The big news, of course, is the move from 48-layer TLC V-NAND to the 64-layer stuff. The 250GB and 500GB versions are finished in, ahem, “Alluring Blue,” while the 1TB and 2TB models are clad in a simpler “Deep Black.” The T5 sheds the T3’s two-piece metal and plastic body for an all-aluminum unibody. The housing construction has changed slightly in this version, though. It retains the same compact size and feathery weight, ringing in at 3 x 2.3″ x 0.4″ and 51 grams.
The T5 closely follows in the footsteps of its forebear, the Portable SSD T3. The company was kind enough to send us 500GB and 1TB versions of its latest to run through the wringer. Today, Samsung officially unveils the first client drive with 64-layer V-NAND inside: the Portable SSD T5. Well, brace yourselves: we’ve made it to the eye of the storm.
Samsung’s 64-layer V-NAND has been on our radar for just about a year now, but the company has really been talking up a storm about the technology in the last couple of months.
IMFT’s 64-layer stuff is already out on the market in the Intel 545s, but we’ve yet to spend any hands-on time with it. We recently experienced Toshiba’s 64-layer BiCS TLC firsthand in the company’s excellent XG5 SSD. The density wars are in full swing between the major flash players, and the name of the game is 64-layer 3D NAND.
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