Tidbits from the 2014 Samsung SSD Summit

Here are some goodies from yesterdays briefings at the 2014 Samsung SSD Summit:

Slides from the 3D V-NAND discussion. These provide some additional visuals for what I explained in the intro to the 850 PRO series SSD review:

Next we got into current launching lineups. First the 850 PRO that launched today:

Samsung also launched an 845DC PRO, which uses the previous generation 24-layer V-NAND:

Finally, as we walked out of the conference, we saw a 32-layer V-NAND wafer on display:

Taking die pictures is tricky…

…but persistence is rewarded:

More to follow!