"Consumer-grade PCIe 5.0 M.2 drives have finally hit the U.S. market.  Gigabyte and Inland (a Micro Center brand) are the first companies to offer PCIe Gen5 consumer SSDs in the U.S. Both drives are based on Phison’s PS5026-E26 controller (Arm Cortex-R5 cores,...

"That original plan has already shifted dramatically. In 2022, Phison took a controlling stake in Nextorage. Phison, of course, is best known for its SSD controller chips as used by all manner of SSD brands from Sabrent to Corsair and Kingston to Seagate. Anyway,...

"As fast as things are moving right now, hold onto your hat – it’s about to get a whole lot faster. I sat down with the team at Phison, the company that created and manufactures the control chips for most modern NVMe storage, and talked to them about what they are...

"Have you ever heard of CFD Gaming? Neither have we, but the company appears to be first to market with a Phison-based PCIe 5.0 SSD. The M.2 NVMe drive has appeared in shops in Japan's famous Akihabara technology district with a 2TB capacity and a claimed maximum...

"Most of the drives we've seen rely on the Phison PS5026-E26 (or E26 for short). This 12nm controller has 8 channels and promises up to 2400 MT/S with a theoretical maximum sequential read speed of 14,000 MBps and a sequential write speed of up to 11,800 MBps. None...