Samsung Officially Listed its 980 PRO SSD

South Korean technology giant, which operates and produces products in many different fields, from smartphones to household goods, from smartphone hardware to computer hardware. Samsung, listed its new SSD.

The new generation listed by the company 980PRO SSDIt comes with PCIe Gen 4.0 interface. So, what are the technical features of 980 PRO, which is generally targeted for the consumer platform and accelerates file and data transfers?

Samsung 980 PRO SSD specifications

980 PRO SSD, which was released as the successor of 970 PRO SSD, has three variants: 250 GB, 500 GB and 1 TB. All three variants with similar features work with PCIe Gen 4. In order to use these drives, which adopt the M.2 2280 form factor, AMD X570 or Intel Z490 It must be used on platforms compatible with PCIe Gen 4, such as

In the 980 PRO SSD, a nickel-plated thermal cooler is located on the SSD controller, while a thin copper film will be used on the front and back of the PCB. To maintain optimal thermal level, Samsung also Dynamic Thermal Guard will benefit from technology. Driver; It will benefit from the new generation, specially designed Elpis Controller and 3-bit MTC.

As you can see from the image above 980PRO SSDThe sequential read speed and sequential write speed of the 1 TB model can reach up to 7,000 MB/s and 5,000 MB/s, respectively. Again, in the 1 TB model, random read and random write speeds go up to 1,000K IOPS.

When TurboWrite technology is activated, the transfer speed under IOmeter goes up to 500 MB/s for a 250 GB drive, 1,110 MB/s for a 500 GB drive, and up to 2,000 MB/s for a 1 TB model. Samsung also announced that PCIe Gen 4 is compatible with PCIe Gen 3. up to 2 times, compared to SATA SSDs Up to 12.7 times He states that he is fast. There is no information about what the price tags of these drivers will be.