The PNY XLR8 CS3140 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched in 2022. It is only available in the 8 TB capacity listed on this page. With the rest of the system, the PNY XLR8 CS3140 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. PNY has installed 112-layer TLC NAND flash on the XLR8 CS3140, the flash chips are made by Kioxia. 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 processed more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The XLR8 CS3140 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and 5,900 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. PNY guarantees an endurance rating of 6000 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.