Tuesday, March 9th 2021
Samsung Announces 980 NVMe PCIe 3.0 DRAM-less SSD
Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced the 980 NVMe SSD, the company's first consumer drive without DRAM. Delivering the highest performance among DRAM-less SSDs, the new 980 makes blazing NVMe speeds more accessible to a wider range of users. Previously, DRAM-less designs have presented a disadvantage in speed without the short-term memory at hand for fast access to data.
Samsung's 980 utilizes Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology, which links the drive directly to the host processor's DRAM to overcome any performance drawbacks. This technology, coupled with the company's latest sixth-generation V-NAND as well as optimized controller and firmware, enables the 980 to provide NVMe performance with six times the speed of SATA SSDs. Sequential read and write speeds come in at up to 3,500 and 3,000 MB/s, while random read and write performances are rated as high as 500K IOPS and 480K IOPS, respectively.
The newly upgraded Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0 also offers significantly enhanced sustained performance over the previous iteration by allocating a much larger buffer storage area inside the drive. For users working with extremely large files or running graphics-heavy games, the new 'Full Power Mode' added to Samsung's Magician 6.3 software allows the drive to continuously run at peak performance for uninterrupted work and play.
Additionally, consumers will no longer have to worry about their drive overheating, thanks to its advanced thermal designs. With Dynamic Thermal Guard technology, nickel-coated controller and heat spreader label solutions available in Samsung's high-end 980 series, users can enjoy stable and reliable performance even during prolonged use.
The SSD further features improved power efficiency of up to 56% when compared to the previous 970 EVO, allowing laptop users to better manage power usage.
Pricing & Availability
The Samsung 980 SSD is available for a manufacturer's suggested retail price of 49.99 USD for the 250 GB, 69.99 USD for the 500 GB and 129.99 USD for the 1 TB.
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Samsung
Samsung's 980 utilizes Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology, which links the drive directly to the host processor's DRAM to overcome any performance drawbacks. This technology, coupled with the company's latest sixth-generation V-NAND as well as optimized controller and firmware, enables the 980 to provide NVMe performance with six times the speed of SATA SSDs. Sequential read and write speeds come in at up to 3,500 and 3,000 MB/s, while random read and write performances are rated as high as 500K IOPS and 480K IOPS, respectively.
Additionally, consumers will no longer have to worry about their drive overheating, thanks to its advanced thermal designs. With Dynamic Thermal Guard technology, nickel-coated controller and heat spreader label solutions available in Samsung's high-end 980 series, users can enjoy stable and reliable performance even during prolonged use.
The SSD further features improved power efficiency of up to 56% when compared to the previous 970 EVO, allowing laptop users to better manage power usage.
Pricing & Availability
The Samsung 980 SSD is available for a manufacturer's suggested retail price of 49.99 USD for the 250 GB, 69.99 USD for the 500 GB and 129.99 USD for the 1 TB.
20 Comments on Samsung Announces 980 NVMe PCIe 3.0 DRAM-less SSD
The problem, just as with the Intel 670p, is the price point, as you can get something better for the same money.
www.anandtech.com/show/16504/the-samsung-ssd-980-500gb-1tb-review
Gen4, Faster and has 1GB of LPDDR4 cache.
if it´s filled to over 80% speed goes to 400mb\s slower then some sata ssd.
the datasheet from samsung states after slc mode up to 900mb\s for the 1tb model but this could not be reached even after trying often and samsung confirmed it.
if you earn 5 dollars you have 15 less price : it sold more
when you sold 1 million ssd .. you ear 5 millions dollars ...its a test . in real life ou write 40 Gb / 100 GB in one time ?
like HDD , and man forget : nerver go under 10 to 20 % free drive need free to work well and do tehnical operationfasle
the evo was 200 $ at first , here ist 130 !!!!! same perf 30 % less price :: a good SSD !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not buying either, just saying if I were in the market for one I would I get the $149 one.
have you 1 exemple of dead of memory because of old ?
my first ssd was X25 intel from today 10 year i think none of 1 sector dead .... 10 ssd TO of read / write
in human life no difference between QLC and TLC
the same think was said about SLC , remumber SLC / TLC War ? datastorage : no difference in life ...
And now you come years later with benefit of hindsight and claim there is no difference between the first consumer SLC and mature TLC...