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Samsung has released a new flagship NVMe SSD, the Samsung SSD 990 Pro M.2 2280 format. The novelty was released in 1.2 and 4 TB versions with support for the PCIe 4.0 interface, which meets the NVMe protocol specifications. 2.0
At the heart of the Samsung SSD 990 Pro is an unnamed controller developed by Samsung. According to the company, it is 50% more energy efficient than the controller that powers the Samsung SSD 980 Pro series drives. The new SSD series also uses Samsung's V-NAND 3-bit TLC flash and LPDDR4 cache. The volume of the latter is 1, 2 and 4 GB for 1, 2 and 4 TB models, respectively. For new products, data encryption is supported using AES algorithms with a 256-bit key, TCG/Opal V2.0 and according to the Encrypted Drive standard (IEEE1667).
Samsung SSD 990 Pro SSDs offer sequential read speeds of up to 7450 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 6900 MB/s. For comparison, the old flagship Samsung SSD 980 Pro was capable of reading data at speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and writing it at speeds of up to 5,100 MB/s. The random read and write performance of the Samsung SSD 990 Pro is up to 55% faster than its predecessors, reaching 1,400,000 IOPS and 1,500,000 IOPS respectively. According to the manufacturer, the new features are capable of loading the Forspoken open-world action RPG level in about a second, which is four times faster than a conventional SATA SSD and 28 times faster than a standard hard drive.
For the 1TB SSD model, the company claims a 600TB information overwrite resource, for the 2 and 4TB versions - 1200TB and 2400TB respectively. New items come with a 5 year manufacturer's warranty.
Samsung SSD 990 Pro drives will be available in two versions. One has no heatsink, the second will be equipped with aluminum heatsink with RGB lighting. The company notes that the presence of a heatsink allows it to deal with component overheating and, as a result, protects against a drop in SSD performance during prolonged loads.
The 1TB and 2TB Samsung SSD 990 Pro drives will go on sale in October. They cost $179 and $309, respectively. The recommended price for the 4TB model is currently unknown. It will go on sale next year.
The cost of models equipped with an RGB-backlit heatsink was also not reported.
Source: Samsung
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