Samsung Launches 980 NVMe SSD for High-end Performance

Samsung launched the 980 NVMe SSD, the company’s first consumer drive without  DRAM. Delivering the highest performance among DRAM-less SSDs, the new 980 makes blazing NVMe speeds more accessible to a wider range of users.

“Samsung has been at the forefront of introducing intelligent and high-performing Solid-State Drives. The all-new SSD 980 is an amalgamation of both hardware and software innovations that brings greater value without compromising the high-end NVMe performance. Power-packed with TurboWrite 2.0, the SSD  offers larger buffer storage area inside the drive. The 980 is an excellent blend of speed, power efficiency, and reliability, making it suitable for everyday PC users and gamers as well as content creators,” said 

Akash Saxenaa, Senior Director, Enterprise Sales, Samsung India 

Previously, DRAM-less designs have presented a disadvantage in speed without the short-term memory at hand for fast access to data. Samsung’s 980 utilizes Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology, which links the drive directly to the host processor’s DRAM to overcome any performance drawbacks. This technology, coupled with the company’s latest sixth-generation V-NAND as well as optimized controller and firmware, enables the 980 to provide NVMe performance with six times the speed of SATA SSDs.  Sequential read and write speeds come in at up to 3,500 and 3,000 MB/s, while random read and write performances are rated as high as 500K IOPS and 480K IOPS, respectively.  

The newly upgraded Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0 also offers significantly enhanced sustained performance over the previous iteration by allocating a much larger buffer storage area inside the drive. 

For users working with extremely large files or running graphics-heavy games, the new ‘Full Power Mode’  added to Samsung’s Magician 6.3 software allows the drive to continuously run at peak performance for uninterrupted work and play. 

Additionally, consumers will no longer have to worry about their drive overheating, thanks to its advanced thermal designs. With Dynamic Thermal Guard technology, nickel-coated controller, and heat spreader label solutions available in Samsung’s high-end 980 series, users can enjoy the stable and reliable performance even during prolonged use. 

The SSD further features improved power efficiency of up to 56% when compared to the previous 970  EVO, allowing laptop users to better manage power usage. 

The Samsung 980 SSD is available at an MRP of INR 6,499 for the 250GB, INR 8,999 for the 500GB and  INR 16,999 for the 1TB. For more information, please visit samsung.com/SSD or samsungssd.com. 

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