Today, it escapes no one familiar with SSDs that storage capacity is not one of its strengths compared to hard drives. This is why to speak of a SSD the 300 TB It seems like a chimera today, however, it all depends on the context and it is that the statement has a certain trap.
We’ve always said that the best SSD for us would be the same size as a 2.5-inch drive, but with the speed and bandwidth of an M.2 type. In other words, it encompasses the best of both worlds. This already exists in U.2 connectors, but unfortunately PC motherboards do not have such a connector, which is more common in servers or data centers.
Will we see a 300TB SSD in 2026?
At least that’s what he claims Pure storagea company dedicated to manufacturing storage devices based on flash memory when talking about its proprietary format, named as direct-flash module, which will allow them to have 300TB SSD drives. Sounds good, right? Well the jug of cold water is that are intended to operate only in their data centersso not only you will not be able to install them on your PCbut you also cannot install it on a server, even if it has a U.2 interface.
As you can see from the image, the drive isn’t exactly small in size and even outgrows a 2.5 inch SATA SSD, all to accommodate a large number of flash memory chips of the TLC or QLC type which would allow the disk to reach 300 TB in 2026,
However, this opens up the possibility of a similar performance unit for PCs, although all we can think of is something in the form of a graphics card, but instead of housing a GPU and its VRAM, it houses the flash controller, 3D NAND chips and corresponding RAM. All this with a heatsink with a fan on top to keep the device cool. However, most users will continue to use M.2 modules because they don’t need that much storage.
The devil is in the details
One of the ways we will see an increase in the capacity of SSDs will be in the fact that they will have real-time data compression and decompression mechanisms, which will allow them to store more information than they need. physically could in principle. This ability to encrypt and decrypt data would be built into the flash controller of the various drives, increasing storage capacity without having to rely on larger capacity NAND Flash chips. All of this is something we hope to see in each of the units as a common feature that will be incorporated in the years to come.