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Aorus Gen4 AIC SSD 2 TB

2 TB
Capacity
Phison E16
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
Add-In Card
Form Factor
Front
Back
Back
Package
Package
SSD Controller
Controller
NAND Die
NAND Die
The Aorus Gen4 AIC SSD is a solid-state drive in the Add-In Card form factor, launched on September 13th, 2020. It is only available in the 2 TB capacity listed on this page. With the rest of the system, the Aorus Gen4 AIC SSD interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5016-E16-32 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Aorus has installed 96-layer TLC NAND flash on the Gen4 AIC SSD, the flash chips are made by Toshiba. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Gen4 AIC SSD is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 15,000 MB/s and 9,500 MB/s write.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 1248 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Aorus guarantees an endurance rating of 850 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 2 TB (2048 GB)
Overprovisioning: 140.7 GB / 7.4 %
Production: Active
Released: Sep 13th, 2020
Price at Launch: 1248 USD
Part Number: GP-ASACNE6200TTTDA
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: Add-In Card
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16
Protocol: NVMe 1.4
Power Draw: 14.1 W (Idle)
Unknown (Avg)
29.4 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5016-E16-32
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: Quad-Core
Frequency: 733 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 28 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 800 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Toshiba
Name: BiCS4
Type: TLC
Technology: 96-layer
Speed: 800 MT/s
Capacity: Unknown
ONFI: 4.0
Toggle: 3.0
Topology: Charge Trap
Process: 19 nm
Die Size: 86 mm²
(6.0 Gbit/mm²)
Planes per Die: 2
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 109 per NAND String
88.1% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 58 µs
Program Time (tProg): 561 µs
Die Read Speed: 551 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 57 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)		 3000 P/E Cycles
(30000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 1152 Pages
Plane Size: 1822 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: DDR4
Capacity: 2048 MB
(4x 512 MB)

Performance

Sequential Read: 15,000 MB/s
Sequential Write: 9,500 MB/s
Random Read: Unknown
Random Write: Unknown
Endurance: 850 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 1.8 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.2
SLC Write Cache: Yes

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: No
Encryption:
  • Unknown
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: No

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Notes

Controller:

2 main cores using Cortex-R5 clocked at 733 MHz with CoXProcessor technology (one additional dual-core) Cortex-R5 clocked at 200MHz ~ 300MHz for better efficience.

NAND Die:

Read latency tR: 58 µs (ABL)
tPROG with ~ 25% Overhead: ~ 750 µs (Avg - 42.7 MB/s per each die)
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