The Samsung SSD 960 Pro will come in three sizes and Samsung has done away with the 256GB capacity on this higher-end variant, instead opting to scale to an industry-first 2TB capacity for an M.2 NVMe SSD. At all capacities, the Samsung SSD 960 Pro offers copious amounts of both read and write bandwidth with 3.5GB/sec for sequential reads and 2.1GB/sec for sequential writes. Reportedly, Samsung achieves higher and longer sustained sequential performance via the new Polaris controller, which is a 5 core chip, with one core dedicated to host request communications and the other four cores handling Flash memory management duties. The 960 Pro offers serious endurance specs as well, at up to 1200 terabytes written and a full 5 year warranty. It's pricier than the 960 EVO at a little north of .60 per GiB but if you need both blinding speed and serious endurance, this is the drive you're looking for. The 960 EVO, on the other hand, is no slouch either...

The new Samsung SSD 960 EVO will also drop Samsung's lower capacity model from last year's 950 EVO family, starting now at 250GB, with 512GB and 1TB options. The EVO tops out at nearly the same throughput for reads as the 960 Pro, with 3.2GB/sec peak sequential throughput and 1.9GB/sec sequential write throughput. If you're astute, you'll notice that this still exceeds even Samsung's 950 Pro performance from the previous generation and by a significant margin (operative term "Pro" here). So this year's EVO is faster than last year's Pro drive, and Samsung achieves this via new a new technology called "Intelligent TurboWrite," which is a bit of SLC Flash caching mojo. Impressive; and at under .50 per GiB it's sure to be a very attractive option for enthusiasts, workstation pros and OEMs looking to maximize both cost and performance. The Samsung 960 EVO comes with a 3 year warranty and up to 400 terabytes written endurance.Both the Samsung SSD 960 Pro and Samsung 960 EVO employ Samsung's new Thermal Guard technology in the company's new Polaris controller, which again maximizes throughput and performance during extreme workloads and long sequential transfers especially. Thermal Guard technology allows the controller to maintain peak throughput 50 percent longer than Samsung's previous gen controller, before throttling, on sequential reads.Samsung's 960 PRO and 960 EVO SSDs will be available worldwide starting October 2016, with MSRPs starting at $329.99 and $129.99 USD, respectively. For more information, including warranty details, please visit www.samsungssd.com