Silicon Motion Launches PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Controllers

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Silicon Motion has recently launched three new PCIe 4.0 NVMe controllers for performance, mainstream, and value SSD applications. The new portfolio of controllers includes the SM2264 for performance, SM2267 for mainstream, and SM2267XT for value DRAM-less SSDs. The high-end SM2264 performance-optimized controller offers speeds of up to 7,400 MB/s sequential reads and 6,800 MB/s sequential writes which will compete with the Phison E18 controller and proprietary controllers from Samsung and Western Digital. The controller will be produced on TSMC's 12 nm node and supports 8 NAND channels along with LPDDR4/DDR4 DRAM.

The more value-focused SM2267 and SM2267XT controllers will offer strong performance rivaling high-end PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs. The two controllers both offer sequential read speeds of 3,900 MB/s and sequential write speeds of 3,500 MB/s with support for 4 NAND channels. They will both be manufactured on a 28 nm node for cost reductions and have entered mass production with the main difference between the two controllers being the exclusion of DRAM support on the SM2267XT. Consumer products featuring the new controllers should be available in the coming months.



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[Dammeron]

Maybe those will be better than Phison ones, that provide no advantage over PCIe 3.0 drives.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Maybe those will be better than Phison ones, that provide no advantage over PCIe 3.0 drives.

You are aware that the first Phison PCIe 4.0 controller is just a modified PCIe 3.0 controller, right? They have a proper, from scratch designed controller coming as well.
And yes, this should be a lot better, especially in terms of thermals and power consumption.

Edit: Coincidentally this news was just posted that shows you what to expect from the upcoming Phison controller. Looks like it has some real world improvements, as both 4K reads and writes are up quite a bit.

Phison Readies Next-Gen E18 SSD Controller, Upward of 7.38 GB/s Sequential Transfers for Client Segment

Phison was first to market with a PCI-Express gen 4.0 client-segment NVMe SSD controller, the E16 series, which let it bag design wins with several DIY gaming PC SSD manufacturers. Not to be left behind by PCIe gen 4.0 controllers by its competitors, such as SMI, Marvell, Samsung, etc., offering...

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[Dammeron]

You are aware that the first Phison PCIe 4.0 controller is just a modified PCIe 3.0 controller, right? They have a proper, from scratch designed controller coming as well.

I could care less about how (and from what) it came to be. What matters is that it sucks and yet those disks cost almost twice as much as their PCIe 3.0 counterparts.

I hope those new controllers will bring some performance improvements, but we should wait until some reviews show up.

 

[TheLostSwede]

I could care less about how (and from what) it came to be. What matters is that it sucks and yet those disks cost almost twice as much as their PCIe 3.0 counterparts.

I hope those new controllers will bring some performance improvements, but we should wait until some reviews show up.

Uhm, sorry, but your logic is flawed here. It was a rushed product that was brought to market so AMD would have something that worked in the X570 boards.
It's a hot and fairly slow controller, as you can see if you compare the performance of their upcoming product that I put the news link to above.
You can't say that you don't care and then call something shit. If you don't have a bit of an understand of the backstory of things, you're going to have a very messed up view of the world in general.

 

[Solid State Soul ( SSS )]

I hope those new controllers will bring some performance improvements, but we should wait until some reviews show up.

i just wish they focus more on temperatures instead of speed, those controller can shoot up to 80c+ during stress and that will kill the MTBF quickly