[LAUNCH] Samsung's new 960 series NVMe SSDs Hit In OCT16

Samsung's spacious new 960 Pro and 960 Evo hit the market. Both come in the relatively newfangled gumstick sized M.2 form factor supporting the NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) specification for fast speeds, high bandwidth, and low latency storage access. Where they differ is in the type of memory each one employs.

It uses stacked 3D Vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory and a four lane PCIe 3.0 interface, uses 48-layer V-NAND, allowing for significantly more storage than last year's 950 Pro. According to Samsung, all three capacities 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB can deliver up to 3,500MB/s of sequential read performance and up to 2,100MB/s of sequential writes.

The 512GB also features 512MB of DRAM cache and is rated to deliver up to 330,000 IOPS of 4K random read and write performance. DRAM cache is doubled to 1GB for the 1TB model, which bumps up 4K random read and write performance to 440,000 IOPS and 360,000 IOPS, respectively, while the 2TB model boasts 2GB of DRAM cache with the same read and write IOPS as the 1TB model.

As for the 960 Evo, it also boasts a four lane PCIe 3.0 interface, but uses slower triple-level cell (TLC) memory chips and comes in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB capacities. However, don't ready slower to mean slow, because the 960 Evo line is anything but. All three capacities are rated to deliver up to 3,200MB/s of sequential write performance, also besting the previous generation 950 Pro.
Samsung says the new drives will be available in October.
The prices are as follows:

    960 Pro 2TB: $1,299
    960 Pro 1TB: $629
    960 Pro 512GB: $329
    960 Evo 1TB: 479
    960 Evo 500GB: $249
    960 Evo 250GB: $129

[RECALL] Samsung Note 7 Explodes!!!

Samsung has issued a global recall for all 2.5 million of the phones it has shipped so far. Some of the phones shipped with faulty batteries that could catch on fire. Samsung has announced an unprecedented recall of the Galaxy Note 7 just weeks after launching the well-received smartphone. Sales have been halted globally, and over the coming weeks Samsung will issue replacements to anyone affected. The issue is related to the phone's battery, with some scattered reports that the cell can explode while charging.

The percentage of affected phones is small estimated at 24 out of every 1,000,000 phones but Samsung only has one battery supplier in each of the countries in which the phone has shipped. All units could potentially be affected, though the models sold in China apparently include batteries that are unaffected by the flaw.

Official Statement by Samsung:

"In response to recently reported cases of the new Galaxy Note 7, we conducted a thorough investigation and found a battery cell issue. To date (as of September 1) there have been 35 cases that have been reported globally and we are currently conducting a thorough inspection with our suppliers to identify possible affected batteries in the market. However, because our customers’ safety is an absolute priority at Samsung, we have stopped sales of the Galaxy Note 7. For customers who already have Galaxy Note 7 devices, we will voluntarily replace their current device with a new one over the coming weeks."

Author : Saatvik Awasthi