Samsung announces the 860 Evo and 860 Pro as successors to the most popular SSDs ever
Samsung’s 850 line of SSDs has basically ruled as the most popular and reliable solid-state drive for most consumers since it was released back in 2014. And while Samsung has released a few incremental updates over the years to increase storage capacity, the company has announced the first true successor to the iconic 850 Evo and 850 Pro drives: the 860 Evo and 860 Pro.
As one might be able to guess from the incremental shift in the names, the new models aren’t a massive leap forward, but a more evolutionary advance for Samsung’s models. The biggest change is a shift from 48-layer 3D NAND to 64-layer 3D NAND, along with an updated MJX SSD controller, and LPDDR4 DRAM instead of the previous-generation LPDDR3 DRAM.