The Samsung PM1653 is a solid-state drive in the 2.5" form factor, launched in 2022. It is available in capacities ranging from 960 GB to 31 TB. This page reports specifications for the 960 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Samsung PM1653 interfaces using a SAS 24 Gbps connection. The SSD controller is the RGX Rhino from Samsung. Samsung has installed 128-layer TLC NAND flash on the PM1653, the flash chips are made by Samsung. The PM1653 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 4,200 MB/s and 1,200 MB/s write; random IO reaches 600K IOPS for read and 55K for writes.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Samsung guarantees an endurance rating of 1752 TBW, a high value.