Samsung and Adata will bring to CES 2022 their new generation of solid-state drives, which promise read and write speeds that exceed those of versions with a PCIe 4.0 interface.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the normal development of the 2022 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), that doesn't mean that there isn't great news in the pipeline. Samsung and Adata will introduce their new PCIe 5.0 SSDs, and they started showing off some of their capabilities in advance. Without a doubt, the most surprising thing is in the read and write speeds.
As for Adata, it has in mind to release two new models of SSD PCIe 5.0 (NVMe M.2), with capacities of up to 8 TB. For now, both versions are known by their respective code names: Project Nighthawk and Project Blackbird. Logically, the Taiwanese firm still keeps several details of the new hardware, although what it has revealed looks very good.
Project Nighthawk is capable of sequential read and write speeds of up to 14 and 12 GB/s, respectively, and comes with a Silicon Motion SM2508 controller. While Project Blackbird is also capable of reading speeds of up to 14 GB/s, but at the time of writing it reaches "only" 10 GB/s; in this case, it incorporates an InnoGrit IG5666 controller.
For its part, Samsung has already left to see to the PM1743, an SSD PCIe 5.0 for enterprise servers. The sequential read and write performance of the new hardware from the South Korean firm promises speeds of up to 13 GB/s and 6.6 GB/s, respectivel . In terms of capacity, versions between 2 and 15 TB will be offered.
PCIe 5.0 SSDs also stand out for their energy efficiency
The Asians are working with Intel, which has already started testing the new PM1743. "The performance potential of the fifth generation is truly impressive. In the near future, we strongly believe that PCIe 5.0 systems with high-speed NVMe SSDs will have the ability to transform applications such as artificial intelligence and machine learning; and also the foundations of high-performance data, "said Jim Pappas of Intel.
Although part of the expectation about the new PCIe 5.0 SSDs is in the performance, its evolution in energy efficiency is also important. In the specific case of the Samsung PM1743, its developers claim that they are 30% more efficient compared to previous generations.
We'll see what other surprises Adata, Samsung, and the other companies coming to CES 2022 with next-gen solid-state drives have up their sleeves.