SK hynix Announces PCIe 4.0 Platinum P41 SSD

SK hynix Inc. today announced the release of the "Platinum P41" PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD, which combines technical superiority with unrivaled performance and durability.

The Platinum series is the company's premier retail portfolio, aimed for gamers and content makers who want to increase PC performance. The Platinum P41, SK hynix's first PCIe 4.0 SSD constructed with superior 176-layer NAND flash memory, is now available for purchase on Amazon in the United States in 500 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB capacity options.

The Platinum P41 is designed to outperform other PCIe 4.0 SSDs, with sequential read rates of up to 7,000 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 6,500 MB/s, as well as an industry-leading endurance rating of up to 1,200 TBW. The Platinum P41 additionally ensures reliability with an SK hynix in-house "Aries" controller, which adds to the faster read/write rates.

"We are delighted to introduce the Platinum P41, the first of our Platinum series of SSDs to drive the strongest PCIe Gen4 bandwidth experience for computing needs. P41 also inherits the power efficiency and stability of our existing lineup, keeping with SK hynix's rich history of delivering excellent solutions for consumer electronics," Dae Jung Cho, Head of SSD Marketing at SK hynix, said.

Furthermore, the Platinum P41 has the highest-end throughput on the PCIe 4.0 interface, with up to 1,400K IOPS in random reads and up to 1,300K IOPS in random writes. The P41 is subjected to 1,000 hours of high-temperature operating life (HTOL) testing to assure reliability, and it has a mean duration between failures of 1.5 million hours (MTBF). SK hynix offers a five-year warranty on the Platinum P41.

The prices are :

• 2TB: $259.99
• 1TB: $149.99
• 500GB: $104.99