanical drives, going back decades. But it's clear from the lack of capacity...

you'd think it would be but prices are many times the HDD equivalent, especially at the 2TB and 4TB capacity categories

US$1200-$1500 for an 8TB SSD.... not sure how well that would sell given one can buy an 8TB HDD for peanuts. Sure, it's slower, but you've saved $1000+!

The Samsung 860 Pro 4TB is still ludicrously priced and hasn't changed in over a year

short answer is too much. Longer answer is that it's academic, as we won't see it on market for the foreseeable future. Prototype is effective vaporware.

Then it would thermally throttle and slow down, costing you 3 extra seconds