Samsung could thus be one of the first manufacturers to distribute on a large scale a SSD NVMe M.2 to PCI Express 5.0 standard
At the heart of several rumors since the announcement of the first PCI Express 5.0 SSD models in M.2 format, the Samsung 990 PRO is now the subject of almost official confirmation.
Speeds of 13 GB/s and up to 2,500K IOPS?
Indeed, it is a detailed listing of the PCI-SIG, the consortium in charge of the specifications of the PCI Express standard, which mentions the beast. The 990 PRO is therefore well designed to be “ PCIe 5.0 at 32 GT/s “.
Alas, the listing hardly gives any technical specifications and we know nothing, for example, of the capacities envisaged by Samsung or of the on-board controller. This second question remains unanswered as the South Korean has accustomed us to using controllers of his own.
Note that Samsung has already launched PCIe 5.0 SSDs. These are the PM1743 family, which is aimed at businesses and comes in 2.5-inch units. It offers speeds of 13 GB/s and up to 2,500K IOPS, almost 1.9x the performance of PCIe 4.0 units.
Source : Videocardz
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