News Fastest SSD Enclosure Tested: ZikeDrive Delivers 3,700 MBps via USB 4

[Admin]

Thanks to its ASMedia ASM2464PD controller, this enclosure offers the fastest speeds we've seen.

Fastest SSD Enclosure Tested: ZikeDrive Delivers 3,700 MBps via USB 4 : Read more

 

[DonQuixoteIII]

To be fair, it is NOT the enclosure, it is the interface that the enclosure used. Title, misleading.

 

[thehaus]

Thanks to its ASMedia ASM2464PD controller, this enclosure offers the fastest speeds we've seen.

Fastest SSD Enclosure Tested: ZikeDrive Delivers 3,700 MBps via USB 4 : Read more

Hi,
I checked the ASMedia site for reference to the ASM2464PD and there is nothing listed. The only reference is to the ASM2464 which is a PCIe 3 x4 and not 4x4.

There is some mention by TechPowerUp and Guru3D about an announcement by ASMedia in 2022 of both the ASM2464PD and the ASM4242 which apparently are both PCIe 4x4 chip controllers. PCIe 4x4 should be twice as much data as 3x4

https://www.techpowerup.com/295030/asmedia-to-launch-usb4-host-controllers-this-year

ASMedia to Launch USB4 Host-Controllers This Year

ASMedia seemsto be the first company to release a USB4 host-controller. The ASM4242 is said to have a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface and support up to 64 Gbps of bandwidth. Backwards compatible with Thunderbol...

www.guru3d.com

Based on different reviewers tests of the ZikeDrive using either the Samsung 990 or the WD SN850X NVMe M.2, it seems to reason that it may be closer to a PCIe 3x4 than a 4x4 controller.

Has anyone visually confirmed that there is a ASMedia ASM2464PD chip in the ZikeDrive? Can you comment further whether this is what is claims to be on the funding site?

USB4 40Gbps Enclosure • Max 3.8GB/s Read and 3.1GB/s Write Speed • NVMe PCIe Gen 4X4 SSD

ZikeDrive World's First and Fastest USB4 SSD Drive

USB4 40Gbps Enclosure • Max 3.8GB/s Read and 3.1GB/s Write Speed • NVMe PCIe Gen 4X4 SSD | Check out 'ZikeDrive World's First and Fastest USB4 SSD Drive' on Indiegogo.

www.indiegogo.com

 

[dehjomz]

Hi,
I checked the ASMedia site for reference to the ASM2464PD and there is nothing listed. The only reference is to the ASM2464 which is a PCIe 3 x4 and not 4x4.

There is some mention by TechPowerUp and Guru3D about an announcement by ASMedia in 2022 of both the ASM2464PD and the ASM4242 which apparently are both PCIe 4x4 chip controllers. PCIe 4x4 should be twice as much data as 3x4

https://www.techpowerup.com/295030/asmedia-to-launch-usb4-host-controllers-this-year

ASMedia to Launch USB4 Host-Controllers This Year

ASMedia seemsto be the first company to release a USB4 host-controller. The ASM4242 is said to have a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface and support up to 64 Gbps of bandwidth. Backwards compatible with Thunderbol...

www.guru3d.com

Based on different reviewers tests of the ZikeDrive using either the Samsung 990 or the WD SN850X NVMe M.2, it seems to reason that it may be closer to a PCIe 3x4 than a 4x4 controller.

Has anyone visually confirmed that there is a ASMedia ASM2464PD chip in the ZikeDrive? Can you comment further whether this is what is claims to be on the funding site?

USB4 40Gbps Enclosure • Max 3.8GB/s Read and 3.1GB/s Write Speed • NVMe PCIe Gen 4X4 SSD

ZikeDrive World's First and Fastest USB4 SSD Drive

USB4 40Gbps Enclosure • Max 3.8GB/s Read and 3.1GB/s Write Speed • NVMe PCIe Gen 4X4 SSD | Check out 'ZikeDrive World's First and Fastest USB4 SSD Drive' on Indiegogo.

www.indiegogo.com

"The ASM2464PD is also designed to be compliant with the Thunderbolt 4 specification and ASMedia is targeting the Thunderbolt certification by the end of Q2 2023. Once the certification has been granted, end-product devices utilizing the ASM2464PD would also be eligible for Thunderbolt certification testing."

Hmm so another thunderbolt 4 controller, this time one not from Intel corporation?