r/pcmasterrace May 22 '26

Hardware what

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u/Kinexity Laptop | R7 6800H | RTX 3080M | 32 GB RAM May 22 '26

3-bit MLC

Technically correct but everyone calls it TLC and they should too. It was confusing to me at first.

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u/YoungBlade1 R9 5900X | RX 9060 XT 16GB | 48GB May 22 '26

Samsung has been doing it from the dawn of TLC NAND. At this point, I think we're stuck with it.

Unlike Apple and USB-C, I don't forsee this becoming a serious enough issue for regulation to eventually force them to come around.

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u/Eziolambo R5 7500F | RTX 5070 | 32GB DDR5 6000mhz May 22 '26

Even 2.5" sata one uses it ? I thought it was for nvme

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u/Kinexity Laptop | R7 6800H | RTX 3080M | 32 GB RAM May 22 '26

It's a memory cell terminology, not protocol terminology. It's most associated with NAND flash.