IN BRIEF: Samsung has started mass production of its PM1763 enterprise-class SSD, featuring a PCIe 6.0 interface that promises double the throughput of PCIe Gen 5. The new drives are designed to meet the fast, reliable storage demands of cutting-edge AI data centers and high-performance computing environments.
The 16TB model delivers sequential read and write speeds of up to 28.4 GB/s and 21.9 GB/s, respectively, while claimed random read and write performance reaches up to 6,800K and 950K IOPS. At these speeds, the new SSDs can transfer a 40GB LLM in just 1.4 seconds, roughly twice as fast as the PCIe Gen 5-based PM1753 drives, which require around 2.7 seconds to complete the same task.
The Gen 6 drives are built using Samsung's 9th-generation V-NAND and a newly developed 4nm controller, which the company claims delivers a significant improvement in power efficiency compared with its previous-generation chips. According to Samsung, power efficiency has improved by up to 1.8x over its Gen 5 models, helping reduce data center operating costs.
Samsung says the new drives are optimized for liquid-cooled server racks through direct-to-chip cooling technology. They are also designed to deliver sustained peak performance and long-term stability, ensuring data integrity across a range of demanding workloads, including analytics, databases, and AI inferencing.
