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Silicon Power XS70 4 TB (E18 + Micron B47R)

4 TB
Capacity
Phison E18
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor

Multiple hardware versions found.

Performance could vary due to unannounced flash/controller changes.

SSD Controller
Controller
The Silicon Power XS70 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on January 16th, 2022. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 4 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Silicon Power XS70 interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5018-E18-41 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Silicon Power has installed 96-layer TLC NAND flash on the XS70, the flash chips are made by Micron. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. The cache is sized at 450 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 4000 MB/s. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 2000 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The XS70 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,300 MB/s and 6,800 MB/s write.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Silicon Power guarantees an endurance rating of 2800 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 4 TB (4000 GB)
Variants: 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB
Hardware Versions:
Overprovisioning: 370.7 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: Jan 16th, 2022
Part Number: SP04KGBP44XS7005
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Double-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.4
Power Draw: Unknown

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5018-E18-41
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: 5-Core
Frequency: 1,000 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 12 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 1,600 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: B27B FortisFlash
Part Number: IA8HG64AIA
Type: TLC
Technology: 96-layer
Speed: 533 MT/s .. 1200 MT/s
Capacity: 8 chips @ 4 Tbit
ONFI: 4.1
Topology: Floating Gate
Dies per Chip: 8 dies @ 512 Gbit
Planes per Die: 4
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 108 per NAND String
88.9% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 87 µs
Program Time (tProg): 800 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Write Speed: 84 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)
3000 P/E Cycles
(40000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 3456 Pages
Plane Size: 338 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: DDR4
Capacity: 2048 MB
(2x 1024 MB)

Performance

Sequential Read: 7,300 MB/s
Sequential Write: 6,800 MB/s
Random Read: Unknown
Random Write: Unknown
Endurance: 2800 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 1.6 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.4
SLC Write Cache: approx. 450 GB
(dynamic only)
Speed when Cache Exhausted: approx. 4000 MB/s
Cache Folding Speed: 2000 MB/s

Features

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

Same Drive

This section lists other SSDs in our database using the exact same hardware components

Notes

Drive:

DRAM Cache could be 4GB

Controller:

3 main cores using Cortex-R5 clocked at 1000 MHz with CoXProcessor technology (one additional dual-core) Cortex-R5 clocked at a lower clock for better efficience. (200 - 300 MHz)

NAND Die:

tPROG - 800 µs (withouh Vpp)
tPROG w/ ~ 25% Overhead: ~ 914 µs (Avg 70 MB/s per each die)

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