Samsung’s first Pro series Gen 5 PCIe SSD arrives in March
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Summary
After years of waiting, Samsung is set to enter the PCIe Gen 5 SSD market with its 9100 Pro series in March, nearly two years after counterparts Seagate and Crucial began to offer their own PCIe 5 SSDs,
The new SSDs will be offered in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, with an 8TB model scheduled for release in H2 2025, and will be available with or without a heatsink in an M.2 form factor
While the new SSDs offer double the speed of Samsung’s previous PCIe Gen 4 SSDs, The Verge notes that the difference will likely only be noticeable for heavier computing workflows, or for large file transfers for users such as software engineers and videographers to speed up their workflows
Samsung’s new SSDs are built on V-NAND TLC V8 memory and a custom controller, and will offer sequential read-and-write speeds of up to 14.8GBps and 13.4GBps, respectively.