Tech Desk 
Oct 04, 2024
Samsung officially announced the mass production of the fastest Solid State Drive SSD for personal computers (PCs). The South Korean tech giant has begun preparing for the PCIe 5.0-based product, model name PM9E1, with the industry’s greatest performance and potential, Samsung claimed.
Samsung added that the memory stick is made up of the 5 nm-based controller and 8th-gen V-NAND technology. Its main target is to offer a "powerful performance and enhanced power efficiency, making it an optimal solution for on-device AI PCs," the company is diligently working to accomplish.
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The PM9E1 offers an enhanced 14.5 GB/s reading speed and 13 GB/s writing speed, with an extensive array of data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) apps. Moreover, the PM9E1 will be available in several storage variants such as 512 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, and 4 TB.
SSD security is comprised of significant protocols, such as Secure Channel, Device Authentication, and Firmware Tampering Attestation
The South Korean tech giant would provide the PCIe 5.0-based solution to PC manufacturers worldwide. Later, it would be available to a wider range of markets but certainly not before the PM9E1 received a great name like 1090 PRO, or any reminiscent one.
