Samsung Producing 6Gb SAS 2.5-Inch SSDs Using 10nm MLC NAND Flash Chips

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has begun mass producing a new, high-performance SAS-interface SSD using 10nm class MLC NAND flash memory.

10nm class means a process technology node somewhere between 10 and 20nm, while 20nm class refers to a process technology node somewhere between 20 and 30nm.

“With our new SAS SSD, our competitiveness in the enterprise storage SSD market has been strengthened,” said Jeeho Baek, VP, memory marketing, Samsung Electronics. “We are committed to providing storage customers with an exceptionally variety of next-generation, high-capacity SSDs in driving the fast-growing enterprise storage SSD market.”

The new Samsung SAS SSD – SM1623 – is designed to meet the need of customers for cost-effective, high-capacity SSDs. With this release, Samsung has bolstered its SAS SSD line-up targeted at enterprise customers.

Samsung’s SSD portfolio for the enterprise market covers all available major interfaces, ranging from NVMe to PCIe, and SATA as well as SAS.

Succeeding the SAS SM1625 SSD, which was introduced in 2012, the SM1623 has an 800GB density.

Compared with the SM1625, which was based on 20nm NAND flash, the new 10nm SAS SSD delivers the same level of performance while improving productivity by more than 30%. It also supports more than a drive write per day (DWPD). This makes it for enterprise storage customers seeking SSDs with endurance, performance and an optimized TCO.

The SM1623 delivers random read and write speeds of up to 120,000 and 26,000 IO/s respectively. Its sequential read and write speeds are up to 950 and 520MB/s.

In the near future, Samsung plans to introduce next-generation SAS SSDs to further enhance its SAS SSD line-up and add to its presence in the enterprise SSD market.