Samsung official website on the 990 PRO / heatsink version: using Samsung's self-developed controller, 1T start

Last month, Samsung officially released a new retail flagship SSD, the 990 PRO, along with a version with RGB lamp heatsinks. The new product adopts PCIe 4.0 x4 protocol, but upgrades to NVMe 2.0, adopts a new master and new TLC flash memory particles, starts at 1T, and goes up to 4T.

According to reports, the Samsung 990 PRO sequential read and write speeds are 7450 MB/s and 6900 MB/s, respectively, and the random read and write speeds are 1400K and 1550K IOPS, respectively, and the random read and write performance is increased by 55% compared with the 980 PRO.

▲ Samsung 990 PRO

Samsung 990 PRO With Heatsink (Heatsink Version).

It has been reported that this SSD has been on overseas Amazon half a month ago, showing that it will be shipped in mid-October, of which the Samsung 990 PRO 2TB costs 324.9 euros (about 2274.3 yuan).

Now Samsung has begun to warm up for this new product, and it has also appeared on Samsung's official website. Samsung's official website currently has 1TB and 2TB versions of 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD and 990 PRO With Heatsink PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD, but the release date has not been announced, and only the sales channels of offline stores are given.

This drive features an intelligent cooling solution. Nickel-plated controllers and thermal control algorithms dynamically manage heat to ensure consistent performance. Heat sink tags control NAND chip heat to maintain the right temperature for operation through Dynamic Thermal Guard technology.

According to reports, Samsung 990 Pro has improved energy efficiency, consuming less power than the previous generation, and the performance per watt is 50% higher than that of the 980 PRO.