Samsung launches high-performance SSD – Maeil Enterprise Newspaper English Information Pulse

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In a strategic transfer to solidify its place within the NAND flash reminiscence market and preserve management within the solid-state drive (SSD) trade, Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its newest client SSD product, the ‘990 EVO’. The cutting-edge SSD boasts enhanced efficiency, versatility, and technological prowess in comparison with its predecessor, the 970 EVO Plus, and is a big breakthrough for Samsung in a NAND market that has been progressively recovering from the challenges that it confronted in 2023.

In response to sources on Wednesday, Samsung Electronics is increasing its product lineup to revitalize the NAND market and retain its dominance within the SSD sector. Market tracker Omdia signifies that the NAND market, which stood at $36.99 billion in 2023, is projected to develop to $87 billion by 2027.

The anticipated restoration in NAND costs in 2024, coupled with manufacturing cuts by main semiconductor corporations, is predicted to contribute to a rebound within the general NAND market. TrendForce means that if manufacturing management is maintained, NAND costs may surge by 18-23 % within the first quarter of the yr alone.

This evaluation finds settlement within the Korean market as effectively. “There’s a excessive chance that conservative manufacturing cuts will proceed till the fourth quarter. As shipments enhance, reminiscence corporations are more likely to scale back low-price NAND gross sales and preserve a profit-oriented technique,” KB Securities analyst Kim Dong-won mentioned.

With the launch of the 990 EVO, Samsung Electronics expresses confidence in sustaining its place because the ‘World’s prime SSD’ supplier. The 990 EVO affords sequential learn speeds as much as 5,000 megabytes-per-second (MB/s) and write speeds as much as 4,200 MB/s, or a 43 % and 30 % enchancment respectively, over its predecessor.

This was achieved due to the incorporation of Samsung’s self-developed 5-nanometer controller, which contributed to a 70 % enchancment in energy effectivity.

The brand new product additionally makes use of Host Reminiscence Buffer (HMB) expertise to straight hyperlink to the host processor’s DRAM, permitting the SSD to realize optimized efficiency even with a DRAM-less design.

Supporting each PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 5.0 interfaces, the 990 EVO is future-proof, making certain compatibility with a variety of programs. Omdia predicts it is going to document a big development of 17 % yearly within the PCIe-based SSD market from 2023 to 2027 to seize 99 % of the SSD market.

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