Today, Samsung announced their newest SSD lineup for their M.2 drives, the Samsung 970 EVO Plus; newest enhancement for their Non-Volatile Memory Express SSDs.
The new SSD uses the V-NAND chips together with their latest optimized firmware and the Samsung’s Phoenix controller. Setting
The upgrades on the SSD are something to do between the controller and the NAND technology, where it can toggle the DDR 4.0 to increase the interface speed from 800 MB/s and up to 1.4 GB/s, while reducing the requires voltage to 1.2v – from the original 1.8v.
Here are the complete specs:
| Category | 970 EVO Plus | 970 EVO |
| Interface | PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3 | PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3 |
| Form Factor | M.2 (2280) | M.2 (2280) |
| Storage Memory | Samsung 9x-layer V-NAND 3-bit MLC | Samsung 64-layer V-NAND 3-bit MLC |
| Controller | Samsung Phoenix Controller | Samsung Phoenix Controller |
| DRAM | 2GB LPDDR4 DRAM (2TB) 1GB LPDDR4 DRAM (1TB) 512MB LPDDR4 DRAM (250/500GB) | 2GB LPDDR4 DRAM (2TB) 1GB LPDDR4 DRAM (1TB) 512MB LPDDR4 DRAM (250/500GB) |
| Capacity | 2TB, 1TB, 500GB, 250GB | 2TB, 1TB, 500GB, 250GB |
| Sequential Read/Write Speed | Up to 3,500/3,300 MB/s | Up to 3,500/2,500 MB/s |
| Random Read/Write Speed(QD32) | Up to 620,000/560,000 IOPS | Up to 500,000/480,000 IOPS |
| Management Software | Samsung Magician Software | Samsung Magician Software |
| Data Encryption | Class 0 (AES 256), TCG/Opal v2.0, MS eDrive (IEEE1667) | Class 0 (AES 256), TCG/Opal v2.0, MS eDrive (IEEE1667) |
| Total Bytes Written | 1,200TB (2TB) 600TB (1TB) 300TB (500GB) 150TB (250GB) | 1,200TB (2TB) 600TB (1TB) 300TB (500GB) 150TB (250GB) |
| Warranty | Five-year Limited Warranty | Five-year Limited Warranty |
Samsung 970 EVO Plus will be available in April of 2019, with the following capacity: 250GB, 500GB and 1TB. Suggested retail price are $89.99 for 250GB, $129.99 for 500GB and $249.99 for 1TB.