The Netac N950e Pro is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched in 2020. It is available in capacities ranging from 250 GB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 500 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Netac N950e Pro interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the SM2262ENG from Silicon Motion, a DRAM cache chip is available. Netac has installed 96-layer TLC NAND flash on the N950e Pro, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. The cache is sized at 75 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 560 MB/s. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 400 MB/s. The N950e Pro is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,500 MB/s and 2,200 MB/s write.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 70 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. The TBW rating for the Netac N950e Pro 500 GB is unknown.