Samsung has just dropped details on its next-generation UFS 5.0 storage (Universal Flash Storage) standard, and it looks like a massive step up. The tech giant is claiming it delivers up to double the performance of the current UFS 4.1 tech.
According to the company, this extra horsepower will play a major role in reducing latency and sharpening response times for on-device large language models.
Under the hood, this new UFS 5.0 standard is built around JEDEC’s latest embedded storage interface specification. In real-world terms, that translates to sequential read speeds hitting up to 10.8GB/s and sequential write speeds reaching up to 9.8GB/s. That is what allows Samsung to brag about it being up to twice as fast as the UFS 4.1 storage we are currently using.
Performance is not the only thing getting a boost, though. Samsung mentions that the new storage solution is over 40% more power efficient than its predecessor, meaning it should be much kinder to battery life. On top of that, the hardware engineers have managed to shrink the physical package, making it 16.7% smaller overall.
If you are wondering when you can get your hands on it, mass production is scheduled to kick off in the final quarter of this year. It will be available in capacities up to 1TB, and there is a very good chance we will see it debuting inside the Galaxy S27 series early next year.