Samsung held its Global SSD summit recently at which it has unveiled its new range of 840 EVO range of SSDs which offer up to 1TB of SolidState drives.
The new 840 EVO range includes five capacities - 120GB, 240GB, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB, all in same 7mm 2.5 inch form factor.
"After accelerating the growth of the SSD market by last year's launch of entry-level, high-performance SSDs we are introducing a much faster SSDs with up to 1TB capacities offering consumers a wider range of choices," said Young-Hyun Jun, executive vice president, memory sales & marketing, Samsung Electronics. "Samsung continues to enhance its SSD brand image by delivering the industry's highest quality solutions and continuously increasing its SSD market share by expanding the adoption of higher density SSDs especially in client PC segments"
Compared with the 250GB 840 Series SSD, the highest selling capacity of the 840 lineup, the new 250GB 840 EVO now delivers 520MB/s sequential write speed – making it more than 2 times faster than last generation. In the case of 120GB model, the 840 EVO achieves 410MB/s sequential write speed, which is approximately 3 times as fast as that of the 120GB 840 Series SSD.
For the 1TB 840 EVO SSD, the sequential read/write performance has reached 540MB/s and 520MB/s. Furthermore, both the random read and write performance have achieved the highest level, reaching 98,000 IOPS (Input Output Operations Per Second) and 90,000 IOPS, respectively.
The SSD 840 Evo will launch in global markets starting from August. The drives come with 3 years warranty and priced at $109.99, $189.99, $369.99, $529.99, $649.99 for 120GB, 240GB, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB capacities respectively.
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The new 840 EVO range includes five capacities - 120GB, 240GB, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB, all in same 7mm 2.5 inch form factor.
"After accelerating the growth of the SSD market by last year's launch of entry-level, high-performance SSDs we are introducing a much faster SSDs with up to 1TB capacities offering consumers a wider range of choices," said Young-Hyun Jun, executive vice president, memory sales & marketing, Samsung Electronics. "Samsung continues to enhance its SSD brand image by delivering the industry's highest quality solutions and continuously increasing its SSD market share by expanding the adoption of higher density SSDs especially in client PC segments"
Compared with the 250GB 840 Series SSD, the highest selling capacity of the 840 lineup, the new 250GB 840 EVO now delivers 520MB/s sequential write speed – making it more than 2 times faster than last generation. In the case of 120GB model, the 840 EVO achieves 410MB/s sequential write speed, which is approximately 3 times as fast as that of the 120GB 840 Series SSD.
For the 1TB 840 EVO SSD, the sequential read/write performance has reached 540MB/s and 520MB/s. Furthermore, both the random read and write performance have achieved the highest level, reaching 98,000 IOPS (Input Output Operations Per Second) and 90,000 IOPS, respectively.
The SSD 840 Evo will launch in global markets starting from August. The drives come with 3 years warranty and priced at $109.99, $189.99, $369.99, $529.99, $649.99 for 120GB, 240GB, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB capacities respectively.
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