PM1653 server SSD equipped with 6th generation V-NAND
Supports the latest SAS-4 standard and legacy interfaces


On the 27th, Samsung Electronics released the PM1653, a server-grade SSD supporting the latest SAS-4 standard. SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) is a high-speed data transfer interface used in storage devices for servers and large computers, and SAS-4 supports speeds of 22.5 Gbps.

The PM1653 is a high-speed enterprise server-only product that first applies the 6th generation V-NAND, and is available in various capacities ranging from 800GB to a maximum of 30.72TB to meet customer demand.

Samsung Electronics has achieved industry-leading random read performance of 800K IOPS, ensuring that enterprise servers equipped with this product can provide stable service to users. Sequential read performance also improves significantly, reaching 4,300 MB/s, approximately twice that of previous-generation products.

PM1653 also supports previous interfaces including SAS-3, allowing customers to operate enterprise servers more flexibly. Additionally, it provides dual ports so that if a failure occurs in one port, the service can be provided through the other port, thereby increasing the stability of server operation.

Samsung Electronics is collaborating with Broadcom, a host bus adapter (HBA) company, to enable convenient upgrades of storage systems to the SAS-4 standard.

“Samsung Electronics PM1653 SSD and Broadcom’s next-generation SAS HBA will deliver up to five times the RAID 5 performance, shaping the future SAS-4 ecosystem,” said Jas Tremblay, vice president and general manager, Broadcom Data Center Solutions Group.

“Samsung Electronics SSDs have received certification from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for security, which is important in the enterprise server market,” said Park Kwang-il, executive vice president and head of the product planning team at Samsung Electronics’ memory business division. “We will continue to work with customers to provide differentiated storage solutions in the continuously growing enterprise server market.”