Samsung launches 800GB SSD for AI applications
This 800GB Z-SSD guarantees up to 30 drive writes per day.
Samsung Electronics launched an 800GB Solid State Storage Drive the SZ985 Z-SSD. This new Z-SSD is targeted for today’s artificial intelligence (AI), big data and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, based on its performance, reliability and ultra-low latency.
The new 800GB Z-SSD provides the storage solution for high-speed cache data and log data processing, as well as other enterprise storage applications that are being designed to meet rapidly growing demand within the AI, big data and IoT markets.
The new single port, four-lane Z-SSD features Z-NAND chips that should provide 10 times higher cell read performance than 3-bit V-NAND chips, along with 1.5GB LPDDR4 DRAM and a performance controller. The 800GB Z-SSD features read performance at 750K IOPS(Input/output operations per second), and write latency at 16 microseconds. The Z-SSD also delivers a random write speed of up to170K IOPS.
The company claims that the 800GB Z-SSD guarantees up to 30 drive writes per day (DWPD) for five years, or a total of 42 petabytes. The reliability of the new Z-SSD is further underscored by a mean time between failures (MTBF) of two million hours.
Samsung will introduce its new Z-SSD in 800GB and 240GB versions, as well as related technologies at ISSCC 2018 (International Solid-State Circuits Conference), which will be held February 11-15 in San Francisco.