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Samsung 980 NVMe SSD with DRAM-less design, 3500MB/s read speeds announced in India
After launching the 980 Pro SSD back in September, 2020, Samsung has announced the launch of the next SSD in the lineup, simply called the 980. It is an M.2 NVMe SSD that uses the PCIe Gen.3.0 x4 interface and offers read speeds up to 3,500 MB/s and write speeds up to 3,000 MB/s.
The 980 is Samsung’s first consumer SSD to feature a DRAM-less NVMe design, which is possible thanks to Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology. Its TurboWrite 2.0 technology allocates a larger buffer storage area, allowing for improved sustained performance over the previous iteration.
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Samsung 870 Evo SATA SSD with up to 560MB/s read speeds; up to 4TB capacity announced in India
Samsung has announced their next generation SATA SSD for consumers, called the 870 EVO, which will be replacing the 860 EVO SSDs that was launched over two year ago. The new SSDs have capacities up to 4TB, and they utilize Samsung’s new V-NAND and controller, allowing it to reach speeds of 560 and 530MB/s for reads and writes respectively.
As mentioned above, the 870 EVO SSDs can reach maximum performance levels of the sequential read and write speeds of its SATA interface. The drive can maintain peak performance for longer too, thanks to the drive’s Intelligent TurboWrite technology and its large variable SLC buffer.
Samsung has taken the wraps off its latest line of consumer SATA SSDs. The new Samsung 870 EVO SSDs introduce the latest Samsung controller and flash NAND to this product line. The result is that the 870 EVO consumer SATA SSDs deliver 38 per cent higher random read performance speeds up everyday computing tasks and 30 per cent improved sustained performance, according to Samsung s in-house testing.
The new 870 EVO delivers a compelling mix of performance, reliability and compatibility for casual laptop and desktop PC users as well as Network Attached Storage (NAS) users, said KyuYoung Lee, vice president of Memory Brand Product Biz at Samsung Electronics. Lee also hinted that these might be the last new SATA SSDs from Samsung, and it is true that you can t really get anything faster attached via SATA III spec connections.