January 23, 2019-Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today launched the latest enhanced Samsung 970 EVO Plus for its non-volatile memory (NVMe)SSD product line.   WITh industry-leading performance and up to 2TB of super capacity, Samsung 970 EVO Plus sets a new standard for high-performance storage, making it easier for IT professionals, technology enthusiasts and gamers to handle intensive workloads on PCs and workstations.

"Since introducing the first NVMe SSD to the consumer market in 2015, Samsung has been making continuous efforts to break through the technical barriers in SSD design and performance," said Mike Mang, vice president of brand product marketing of Samsung Electronics Storage. "The new 970 EVO Plus is equipped with Samsung's latest fifth-generation V-NAND technology, and can provide incomparable performance for similar products when dealing with demanding tasks such as 4K content editing, 3D modeling and simulation, and large-scale rendering games."
Through seamless integration of the company's advanced V-NAND chips and optimized firmware, 970 EVO Plus achieved significant performance improvement-53% faster write speed [1]-and significantly improved efficiency over its predecessor 970 EVO.   The new drive has sequential read and write speeds of up to 3,500 megabytes/second (MB/s) and 3,300 MB/s, respectively, while random speeds of up to 620,000 IOPS (read) and 560,000 IOPS (write) [2].
Because 970 EVO Plus has a compact M.2 form factor and PCIe Gen3 x4 interface used in most modern computers, users can easily upgrade their equipment.   970 EVO Plus also offers a five-year limited warranty [3] or up to 1200TBW (total bytes written) warranty [4].
970 evoplus has a variety of capacities to choose from;   250GB, 500GB and 1TB capacity models are now available worldwide and 2TB capacity models will be available in April.   For more information about 970 EVO Plus, including warranty details, please visit samsung.com/SSD or samsungssd.com.
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[1] Random Write Speed of 250 GB SSD Up to 53%.
[2] Performance may vary depending on SSD firmware version and system hardware and configuration.
Performance measurement is based on IOmeter 1.1.0.   The write performance data is the data measured when the intelligent TurboWrite technology is activated.   The sequential write performance after enabling the smart TurboWrite area is 400 MB/s(250GB), 900 MB/s(500GB), 1,700 MB/s(1TB) and 1,750 MB/s(2TB), respectively.   The random write performance with Smart TurboWrite enabled is 100,000 IOPS(250GB), 200,000 IOPS(500GB), 400,000 IOPS(1TB) and 420,000 IOPS(2TB), respectively.
* Test system configuration: Intel Core i7-7700K CPU @ 4.2GHz, DDR4 2400MHz 32GB, operating system -Windows 10 Built 10240, chipset-ASUS Prime Z270-A.
[3] Five years or TBW, whichever comes first.   For more information on warranty, please refer to the enclosed warranty document.
[4] 970 Evo Plus Warranty TBW (Total Bytes Written): 250GB SSD 150TB, 500GB Model 300TB, 1TB Model 600TB, 2TB 1,200TB.
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[5] According to IDEMA definition, 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes.   Part of the capacity may be used for system files and maintenance, so the actual usable capacity may be different from the capacity marked on the product label.
[6] Samsung Electronics is not responsible for any loss caused by users using the products, including but not limited to the loss of data or other information contained in Samsung Electronics products or the loss of profits or income that users may generate.   For more information on warranty, please visit samsung.com/ssd.
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