Storage - Form factor, Data Bus, Driver

 

[Form factor]

- 3.5"

- 2.5"

- mSATA

- M.2 - 2280 (22mm x 80mm)

 

 

[Data Bus]

- Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (PATA), IDE

 

- Serial ATA

  SATA1: 1.5 Gbps

  SATA2: 3.0 Gbps

  SATA3: 6.0 Gbps 

 

- PCIe Gen 3: 1000 MB/s x # lanes

  PCIe Gen 4: 2000MB/s x # lanes

 

 

[Driver]

- IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics): PATA-based driver, HDD

 

- AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface): SATA-based driver, HDD/SSD, high CPU cycle, conn via SATA controller

 

- NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express): PCIe-based driver, SSD, low CPU cycle, direct coonection to CPU

 

 

[Products]

Samsung 980 PRO / M.2 (2280) / PCIe4.0x4 (64GT/s) / DDR4 1GB / TLC / RW 1000K 1000K

 

Samsung 970 PRO / M.2 (2280) / PCIe3.0x4 (32GT/s) / DDR4 512GB /MLC / RW 370K 500K

 

Samsung 970 EVO Plus / M.2 (2280) / PCIe3.0x4 (32GT/s) / DDR4 512MB /TLC / RW 480K 550K

 

Samsung 980 / M.2 (2280) / PCIe3.0x4 (32GT/s) / DDR4 x, HMB/ TLC / RW 500K 480K

 

Samsung 970 EVO / M.2 (2280) / PCIe3.0x4 (32GT/s) / DDR4 1GB /TLC / RW 500K 450K

 

Samsung 870(860) EVO / 2.5" / SATA3 (6Gb/s) / DDR4 512MB / TLC / RW 98K 88K(90K)

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