Samsung is plotting to replace your M.2 SSD with a storage chip smaller than a fingernail to improve battery life and…

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  • Samsung reveals industry first UFS 5.0 storage: A single fingernail-sized chip that can read at up to 10.8GB/s
  • With capacities of up to 1TB on offer, it makes a solid case for displacing existing M.2 drives in laptops, handhelds and game consoles amongst other hardware
  • The chip is also relevant for AI, offering a significant increase in read speeds for on-device AI solutions as a 40% decrease in power consumption versus UFS 4.1

Samsung has unveiled what it says is the industry's first look at UFS 5.0, a new storage standard for its customers.

The memory and storage giant unveiled its new storage chip on the 23rd of June while positioning its embedded storage standard as an important breakthrough for localized, or on-device, AI solutions.

Samsung claims its chips are based on the standard feature a sequential read speed of up to 10.8 GB/s and a sequential write speed of...

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