Gold P31, SK hynix’s PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD, has garnered consistent praise from professional tech reviewers for its unique performance and power efficiency benefits. The drive released last year in 1TB and 500GB capacities, and is now adding a 2TB option for users of high-capacity storage including gamers and content creators. The 2TB version will be marked with a sleek, black-color PCB (Printed Circuit Board) instead of the usual green.

The 2TB Gold P31 will offer 3,500MB/s in sequential reads and 3,200MB/s in sequential writes, the highest from a PCIe Gen3 drive, as well as an industry-leading endurance rating of 1,200 TBW (for 2TB capacity; Terabytes Written: total amount of data an SSD can write in its lifetime), thus providing performance, capacity, power efficiency, and reliability all around. With read speeds of 172.2MB/s per watt of power, the Gold P31 is indeed 434% more efficient than comparable products (for 1TB capacity; Tallis, Billy. “The Best NVMe SSD for Laptops and Notebooks: SK hynix Gold P31 1TB SSD Reviewed.” AnandTech. August 27, 2020).

Sanglae Lee (Robert), Head of Marketing at SK hynix said, “For customers’ demand for high-capacity and high-performance, the 2TB Gold P31 SSD will be their best choice. SK hynix will continuously expand the consumer SSD product line-up in order to enhance its market presence.”

SK hynix sells the PCIe NVMe Gold P31 lineup along with a SATA-interfaced Gold S31 series, both of which are available now on Amazon.com. The drives will be offered on Amazon’s Deal of the Day sale on August 23 to celebrate the 2TB Gold P31’s launch.

Figure 1. SK hynix 2TB Gold P31 consumer SSD

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1) PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express): via direct connection between storage device and mainboard, PCIe interface supports faster input/output transfer rate than SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) interface, which connects storage device and mainboard through cables.

2) NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express): a communication protocol standard connected via PCIe interface, NVMe is a more advanced standard for ultra-high speed, high capacity data processing, supporting six times faster transfer rate than AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) standard.

3) M.2: a form factor of connecting storage device to a mainboard, M.2 supports faster transfer rate than existing SATA form factor, and its small size allows for small devices such as laptops and tablet PCs.

4) Sequential Read/Write: data transfer rate while reading or writing data on a single file
* Respectively, random read/write indicates data transfer rate while reading or writing data on multiple files (ex. running a program).

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SK hynix Inc. (or “the Company”, www.skhynix.com), a global semiconductor maker based in Korea, is set to introduce its newest offering of “Gold P31” PCIe NVMe Solid State Drives (SSDs) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020, which will be held on January 7–10 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The drives are built with SK hynix’s 128-layer 4D NAND flash, only six months after the Company announced the mass production of the world’s first and highest vertical stack for NAND flash, demonstrating the chipmaker’s technological edge.

As a leading manufacturer of memory chips, SK hynix builds and supplies its own DRAM and NAND flash devices, as well as SSD controllers designed and developed in-house. The company has a proven track record as a major supplier to global OEMs including top-tier PC makers, who have trusted and purchased SK hynix’s SSDs for nearly a decade now. As a next step, SK hynix is now expanding into the consumer market with its newest drives.

“SK hynix’s new SSDs were built as premier solutions for users seeking advanced performance to run multimedia tools and the most demanding of PC games,” said the Company’s spokesperson. “We are excited to introduce SK hynix’s Gold S31 SATA and Gold P31 PCIe for the first time at CES, at a time when the brand continues to expand its presence in the United States.”

The new Gold P31 PCIe SSDs will be on display at SK hynix’s booth #13529 in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s Central LLCC Hall. Before this newest addition, SK hynix launched “SuperCore” series of consumer SSDs starting with Gold S31, the 2.5-inch SATA III SSD offering the industry’s best-in-class speed and reliability, available on Amazon in the U.S.

The SATA-based Gold S31 was rated as one of the best SSDs by influential tech media outlets, including PCWorld: “In real world copies (data transfers), this first (consumer) SSD from SK hynix, proved the fastest SATA drive we’ve ever tested. The price is right, and the company is actually one of the largest semiconductor purveyors in the world so don’t let the name throw you. All the technology is in-house. A very good drive,” said Jon L. Jacobi, contributor to PCWorld.

About SK hynix

SK hynix Inc., headquartered in Korea, is a top-tier semiconductor maker that offers DRAM, NAND flash, and CMOS Image Sensors (CIS) for a wide range of renowned electronics makers across the world. The company’s shares are traded on the Korea Exchange, and the Global Depository shares are listed on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange. Further information on SK hynix is available at https://www.skhynix.com and https://news.skhynix.com.

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