Samsung has just made on-device AI substantially more practical by unveiling the next-gen UFS 5.0 storage solution, with read and write speeds that are over twice as fast as those of the previous UFS 4.1 standard.
Samsung's UFS 5.0 storage solution "delivers a sequential read speed of up to 10.8 GB/s and a sequential write speed of up to 9.5 GB/s"
According to Samsung, its UFS 5.0 storage solution "integrates the latest embedded memory interface standard from JEDEC, achieving unparalleled performance levels with the industry’s highest bandwidth of up to 10.8 gigabytes per second (GB/s)."
The South Korean tech giant claims that its cutting-edge storage standard "delivers a sequential read speed of up to 10.8 GB/s and a sequential write speed of up to 9.5 GB/s, speeds that are respectively more than twice as fast as those of the previous UFS 4.1 standard."
This bandwidth unlocks much faster processing of a much larger context window, allowing on-device AI models to truly come of age. But that's not all. Samsung claims that UFS 5.0 is around 40 percent more energy efficient than the UFS 4.1 standard, with this feat made possible by "implementing a number of new innovations, including clock gating and multi-voltage technologies."
Finally, do note that Samsung has managed to package its cutting-edge storage solution in an ultra-compact form factor that measures just 7.5mm x 13mm x 0.9mm, rendering it 16.7 percent smaller than its predecessor. Mass production for capacities of up to 1TB is now slated to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Meanwhile, the tipster Reptalica has just disclosed that SM8975 and SM8950, which are codenames for Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips, respectively, will sport Samsung's UFS 5.0 storage solution. It is also quite likely that MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 Pro and Samsung's in-house Exynos 2700 will also support this standard.
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