Samsung finally launches 980 Pro, its first PCIe 4.0 NVMe consumer SSD

Terminal updated: September 1st, 2020 at 04:35 UTC+01:00

After unveiling its first consumer-grade PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD at CES 2020 eight months ago, Samsung is finally launching it. Three storage variants of the 980 Pro SSD is now listed on Samsung Singapore's website. It is available in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB versions. The new SSDs were approved by the NRRA 2 months ago.

The 980 Pro SSD promises sequential read speeds of up to 7,000MB/south and sequential write speeds of up to 5,000MB/s. However, it should exist noted that a computer is required to feature a PCIe iv.0 slot to achieve those read and write speeds. Currently, only PCs using AMD's Ryzen 3000 series CPUs with X570 chipset motherboard characteristic PCIe 4.0 slots. Intel is expected to launch its 11th Gen. Core processors afterward this twelvemonth with PCIe iv.0 compatibility.

Samsung is using the Elpsis controller in its 980 Pro SSDs and supports random read/write IOPS of upward to i,000K. These devices as well characteristic 1GB of LPDDR4 RAM for cache and 3D TLC NAND retentiveness. With its new SSDs, the company volition abandon its MLC retentiveness that was used in its 970 EVO SSD devices.

With the help of the PCIe 4.0 standard, the company has been able to double the read and write performance compared to its previous-generation SSDs. That'southward truly a generational spring forward. The Southward Korean firm has not appear the prices for its 980 Pro SSDs yet. Yet, the storage devices are expected to go on sale in diverse markets effectually the world soon.

Samsung 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 SSD Speeds