What's Next: WD PC SN740 PCIe Gen4 NVMe Up to 2TB SSD With BiCS5 3D NAND

Western Digital Corp. introduced the PC SN740 NVMe SSD to help address the needs of the hybrid workforce and elevate the computing experience.

“Hybrid and remote work environments have become the ‘new normal’ for businesses over the past few years and have driven tremendous growth in PC shipments,” said Eric Spanneut, VP, client and enterprise SSDs, flash business unit. “As work habits and locations change, there is a tremendous opportunity to support our corporate and commercial PC OEMs with storage solutions that are thin and light, have advanced security features and pack more performance while preserving power efficiency.“

SN740 NVMe SSD features a DRAM-less architecture and leveraging company’s in-house SSD controller design, BiCS5 3D NAND, firmware development, and vertical integration.

Qualified by and shipping to key OEM customers, SN740 NVMe SSD features:

NVMe technology: Compute faster with PCIe Gen4 performance and sequential read speeds up to 5,150MB/s ⁽¹⁾ (1TB – 2TB ⁽²⁾ models), 50% higher performance compared with the prior generation SN730 SSD.
Thin, light and low power: Save on space with a single-sided M.2 2230 and multitask more on a single charge. The SN740 offers up to 45% more time between charges compared with SN730.
Security features: Improve data security with security features including optional TCG Opal 2.01, TCG Pyrite 2.0 and ATA password.
Built-in support: Work with peace of mind as the downloadable company’s SSD Dashboard helps monitor the drive’s health, available space, temperature and more.
5-year limited warranty: Equipped with thermal management technology that helps maintain consistent performance, this reliable drive comes backed by a 5-year limited warranty.

(*) Based on worldwide HDD and SSD unit shipments (combined) in 2021. Source: IDC – Worldwide Solid State Storage Quarterly Results, CY 4Q21 (IDC # US47831922, February 2022), $40,000 and Worldwide 4Q21 HDD Shipment Results and Four-Quarter Forecast Update (IDC # US48850520, February 2022), $40,000.
⁽¹⁾1MB/s = 1 million bytes per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.
⁽²⁾1TB is equal to one trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may vary depending on operating environment.

Resources:
Blog: What’s Next: Western Digital Unveils Its Mission to Unlock the Potential of Data