Samsung unveils 980 Pro SSD with PCI-E 4.0 interface and TLC-NAND officially – computer – news

Samsung has officially announced its 980 Pro SSDs. This is the company’s first consumer SSD with PCI-E 4.0 interface. According to the manufacturer, the 980 Pro achieves sequential read speeds of up to 7GB / s, depending on the chosen model. Recommended retail prices are unknown.

Of 980 Pro is available in variants with 250GB, 500GB and 1TB storage capacity. Samsung already showed its 980 Pro SSDs during CES in January, but the company shared few details at the time. In January, the company spoke of sequential read speeds of up to 6.5GB / s, which has now been increased to a maximum of 7GB / s for the 1TB variant. The variants with 250GB and 500GB storage capacity achieve slower speeds. The arbitrary 4KB read and write speeds of the 1TB variant are up to a million iops, according to Samsung.

The 980 Pro SSDs are equipped with tlc-nand. Previous Samsung SSDs in the Pro series were usually built from mlc-nand. The new m2 SSDs use a new controller, which the manufacturer calls Elpis. Samsung further advertises one total bytes written-Lifespan of 600 terabytes written for the 980 Pro 1TB. That’s half of its predecessor, the 970 Pro 1TB, which had a written endurance of 1200 terabytes. The 980 Pro series comes with a 5-year manufacturer’s warranty, just like its predecessor.

Samsung does not yet announce specific release dates and recommended prices for the 980 Pro. The current Samsung 970 Pro 1TB is in the Pricewatch for € 314,06.

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