- Samsung confirms 512TB PCIe Gen6 SSD launch planned for the company in 2027
- Next-generation PM1763 Gen6 SSD promises double performance at just 25 watts
- Z-Nand roadmap focuses on GPU direct storage and low-latency AI workloads
Samsung has confirmed that it plans to release a 512TB PCIe Gen6 SSD, but it won’t be anytime soon, and when it does arrive, it will be aimed squarely at the enterprise and server markets rather than consumers.
The Korean tech giant made the announcement at the recent Fourth Global Memory Innovation Forum (GMIF) an event where major memory and storage vendors laid out their roadmaps for the coming years.
Samsung revealed that it is also preparing to expand capacity in its existing product lines and has already started rolling out a 256TB PCIe Gen5 SSD, with the 512TB PCIe Gen6 model to follow in the EDSFF 1T form factor.
Mark your calendar for 2027
Kevin Yoon, VP and CTO of Samsung’s memory business unit, told attendees that the company is immediately focused on bringing its next-generation CXL 3.1 and PCIE 6.0 CMM-D to the market in 2026.
Alongside these will be the PM1763 Gen6 SSD, which is designed to deliver twice the performance of current drives while running at 25 watts.
The company says the new design will bring not only raw capacity, but also substantial improvements in power efficiency, with a claimed gain of 60% over previous drives.
There was no exact date for the given 512TB SSD, but it’s not expected to arrive until 2027.
Beyond conventional flash, Samsung said it is working on its seventh-generation Z-Nand technology.
This will incorporate support for GPU active direct storage (GIDS), targeting workloads such as AI inference where low latency and high throughput are essential.
Samsung says its Z-Nand roadmap will take storage performance to levels far beyond industry standards.
Competitors including Soligm, Sandisk, SK Hynix and Kioxia are also expected to put PCIE GEN6 SSDs on the same shelf as Samsung is targeting, as demand for larger and faster storage increases.
With the rise of AI training and deployment, data centers are demanding ever-increasing levels of capacity and efficiency, and these drives are positioned as the answer.
Consumers are unlikely to see these capabilities coming to desktop or laptop machines anytime soon.
The 512TB milestone is unfortunately reserved for the enterprise world, where scaling storage to meet global AI workloads has become a defining priority.
Via WCCFTech
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