The Teamgroup T-Force Cardea Zero Z340 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on April 15th, 2020. It is available in capacities ranging from 256 GB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 512 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Teamgroup T-Force Cardea Zero Z340 interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5012-E12S-32 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Teamgroup has installed 96-layer TLC NAND flash on the T-Force Cardea Zero Z340, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are processed more quickly. The T-Force Cardea Zero Z340 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,400 MB/s and 2,000 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 350K for reads and 300K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 80 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Teamgroup guarantees an endurance rating of 800 TBW, a good value.