Samsung unveiled another mind blowing storage solution - SSD 840 Pro with MDX controller. This high performance Solid State Drive is designed to perform better with less power consumption and higher read and write operation.
Though, there will be two variants- SSD 840 for general computing purpose and SSD 840 Pro for advanced users. Gamers will love to grab the Pro version as it's random read and write capabilities are little higher.
Mr. UnSoo Kim, vice president of Memory brand product marketing team, Samsung Electronics, said,
"Introduction of Samsung's 840 SSD series delivers considerable levels of advancements to the notebook user environment. As a technology pioneer, Samsung continues to raise the level of performance of SSDs and contribute to the growing global pool of users enjoying the conveniences of high-performance SSDs."
Here's a technical comparison chart of Samsung SSD 840 and SSD 840 Pro with earlier SSD 830. This chart is derived from Kristian Vatto's post in AnandTech.
| Samsung SSD 830 (256,512GB) | Samsung SSD 840 (500GB) | Samsung SSD 840 Pro (256,512GB) | ||
| Controller | Samsung MCX | Samsung MDX | Samsung MDX | |
| NAND | 27nm Toggle-Mode 1.1 MLC | 21nm Toggle-Mode 2.0 TLC | 21nm Toggle-Mode MLC | |
| Sequential Read | 520MB/s | 540MB/s | 540MB/s | |
| Sequential Write | 400MB/s | 330MB/s | 450MB/s | |
| Random Read | 80K IOPS | 98K IOPS | 100K IOPS | |
| Random Write | 36K IOPS | 70K IOPS | 78K IOPS | |
These new high end SSD 840 series will be available globally from mid October through retail channels.
Here's some benefits of using Samsung SSD:-
- Greater reliability due to no moving parts from the "solid-state" nature of the drives
- Equal (and gradually increasing) storage capacities offered (as compared to conventional HDDs) due to advancing semiconductor technologies
- Less power consumption, both in active and idle modes, making SSDs ideal for portable, battery-powered devices
- Reduced costs for cooling due to use of controllers with built-in power management capabilities
- Small sizes and lighter weights
- Increasingly faster read and write operations compared to HDDs, ideal for devices running multi-tasking applications.
- Variety of available interfaces for connecting to various types of host devices
- Available in both standard and extended temperature variants
- Greater durability due to very high shock and vibration tolerances
- Greater system reliability due to very high MTBFs
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