Samsung PM833

Samsung has introduced its new lineup of datacenter-class SSDs that uses its latest V-NAND flash memory and a SATA interface. The new drives offer up to 7680 GB capacity, consume less power than predecessors including helium-filled hard drives. The Samsung PM883 SSDs are based on the company’s proprietary controller as well as 64-layer TLC V-NAND memory. The new drives carry 4 TB and 8 TB of raw NAND flash memory to provide 3840 and 7680 GB capacities. Meanwhile, the key feature of the PM883 is not capacity, but very low power consumption when compared to other SSDs: they consume only 2.8 W during read operations and 3.7 W during write operations. To reduce power consumption, the PM883 use several methods: in addition to usage of...