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Seagate Firecuda 540 1 TB

1 TB
Capacity
Phison E26
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 5.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
Front
SSD Controller
Controller
NAND Die
NAND Die
The Seagate Firecuda 540 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on June 22nd, 2023. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 1 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Seagate Firecuda 540 interfaces using a PCI-Express 5.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5026-E26 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Seagate has installed 232-layer TLC NAND flash on the Firecuda 540, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. The cache is sized at 110 GB. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 5.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Firecuda 540 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 9,500 MB/s and 8,500 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 1300K for reads and 1500K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 190 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Seagate guarantees an endurance rating of 1000 TBW, a good value.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 1 TB (1000 GB)
Variants: 1 TB 2 TB
Overprovisioning: 92.7 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: Jun 22nd, 2023
Price at Launch: 190 USD
Part Number: ZP1000GM3A004
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Double-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 5.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 2.0
Power Draw: Unknown

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5026-E26
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5 + AndesCore 32-bit N25F RISC-V
Core Count: 5-Core
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 12 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 2,400 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: B58R FortisFlash
Type: TLC
Technology: 232-layer
Speed: 2400 MT/s
Capacity: 4 chips @ 2 Tbit
ONFI: 5.0
Topology: Replacement Gate
Die Size: 70 mm²
(14.6 Gbit/mm²)
Dies per Chip: 2 dies @ 1 Tbit
Planes per Die: 6
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 255 per NAND String
91.0% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 61 µs
Program Time (tProg): 600 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Read Speed: 1574 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 160 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)		 2500 P/E Cycles
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 2784 Pages
Plane Size: 3402 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: LPDDR4
Capacity: 2048 MB
(1x 2048 MB)

Performance

Sequential Read: 9,500 MB/s
Sequential Write: 8,500 MB/s
Random Read: 1,300,000 IOPS
Random Write: 1,500,000 IOPS
Endurance: 1000 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 1.5 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.5
SLC Write Cache: approx. 110 GB
(dynamic only)

Features

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

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Notes

Controller:

This controller features a dual core Cortex-R5 as a primary cores, while a Tripple AndesCore 32-bit N25F RISC-V at 400-500 MHz act as a CoX Processor.

NAND Die:

2-Deck design with 116 word line per deck
Upper deck: 128-Gates
Lower Deck: 127-gates
Programming Throughput - not confirmed, calculated by estimated tPROG
tPROG - Estimated, not confirmed
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