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Samsung Starts Mass Production of PM1763 PCIe 6.0 SSD for NVIDIA Vera Rubin

July 7, 2026 at 19:17 EDT

Infra & Chips
Foundation Models

Samsung Electronics said it has begun mass production of the PM1763, a PCIe 6.0 enterprise SSD optimized and validated for NVIDIA's next-generation AI platform Vera Rubin, with volume production reportedly starting as of July 2026, according to reports.

Mass Production 2026 · Samsung + NVIDIA

Samsung's PM1763 SSD Powers NVIDIA's Vera Rubin AI Platform

Now in mass production, the PCIe Gen6 enterprise drive feeds the Vera Rubin supercomputer's "context memory" storage — with over 1,100TB of NAND packed into a single rack for agentic AI workloads.

28,400 MB/s

Sequential read speed

21,000 MB/s

Sequential write speed

64 TB

Max capacity (from 4TB)

1,100 TB

NAND per Vera Rubin rack

Generation vs Generation

Read/write performance up to 2× the prior generation — at up to 1.8× better power efficiency.

2.0×

Read / write
performance

1.8×

Power
efficiency

1.0×

Previous
generation

Under the Hood

PCIe Gen6 (PAM4) · NVMe 2.1 · OCP 2.6
Form factors: E1.S, E3.S, U.2 (Gen5)
Liquid-cooled server support
PQC, SPDM 1.4, CNSA 2.0, TDISP encryption

Where It Fits

PM1763 SSD → BlueField-4 STX → Vera Rubin rack

Serves as high-bandwidth "context memory" storage, complementing HBM to ease GPU bottlenecks.

Market & Outlook

Named "Most Innovative Memory Technology" at FMS 2025 — Samsung and Micron lead Gen6 supply for Vera Rubin, while SK hynix trails the transition.

Open challenges

Gen6-system rollout pace and thermal management at high capacities (liquid cooling assumed).

Deployment

Ships with Vera Rubin in H2 2026+, spreading first among hyperscalers and cloud operators.

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