Bye Bye MLC: QLC and TLC to be dominant SSD technologies amidst AI’s ravenous appetite for NAND — and PLC won’t probably happen till the era of Petabyte SSDs – United Cultures

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Bye Bye MLC: QLC and TLC to be dominant SSD technologies amidst AI’s ravenous appetite for NAND — and PLC won’t probably happen till the era of Petabyte SSDs

January 12, 2026

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TrendForce shows MLC NAND retreating while TLC and QLC dominate SSDs, driven by AI workloads, data growth, and supplier strategy.

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