The Pichau Aldrin LP is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched in 2024. It is only available in the 1 TB capacity listed on this page. With the rest of the system, the Pichau Aldrin LP interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the MAP1602A Falcon Lite from MaxioTech, a DRAM cache is not available. Pichau has installed 232-layer QLC NAND flash on the Aldrin LP, the flash chips are made by YMTC. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are processed more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Aldrin LP is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and 6,500 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 110K for reads and 110K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 128 USD. The warranty length is set to one year, which is quite short for the SSD industry. Pichau guarantees an endurance rating of 1024 TBW, a very high value, making this drive a good choice for write-intensive enterprise applications.