Samsung Electronics has launched the SSD 990 EVO — the most recent addition to the corporate’s line up of shopper SSDs — delivering enhanced efficiency with considerably improved vitality effectivity.
The NVMe SSD is designed to boost quite a lot of computing experiences together with gaming, work and video/photograph enhancing and contains various new options and advantages, pushing past the earlier 970 EVO Plus mannequin. These embody:
Enhanced efficiency: The 990 EVO gives enhanced efficiency of as much as 43% in comparison with the earlier mannequin, 970 EVO Plus. Sequential learn speeds come as much as 5,000 megabytes-per-second (MB/s) and write speeds as much as 4,200 MB/s. Random learn and write speeds additionally get a lift with as much as 700K enter/output operations per second (IOPS) and 800K IOPS, respectively.
Host reminiscence buffering: Utilizing Host Reminiscence Buffer (HMB) know-how to straight hyperlink to the host processor’s DRAM, the SSD can obtain optimized efficiency even with a DRAM-less design. Customers upgrading from earlier mainstream SSDs will expertise considerably sooner loading speeds for video games and swift entry to giant information.
Improved energy effectivity and sensible thermal answer: The Samsung 990 EVO improves energy effectivity of as much as 70% when in comparison with the 970 EVO Plus, permitting customers prolonged utilization on laptops with out the fixed concern for battery life. It additionally helps Fashionable Standby, which permits an on the spot on/off perform with uninterrupted web connectivity and seamless notification reception, even in low-power states.
The 990 EVO’s warmth spreader label successfully regulates the thermal situation of the NAND chip, permitting operations to constantly run at their highest ranges with out compromising drive integrity.
A flexible SSD for present and future computing: The 990 EVO is a flexible SSD created to fulfill present computing wants and in anticipation of future necessities. Customers can expertise seamless multitasking with a single SSD that caters to the calls for of on a regular basis reminiscent of gaming, enterprise and inventive workflow. Supporting each PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 5.0 x2 interfaces, the 990 EVO matches the wants for in the present day’s PCs supporting PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots whereas it additionally gives compatibility together with thermal management and energy financial savings for PCIe 5.0 interfaces in upcoming functions. The 990 EVO is available in 1 terabyte (TB) and 2TB capability choices.
Samsung magician software program help: Samsung Magician software program presents a collection of optimisation instruments for enhanced performance for all Samsung SSDs, together with the 990 EVO. Customers can streamline the info migration course of for SSD upgrades effortlessly and securely.
As well as, Samsung Magician protects worthwhile information, displays drive well being and notifies well timed firmware updates.
