Samsung 850 Pro Series SSD with 3D V-NAND Technology

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/01/2014 08:39 AM | source: | 25 comment(s)

Samsung launched the 850 PRO, a new solid state drive (SSD) line-up featuring Samsung's cutting-edge three-dimensional (3D) vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory technology. The new Samsung 850 PRO, unveiled at the 2014 Samsung SSD Global Summit in Seoul, offers a new breed of performance for solid state drives and will be available globally across 53 markets from this month.

Based on Samsung's proprietary V-NAND technology, the new 850 PRO is ideal for use in high-end PCs and workstations. Samsung's V-NAND features a proprietary vertical cell structure and represents a breakthrough in overcoming the density limit currently facing planar NAND architecture used in conventional flash memory, yielding significant speed, endurance and energy efficiency improvements.

"With the new 850 PRO V-NAND SSD, Samsung is introducing the next major evolution of SSD technology, taking the lead in delivering high-density SSDs with outstanding endurance, performance and energy efficiency," said Unsoo Kim, senior vice president of branded product marketing team at Samsung Electronics. "We are fully committed to establishing an innovative computing environment by providing customers with leading-edge V-NAND SSDs with unrivaled performance."

The Samsung 850 PRO delivers blazing-fast speeds and exceptional endurance, offering the highest level of performance among SSDs using the SATA III (6Gb/s) interface. Its sequential read performance reaches up to 550 megabytes per second (MB/s), with write performance of up to 520MB/s. Random read performance is up to 100,000 input/output operations-per-second (IOPS), with write speeds of up to 90,000 IOPS.

The drive also offers a Dynamic Thermal Guard feature, which maintains ambient temperature while operating and prevents potential data loss from overheating. The Samsung 850 PRO will be available in 128 gigabyte (GB), 256GB, 512GB and 1 terabyte (TB) storage capacities. With the accelerating consumer adoption of SSDs, Samsung anticipates that its new V-NAND SSDs will add to the growth of the branded SSD market with its outstanding performance.

The 850 Pro Series will be in stores the 21st of July - 129 dollar for 128GB, 199 dollar for 256GB, 399 dollar for 512GB and 699 dollar for de 1TB-version.

That's 120, 180, 360 and 630 EURO depending on local taxes, Samsung offers a 10-year warranty on the SSDs.

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#4862831 Posted on: 07/02/2014 01:14 AM

not impressed by the price at all.

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#4862861 Posted on: 07/02/2014 02:15 AM

Samsung launched the 850 PRO, a new solid state drive (SSD) line-up featuring Samsung's cutting-edge three-dimensional (3D) vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory technology. The new Samsung 850 PRO, un...

Samsung 850 Pro Series SSD with 3D V-NAND Technology

even the 256gb is less then i pay for the 830 i have....

I still waiting for this 35 cent to gb that was mention earlier

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#4862863 Posted on: 07/02/2014 02:24 AM

not impressed by the price at all.

Yeah, $400 for 512GB is ridic. I paid $200 for my MX100, and I be the performance difference wouldn't even be noticed.

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#4862976 Posted on: 07/02/2014 08:37 AM

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#4863102 Posted on: 07/02/2014 01:22 PM

8000TB/128 = 625000 PE cycles

they should advertise that endurance level. thats a rather impressive result. not a big fan of the price here either.

i tip my tip to such an impressive endurance level. i dare not worry about it anymore

They won't because they'll use that endurance level as a sales point for their enterprise drives. The other features they add to enterprise are harder to sell.

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