The Movespeed SSD N3000 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor. It is only available in the 512 GB capacity listed on this page. With the rest of the system, the Movespeed SSD N3000 interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the 88SS1100 Whistler from Marvell, a DRAM cache chip is available. Movespeed has installed 128-layer TLC NAND flash on the SSD N3000, the flash chips are made by YMTC. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. The SSD N3000 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,500 MB/s and 2,200 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 300K for reads and 278K 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. Movespeed guarantees an endurance rating of 320 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.