Samsung Releases Advanced Gen4 SSD

The new PCIe Gen4 SSD is considered entirely fail-proof, which will be extremely beneficial for servers and data centers.

Industry's highest-performing SSDs integrate 3 key software innovations – 'fail-in-place(FIP)', 'SSD virtualization' and 'V-NAND machine learning' #SSD #VNANDhttps://t.co/MaO7W9asGx

— Samsung Electronics (@Samsung) September 19, 2019

Works No Matter What

According to Samsung, its 30.72TB PCI Express (PCIe) Generation 4 Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSD series uses FPI (Fail-in-place) technology. This allows it to continue working regardless of the state of the accompanying NAND chips. This is a significant improvement, as NAND chip malfunction typically requires turning off entire systems before the flawed SSD can be swapped for a working one. This can be extremely costly for services like data centers, and others who require that their servers are always available. The new feature will also be very beneficial during data backups, according to Samsung, meaning that the newly-released SSD already has some advanced use cases. As for the FIP technology itself, its primary function is to detect flawed chips, scan their data, and smoothly move it to another, functioning chip. Samsung also added that its new SSD model would come in two brands — PM1733 and PM1735. It will also come in two form factors, with one being a 2.5 inches long U.2 model, which will have the read/write speed of 6.4Gbps/3.8Gbps at maximum. The other one will be an HHHL variant, with a read/write speeds being 8Gbps/3.8Gbps, and the memory capacity will be between 0.8TB and 30.72TB.

New SSD, New Technologies

This is not the end of the improvements, though, as Samsung also noted that the SSD would have two additional technologies, alongside fail-proof technology. Both variants will have SSD virtualization software, meaning that the SSD will be divided into smaller units — 64 of them, in total. This will allow multiple users to use them at the same time, independently of one another. That way, services like cloud operators will be capable of offering their services to more users while using a single SSD’s resources. Not to mention that the virtualization workload will be reduced, and the SSD will be able to assist the servers’ CPUs when it comes to handling the load. The other new feature includes V-NAND machine learning technology, which will allow it to read data more accurately, even during ultra-fast processing. This will be done by reading the difference in electricity between cells and circuits at a NAND level. Even though Samsung saw its operating profit get cut in half during the recent downturn in the storage memory market, the company has decided to remain in the field. It still remains the leading name in this sector, which is likely to continue thanks to this excellent new release. Samsung’s previous big moves in 2019 include the launch of 1TB eUFS 2.1 in January and the production of the first 100-layer V-NAND chip for enterprise SSDs in August. The new release of this SSD makes its third significant move in 2019. What do you think about Samsung’s new SSD? Will it help the company remain the market leader further down the road? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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