News Newer, faster PCIe 5.0 SSDs coming soon — Phison reveals E26 Max14ium and E31T controllers

[Admin]

Phison revealed four new products that at CES 2024, including faster E26 Max14um drives, the next-gen E31T PCIe 5.0 controller, the E27T PCIe 4.0 controller, and an external USB 4 SSD.

Newer, faster PCIe 5.0 SSDs coming soon — Phison reveals E26 Max14ium and E31T controllers : Read more

 

[Oldcompsci]

I'd really love to see MB manufacturers install more x4, x8 and x16 PCI-E expansion slots that can be used to host these NVME drives in vertically. The current trend to try cram more NVME drives in the limited horizontal space available on the motherboard is a waste. Also, most users don't need more than two "superspeed" usb ports for the front, two for the back and a pair of USB 2.0 ports for a keyboard and mouse on the back. If they need more USB connectivity the can use USB hubs. Put the rest of the PCI-E lanes to better use with the expansion slots.

 

[Geef]

Also, most users don't need more than two "superspeed" usb ports for the front, two for the back and a pair of USB 2.0 ports for a keyboard and mouse on the back.

Oh, but I want to plug my mouse into the USB slot with the pretty color! Not that dark one. 😜

 

[Gu3sts]

What does this do for drive endurance as they get faster & faster, how much real world noticeable difference is there outside of benchmarks ??

 

[George³]

There seems to be some increase in random reading speed of small files. Something like 5-10%? I could be wrong.

 

[Tom Sunday]

What does this do for drive endurance as they get faster & faster, how much real world noticeable difference is there outside of benchmarks ??

Max power output? I am m still trying to getting my eyes from trying to read and digest "Max14um". Actually Phison already demonstrated the PS5026-E26 Max14um at the Flash Memory Summit in 2023 and which has in many ways since dominated the ranks of PCIe 5.0 SSDs…but stands again completely irrelevant for all consumers. Further I can't understand all the hype about 10GB/s and more. No normal user needs it. They should instead build the controllers so that more than 4TB or 8TB can fit on them (on a 2280, mind you) 12TB or 16TB paired with a 7GB/s read rate in the 2280 format would be a real eye-catcher.