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No USD launch price was found"}},{"url":"https://image-us.samsung.com/SamsungUS/samsungbusiness/solutions/industries/government/msrp-price-sheets/06052024/Samsung_Memory_Storage_MSRP_Price_File_May_2024.pdf","kind":"manufacturer_pdf","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["gtins","model_numbers","variants"],"notes":{"gtins":"Samsung US memory MSRP price file, May 2024: UPC 887276410791 (MU-PC1T0T/AM), 887276410807 (MU-PC2T0T/AM) and 887276821740 (MU-PC4T0T/AM). All three are valid UPC-A codes. The sheet's prices are later list prices and are not used. 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The page refers to the site's homepage for the test system and names neither the host nor the USB port","measured_seq_write_mbs":"Same run, SEQ1M Q8T1 write 1,031.39 MB/s, stored as 1031","measured_random_read_q1_mbs":"Same run, RND4K Q1T1 read 21.49 MB/s (5,247.30 IOPS in the same table)","measured_random_write_q1_mbs":"Same run, RND4K Q1T1 write 64.46 MB/s (15,737.30 IOPS in the same table)","variants":"The CrystalDiskMark results are for the 2TB row"}},{"url":"https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-announces-t9-portable-ssd/","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["successor"],"notes":{"successor":"Samsung's T9 release calls the T7 the previous model of the T9."}}],"fields_filled":38,"updated":"2026-10-23"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://arkivo.dev/api"}}