Samsung officially announced the release of the 4-terabyte (TB) SSD in its high-performance 990 Pro series. The 990 PRO series is a lineup of high-performance PCIe1 4.0 SSDs powered by Samsung’s eighth-generation V-NAND (V8) technology and enhanced proprietary controller. It has been designed in such a way that it meets the needs of gamers and professionals for 3D/4K graphics work, data analytics, and high-quality games.
“Today’s gamers and creative professionals require high-capacity, high-performance SSDs and Samsung’s new 4TB SSD 990 PRO is the perfect storage solution to meet their needs,” said Hangu Sohn, Corporate Vice President of the Memory Brand Product Biz Team at Samsung Electronics. “As the demand for high-resolution content and ultra-fast data-processing speeds continues to grow, high-performance NVMe2 storage has become a core requirement.”
The 4TB SSD has been announced in two models: standard 990 Pro 4TB and 990 Pro with Heatsink 4TB. The Heatsink model comes with a slim heatsink for sustained high performance without any heating issues. There has always been a concern for other components while installing SSD but Samsung’s V8 1Tb high-density NAND and the company’s memory stacking technology make it slimmer than other double-sided M.2 SSDs. It offers maximum performance in a PCIe 4.0 interface, with sequential read speeds of up to 7,450 megabytes-per-second (MB/s) and write speeds of up to 6,900MB/s.
As per the company, it will be available in early October of this year but users can also go with 1 TB and 2 TB models that are available in the market for gamers and high-end users.
