Samsung revealed its solid-state drive strategy at the Global Memory Innovation Forum in Shenzhen, and the company will ship a 256-terabyte PCIe Gen 6 model during early 2026. The PM1763 device delivers twice the speed of current products while consuming 25 watts of electricity. Engineers will release a 512-terabyte version in 2027 using the 1T EDSFF standard for data centers.
The manufacturer displayed a prototype in 2023, and a refined unit appeared at the Future of Memory Storage event in 2025. Designers revised the capacitor arrangement, controller placement, and memory chip layout to address thermal concerns. The seventh-generation Z-NAND technology with GIDS aims to reduce latency for artificial intelligence applications, but Samsung must resolve remaining power management issues before finalizing production schedules.
The manufacturer displayed a prototype in 2023, and a refined unit appeared at the Future of Memory Storage event in 2025. Designers revised the capacitor arrangement, controller placement, and memory chip layout to address thermal concerns. The seventh-generation Z-NAND technology with GIDS aims to reduce latency for artificial intelligence applications, but Samsung must resolve remaining power management issues before finalizing production schedules.
