The Teamgroup Cardea A440 Lite is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched in May 2024. It is available in capacities ranging from 512 GB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 512 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Teamgroup Cardea A440 Lite interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5027-E27T from Phison, a DRAM cache is not available. Teamgroup has installed 162-layer TLC NAND flash on the Cardea A440 Lite, the flash chips are made by Kioxia. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are absorbed more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Cardea A440 Lite is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and 4,500 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. Teamgroup guarantees an endurance rating of 300 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.