#UFS 5.0 storage

Samsung has announced the development of UFS 5.0. The brand states that UFS 5.0 is the industry's fastest Universal Flash Storage solution for mobile devices. Samsung also claims UFS 5.0 is more than 40% more power efficient than UFS 4.1. [caption id="attachment_227540" align="alignnone" width="720"] Photo from Samsung[/caption] This is where UFS or Universal Flash Storage comes in. Unlike eMMC storage which uses a Parallel interface, UFS uses what's called an LVDS Serial Interface. While an eMMC storage can only read or write at any given time, UFS can perform both tasks simultaneously with its two lanes. As a result, UFS storage can reach speeds much faster than eMMC can. Read more in our articles including "Samsung announces UFS 5.0 storage" and "Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Explained".