The ADATA Legend 970 Pro is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on July 23rd, 2024. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 2 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the ADATA Legend 970 Pro interfaces using a PCI-Express 5.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the IG5666 (TacomaPC) from InnoGrit, a DRAM cache chip is available. ADATA has installed 232-layer TLC NAND flash on the Legend 970 Pro, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are absorbed more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 5.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Legend 970 Pro is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 14,000 MB/s and 10,000 MB/s write; random IO reaches 1800K IOPS for read and 1300K for writes.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. ADATA guarantees an endurance rating of 1480 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.