990 Evo: Samsung’s personal software program reveals the SSD is under the Professional

Samsung hasn’t launched a brand new SSD within the Evo sequence for a very long time. After 870 Evo and 970 Evo (Plus) it was over. However now there are once more indications of a Samsung SSD 990 Evo, an NVMe SSD in M.2 format, which is more likely to comply with within the footsteps of the 970 Evo (Plus) with increased efficiency. Samsung’s SSD instrument already helps it.

Within the set up directions for the brand new model 8 of the Samsung Magician instrument (obtain under), Samsung explicitly states that the Samsung SSD 990 Evo is among the SSDs supported by the software program. The mannequin hasn’t even been introduced but, not to mention launched.

Nonetheless, it’s not the primary reference to the Samsung 990 Evo. The SSD was entered into the PCI-SIG database with the identifier “9C1” as early as October 2022. It may be discovered there a number of occasions, as soon as with PCIe 5.0 x4 and as soon as with PCIe 4.0 x4. The latter interface is the almost definitely, as a result of the 990 Evo will hardly work sooner than the 990 Professional, which, by the way in which, was initially laid out in the identical place with PCIe 5.0, which later turned out to be a mistake.

Other than the identify, the shape issue and the interface, no data will be discovered but. A more moderen technology of NAND flash and controller could be anticipated in comparison with the 970 Evo Plus.

The identifier “9C1” may present one other clue: Samsung had the PM for the OEM sector in January9C1a SSD introduced. That is an M.2 SSD with PCIe 4.0 x4, which ought to attain a peak of 6,000 MB/s for sequential studying and 5,600 MB/s for writing. For random transfers, a most of 900,000 IOPS studying and 1,000,000 IOPS writing needs to be potential. In accordance with the illustrations, a controller with out DRAM cache is used. The NAND flash is Samsung’s seventh technology.

However the three numbers in a database are solely skinny ice for hypothesis that the 990 Evo shall be technically associated to the PM9C1a. The latter is just out there with as much as 1 TB of cupboard space. That will clearly be too little for a 990 Evo, because the predecessor 970 Evo Plus already has as much as 2 TB.

The editorial group wish to thank neighborhood member “Marflowah” for reporting this information.