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Teamgroup T-Force Cardea Zero Z340 256 GB

256 GB
Capacity
Phison E12S
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 3.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
Front
Package
Package
SSD Controller
Controller
NAND Die
NAND Die
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 256 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. 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 absorbed more quickly. The T-Force Cardea Zero Z340 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,000 MB/s and 1,000 MB/s write; random IO reaches 200K IOPS for read and 200K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 50 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Teamgroup guarantees an endurance rating of 380 TBW, a good value.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 256 GB
Variants: 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 4 TB
Overprovisioning: 17.6 GB / 7.4 %
Production: Active
Released: Apr 15th, 2020
Price at Launch: 50 USD
Part Number: TM8FP9256G0C311
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280
Interface: PCIe 3.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.3
Power Draw: Unknown

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5012-E12S-32
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: Quad-Core
Frequency: 667 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 12 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 667 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: B27A FortisFlash
Type: TLC
Technology: 96-layer
Speed: 50 MT/s .. 800 MT/s
Capacity: Unknown
ONFI: 4.0
Topology: Floating Gate
Die Size: 82 mm²
(6.2 Gbit/mm²)
Planes per Die: 4
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 106 per NAND String
90.6% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 88 µs
Program Time (tProg): 800 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Read Speed: 727 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 80 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)		 2000 P/E Cycles
(40000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 5184 Pages
Plane Size: 236 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type and Size: Unknown

Performance

Sequential Read: 3,000 MB/s
Sequential Write: 1,000 MB/s
Random Read: 200,000 IOPS
Random Write: 200,000 IOPS
Endurance: 380 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 2.0 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.8
SLC Write Cache: Yes

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: No
Encryption:
  • No
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: No

Notes

Drive:

This drive also have a variant with a different controller, the Silicon Motion SM2262ENG

Controller:

2 main cores using Cortex-R5 clocked at 667 MHz with CoXProcessor technology (one additional dual-core) Cortex-R5 clocked at a lower clock for better efficience. The difference between this revision and the E12 revision is that this has a nichel IHS to improve the temperature, a smaller size, smaller node (12nm TSMC FinFET) and this works with less DRAM capacity.
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