When I started out in IT, it was just SCSI, IDE and S-ATA. Now its MicroSATA, Msata, M2. NGFF, LIF, ZIF and not to mention some real "odd-ball" SSD form factors from Apple? Surely, it would be cheaper ...
PCIe 6.0 implementations are expandable and hierarchical with embedded switches or switch chips, allowing one root port to interface with multiple endpoints (such as storage devices, Ethernet cards, ...
At the 2025 Open Compute Platform, OCP Summit Meta spoke about their experience with quad level cell, QLC, NAND flash in their data centers. A panel talked about developments in the new E2 SSD form ...