Lexar has announced an 8TB model of its popular NM790 SSD series, doubling the maximum capacity of its previous offering. With the newest addition, the company caters to storage enthusiasts, gamers, and content creators who require ample storage volumes without compromising speed.
The drive is said to leverage a PCIe Gen 4x4 interface, offering sequential read speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s, write speeds of up to 6,200 MB/s, and random read speeds of up to 850,000 IOPs (input/output operations per second). This makes it slightly slower than the 4TB variant, which offers peak read/write transfers of 7,400 MB/s and 6,500 MB/s, respectively. The company also points out that the actual capacity is 8,192GB, slightly higher than most SSDs that offer 8,000GB.
