News The high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD monopoly could be about to end: Silicon Motion’s SM2508-based SSDs were all around Computex

[Admin]

Silicon Motion is breaking Phison’s monopoly in the high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD market as over a dozen companies, including Micron, Crucial, Kingston, and Lexar, adopt its SM2508 controller.

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[Jame5]

Except in all of the SM2508 reviews/previews/etc. we've seen so far, they are matching or only every so slightly undercutting prices compared to Phison or Samsung based PCIe5.0 SSDs.

Just because a new entrant is in the market doesn't mean prices are going to come down if they all collude to keep them high.