Samsung announces the 860 Evo and 860 Pro as successors to the most popular SSDs ever
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Samsung’s 850 line of SSDs has basically ruled as the most popular and reliable solid-state drive for most consumers since it was released back in 2014. And while Samsung has released a few incremental updates over the years to increase storage capacity, the company has announced the first true successor to the iconic 850 Evo and 850 Pro drives: the 860 Evo and 860 Pro.
As one might be able to guess from the incremental shift in the names, the new models aren’t a massive leap forward, but a more evolutionary advance for Samsung’s models. The biggest change is a shift from 48-layer 3D NAND to 64-layer 3D NAND, along with an updated MJX SSD controller, and LPDDR4 DRAM instead of the previous-generation LPDDR3 DRAM.