Samsung this week unveiled a slew of memory products and technologies that caught TechRadar Pro’s attention, ranging from the new HBME3 Shinebolt memory technology to the possibility of a petabyte SSD (PBSSD). But it’s the throwaway reference to a BM9C1 SSD that is among the most compelling.
Described as a high-capacity quad-level cell (QLC) SSD, the BM9C1 unit could very well be an expansion in Samsung’s QLC SSD series. QVO SSDs.
The latest edition is the 870 QVO SATA 2.5-inch SSD, which is known to be among the cheapest high capacity SSDs. The largest capacity currently in production is 8TB and is on sale now for $330 on Amazon. The BM9C1 could be a device that expands the maximum storage capacity from, for example, 8TB to 16TB, but could also be a successor to this device in the form of the long-awaited, not yet formally announced 880 QVO.
Should we expect a Samsung 880 QVO SSD?
QLC SSDs are optimized to have the highest possible capacity and deliver a dollar-per-TB value that can rival the best hard drives, or even prove cheaper than them. They store four bits per cell, delivering NVMe performance at higher capacities.
For example, the 2TB Samsung 870 QVO achieved speeds of 561MBps when reading and 530MBps when writing during tests. It’s not slow, but it’s about half the speed of the fastest SSDs currently available on the market.
Samsung’s reference to a new QLC SSD in the form of the BM9C1 is confirmed with worldwide import data Satwhich suggests that this model is currently shipping all over the world, mainly South Korea and India.
These 1TB units are being shipped for R&D evaluation – not for sale – meaning this is a technology that is currently a work in progress and it remains to be seen when they will enter regular production.
The latest model, the 870 QVO, was launched in June 2020, while its predecessor, the 860 QVO SSD, was launched in 2018. This means that Samsung is late with an upgrade in this range of SSDs, and it may well have hinted that one is on the market. way.