Samsung launches a new PCIe SSD on the German market. The Samsung SSD 980 is an SSD without the meanwhile established name extensions „Evo“ and „Pro“. Compared to the two known SSDs, Samsung also downgrades its new SSD 980. Thus, it does not have an SDRAM cache. Nevertheless, it is supposed to be faster than the 970 Evo.
Official presentation is pending
The South Koreans have not officially presented their latest SSD yet. Nevertheless, you can already take a look at the Thai product page. Furthermore, there are already a few German retailers that list the product. The name is still the „SSD 980“. Samsung has not yet added a suffix like „Pro“ or „Evo“. Nevertheless, it is supposed to be the smaller sister model of the 980 Pro. However, if you take a look at the specs, the SSD 980 is most likely to be a successor of the 970 Evo.
Mid-range SSD
The similarities between the 970 Evo and the newcomer cannot be dismissed out of hand. This already starts with the PCIe technology. Thus, the...
