Today, Samsung has announced its latest Universal Flash Storage (UFS) version 4.0 solution, which will go into mass production in the third quarter of this year. The UFS 4.0 will significantly improve the performance and efficiency of devices such as smartphones, tablets, and foldable phones. According to the company, UFS 4.0 has a bandwidth of up to 23.2Gbps per lane, which is double of previous UFS 3.1.
According to the company, "Samsung's UFS 4.0 implements the newest JEDEC® standard specification and enhances our diverse portfolio. Our UFS mobile storage solutions differentiate key technologies in controller design to improve performance and power efficiency."
As per Samsung, the UFS 4.0 is ideal for 5G smartphones that require huge amounts of data processing and is also expected to be adopted in future automotive applications, AR, and VR as well. The company used its new 7th-generation V-NAND technology in the UFS 4.0 solution that can achieve sequential read performance of up to 4,200 MB/s as well as sequential write speeds of up to 2,800 MB/s, which are significantly faster than the existing UFS 3.1 storage system’s in the read and write speeds.
The UFS 4.0 has also enhanced Power efficiency, which delivers a sequential read speed of 6.0MB/s per mA, which is a 46% improvement over the previous generation so end users can get more out of their battery life, as per the Korean manufacturer. The UFS 4.0 will come in a compact package with a maximum dimension of 11mm x 13mm x 1mm for more effective space utilization and design convenience and will come in a variety of capacities ranging up to 1TB.
The UFS 4.0 storage solution could make its debut on the latest Flagship models of Samsung’s new foldable, such as the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and indeed the Galaxy Z Flip 4. It will most likely make its debut in 2023 in the Samsung Galaxy S23 flagship series.
