‘Samsung’ To Start Mass Producing 512GB SSD Units The Size Of A Coin

The South Korean electronics giant “Samsung” just announced in a Press Release that they will start mass producing PM971-NVMe 512GB SSDs with a size of 20mm x 16mm x 1.5mm and weighs roughly 2.3 grams. The unit will have a non-volatile memory express (NVMe) and a host-controller interface. This makes this SSD more efficient even when compared to your average SSD.

For over 60 years, computers have had to rely on spinning disks in hard disk drives (HDD) in order to store memory. However, this practice has largely been deemed much slower compared to SSDs or solid state drives. More than that, HDDs are also known to be bulkier, with the thinnest examples hardly the size of notepads and with disastrously low memory capacities.

Even for an SDD though, the PM971-NVMe is incredibly small, particularly with the kind of data transfer capability it has. This makes it perfect for Samsung’s ultra-thin laptops, which is a significant contender in a market where thinner and lighter are two aspects that are highly sought after.

In the press release, senior vice president of Samsung’s Memory Product Planning & Application Engineering Team, Jung-bae Lee says that this new SSD will allow for easier production of slimmer laptops among PC companies.

“Samsung’s new BGA NVMe SSD triples the performance of a typical SATA SSD, in the smallest form factor available, with storage capacity reaching up to 512GB,” he says. “The introduction of this small-scale SSD will help global PC companies to make timely launches of slimmer, more stylish computing devices, while offering consumers a more satisfactory computing environment.”

This is the second momentous development in Samsung’s SSD department for this year. Back in March, Engadget reported that the company had started shipping out their SSDs that have 16TB capacities. This effectively made Samsung the producer of the highest capacity SSD in a single unit in the world.