Universal flash storage has become extremely popular among Android smartphones. Not so long ago, UFS was only found in leading and higher-end mid-range phones. But as the technology has become cheaper, it has largely replaced eMMC in budget and affordable mid-range smartphones as optional flash memory. UFS 3.1 was announced in 2020 and is the fastest storage solution currently available for Android smartphones. But now it’s time to upgrade.
Samsung Semiconductor officially announced UFS 4.0, the next iteration of Universal Flash Storage, on Tuesday. UFS 4.0 promises major performance improvements over its predecessors, UFS 3.0 / 3.1. On the one hand, the new standard offers speeds of up to 23.2Gbps per tape. This is twice as fast as the 11.6 Gbps speed of UFS 3.1.
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Read and write performance is also increasing, with Samsung promising sequential read speeds of up to 4200 MB / s and sequential write speeds of up to 2800 MB / s. This is possible thanks to Samsung’s 7th generation V-NAND and its own controller. At the same time, UFS 4.0 is also much more energy efficient, offering 46% improved energy efficiency compared to the previous standard.
UFS 4.0 is based on the latest standard JEDEC specification and although it is aimed primarily at smartphones, it is expected to be adopted by AR, VR and automotive applications.
UFS 4.0 chips will be available even in compact packages and will be available in multiple storage capacities up to 1TB. Samsung says UFS 4.0 will go into mass production in the third quarter of 2022. That means we can expect the first batch of smartphones with UFS 4.0 storage to hit the market later this year or early 2023.
Source: Samsung Semiconductor (via Twitter)
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