The Corsair MP510 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on October 16th, 2016. It is available in capacities ranging from 240 GB to 1.9 TB. This page reports specifications for the 960 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Corsair MP510 interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5012-E12-27 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Corsair has installed 64-layer TLC NAND flash on the MP510, the flash chips are made by Toshiba. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. The cache is sized at 30 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 1050 MB/s. The MP510 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,480 MB/s and 3,000 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 610K for reads and 570K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 240 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Corsair guarantees an endurance rating of 1700 TBW, a good value.