Samsung just announce its new set of SSD and it breaks the current SSD speed barrier of 600mb/s to 3,500mb/s powered by VNAND-powered duo.
The new SSD are named 960 EVO and 960 PRO M.2 SSD, these new SSD has a peak of sequential read speed of 3,500 MB/S and Write Speeds up to 2,100MB/s. Available on 250GB, 512GB and 1TB. This new speed is armed with Samsung’s latest innovation Intelligent TurboWrite tech that optimize the speed of the SSD into a new level.
Un-Soo Kim, Senior Vice President of Branded Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics says.
We were proud to erect the NVMe era last year with the introduction of our 950 PRO SSD. Now, with the introduction of the NVMe 960 PRO and 960 EVO SSDs, Samsung is once again taking the next step in the multi-terabyte SSD technology and the storage revolution, providing users higher capacities and speeds than ever before within an NVMe PCIe drive to create new possibilities for consumers and business professionals.
960 EVO and 960 PRO will be available on the market on October, 960 PRO starts at $329 and 960 EVO starts at $129.
*** UPDATES Initial Price ***:
- 960 Pro 2TB: $1,299
- 960 Pro 1TB: $629
- 960 Pro 512GB: $329
- 960 Evo 1TB: 479
- 960 Evo 500GB: $249
- 960 Evo 250GB: $129