Subj : More 128TB SSDs are coming as almost no one noticed this launch
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Feb 14 2024 22:30:05

More 128TB SSDs are coming as almost no one noticed this launch  another SSD 
controller that can support up to 128TB appeared paving the way for 
HDD-beating capacities

Date:
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:17:44 +0000

Description:
Phison quietly revealed an updated X2 SSD platform at CES, with up to 128TB 
capacity.

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Samsung has forecast that we can expect single SSD capacity to be as high as 
1PB within the next decade, a prediction which came off the back of the 
company exhibiting a prototype128TB SSDat the Flash memory Summit in San Jose 
in 2022, calling it a "petabyte scale product". 

While Samsung has since launched a 128TB SSD with a proprietary controller, 
and Silicon Motion has an SSD controller that can support up to 128TB, SSDs 
of that size remain disappointingly rare. 

At CES 2024, Phison demonstrated a range of SSDs and portable SSD 
controllers, including its X2 enterprise SSD platform. On the companys site, 
this is listed as worlds best-in-class Enterprise SSD available in capacities 
of 1.92TB to 61.44TB. However, something that very few people noticed was the 
version on show at CES was listed as having up to 128TB capacity. Not 
shouting about it... yet! 

Although details are very scarce beyond the information found on Phison's 
media deck released prior to the show, we know that highlights of the X2 
controller (beyond the massive capacity) include: PCIe Gen5x4 Dual-Port TSMC 
12nm Process 16-Channels, 3D NAND Computational Storage Devices (CSD) 

We also know that it will come in U.2, E3.S form factors. 

Phision additionally revealed that its device delivers the best 
performance-per-watt, and boasts sequential read speeds of over 14GB/s, 
sequential write speeds of 12GB/s, random read speeds of 3000K IOPS, and 
random write speeds of 800K IOPS. 

Its clear by the lack of fuss that Phison isnt ready to shout about the 
updated X2 just yet, but its a positive sign that 128TB SSDs are slowly 
making their way to the market, and it will surely only be a matter of time 
before they start to become more commonplace, even if 1PB drives remain a 
distant dream for now. More from TechRadar Pro We tested the best SSDs around 
today And the fastest external SSDs The worlds fastest SSD has just been 
tested



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