Samsung today announced the 840 EVO mSATA (mini-Serial ATA) Solid State Drive (SSD) line-up, including the industry’s first 1 terabyte (TB) mSATA SSD. The Samsung 840 EVO mSATA SSD is an extension of the 840 EVO line-up which was introduced earlier this year.
The new SSD features the compact mSATA form factor which is approximately a quarter size of a 2.5-inch SSD, and offers the same level of performance.
The new 840 EVO mSATA SSD utilises Samsung’s 128 gigabit (Gb) NAND flash memory based on 1X nanometer class process technology. The 1TB SSD combines four of these flash memory packages with each package having 16 layers of 128Gb chips. The drive is 3.85 millimeters thick and has a weight of 8.5 grams, which, according to Samsung, are approximately 40 percent and a twelfth of a typical hard disk drive (HDD) respectively.
The 840 EVO mSATA SSD line-up is available in 120 gigabyte (GB), 250GB, 500GB and 1TB, and has a Samsung’s proprietary controller with TurboWrite technology. The 1TB version offers 98,000 random read and 90,000 random write IOPS , as well as sequential read and write speed of 540 MB/s and 520 MB/s, enabling complex multi-tasking for advanced users.
The new mSATA line-up comes with Samsung Magician 4.3, a software solution that allows the maximum of over 1,000MB/s sequential read speed on RAPID ( Real-time Accelerated Processing of I/O Data) mode, which is a performance level of approximately twice that of a typical SATA SSD and ten times of an average HDD. Samsung also applied Samsung Magician 4.3 and the RAPID mode on its previous 840 PRO SSD line-up.
The new mSATA SSD implements features for data security, and is compliant with TCG Opal and IEEE 1667 standards.
The 840 EVO mSATA SSD line-up will be available this month globally, and exact launch date can vary depending on the region.
