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The 9100 PRO comes in a small, dark gray box. Along with a picture of the drive, the packaging advertises a number of its key features including its 2TB capacity, PCIE 5.0 x4 NVMe interface, maximum read speed and 5 year warranty. Inside, you'll find the SSD as well as a small installation guide and warranty statement.
Physical Features:
The 9100 PRO uses the 2280 form factor for M.2 (NGFF) SSDs. It measures 80.15 x 22.15 x 2.38 mm and tips the scales at a mere 9.0g. The drive also has an "M key" edge connector which provides PCIe SSDs with up to 4x lanes of bandwidth.
Like the PM9E1, the 9100 PRO utilizes Samsung's "Presto" (S4LY027) controller. Manufactured using a 5nm process, this PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe 2.0 controller is equipped with a 5-core ARM Cortex R8 processor and has 8 NAND channels with 4 chip enables (CE) per channel.
For the 2TB version of the 9100 PRO, Samsung has used their own 8th-generation 236-layer TLC V-NAND flash chips. Looking at the pictures above, you can see that there are two 1TB NAND flash packages on the top of the PCB. The drive also has a single 2GB LPDDR4X DRAM memory chip that is used for caching.
