Pulsestacks reported on May 11th that the Seagate FireCuda 530R solid-state drive has recently appeared on the Amazon platform but has not been officially released for sale, with some specifications exposed.
The solid-state drive features an M.2 2280 form factor, operates on the PCIe Gen4x4 specification, complies with the NVMe 1.4 protocol, and boasts an MTBF of 1.8 million hours. It comes in three capacities: 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB. According to information from other retailers, the drive utilizes TLC NAND flash memory.
Seagate offers a 5-year warranty and 3-year Rescue Data Recovery service for the drive.
The 4TB version of the Coolplay 530R has a write endurance of up to 5050TBW and speeds of 7400MB/s.
The Seagate FireCuda 530R features the "Seagate-validated" Phison PS5018-E18 controller, positioning it as an upgraded version of the previously released FireCuda 530 SSD.
The original FireCuda 530, launched in 2021, utilized Micron's 176-layer TLC flash memory, boasting a maximum read speed of 7300MB/s. Currently, the main difference between the FireCuda 530R and the FireCuda 530 appears to be the upgraded NAND flash memory for enhanced performance.
Additionally, the previously reported FireCuda 530 SSD by PulseStacks is now officially available on the Seagate website, with no changes in specifications as previously reported.
