Sunday, May 29th 2022
Phison Showcases 12 GB/s Speeds for PCIe 5.0 SSDs Through Its New E26 Controller
Phison has showcased the expected performance of its upcoming PS5026-E26 controller, built to usher NVMe SSDs into the PCIe 5.0 realm. The company showcased its new controller's prowess by building a reference SSD design based on 1 TB of Micron's TLC NAND. Phison's new controller has been built from the ground-up to accelerate next-generation SSD workloads - including direct access technologies based on Microsoft's DirectStorage API, accelerated by two ARM Cortex-R5 cores and three proprietary CoXProcessor 2.0 accelerators built on TSMC's 12 nm process.
Phison's internal testing shows its reference SSD achieving sequential read speeds of over 12 GB/s in CrystalDiskMark, with sequential writes going as high as 10 GB/s - a 70% performance increase compared to the world's fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs, which currently top out at around 7 GB/s sequential speeds. As to 4K performance, one of the most tangible metrics for user experience, random reads are set at around 16.000 IOPS, showcasing room for improvement with further firmware optimizations for actual shipping products.
Interestingly, Phison opted for the M.2 2580 form-factor for its proof-of-concept SSD, which features a slightly wider PCB and connector footprint that's not backwards compatible with M.2 2280 slots. Expect SSDs based on Phison's PS5026-E26 controller to hit the market later this year - closer to AMD's release of its 600-series chipsets for its next-generation AM5 platform.
Source:
TechSpot
Phison's internal testing shows its reference SSD achieving sequential read speeds of over 12 GB/s in CrystalDiskMark, with sequential writes going as high as 10 GB/s - a 70% performance increase compared to the world's fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs, which currently top out at around 7 GB/s sequential speeds. As to 4K performance, one of the most tangible metrics for user experience, random reads are set at around 16.000 IOPS, showcasing room for improvement with further firmware optimizations for actual shipping products.
60 Comments on Phison Showcases 12 GB/s Speeds for PCIe 5.0 SSDs Through Its New E26 Controller
Random performance tuning comes after sequential tuning and we are not even finished with that. Expect to see 2x the random read performance when we bring E26 to market. I don't know why we released the full CMD screenshot this early but it is out there now without tuning.
Now, the sarcastic reply is, "The drive isn't running with active cooling and that is why the numbers are so low." - Again, that is not true, but it is funny!
Also, the form factor is 2280, not 2580. The new NAND is more square than rectangle like before so it gives the appearance of being wider overall. E26 will be 2280 and not 2580. Just a side note, 2580 and 2280 use the same connector so the only real difference is the guaranteed space around the drive and a slightly wider heatsink that is also backwards compatible.