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“We\u2019ve got a first look at the performance of the new Phison E28 controller, based around a 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD with KIOXIA BiCS8 218-layer TLC 3D NAND Flash. In this preview today, we\u2019ll test the Phison E28 controller-based SSD and see what kind of performance might be delivered from partner models when SSDs using the Phison E28 controller become available. PCIe 5.0 Gen5 SSDs just got a whole lot better.<\/p>\n
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Phison PS5028-E28 Reference Design 2TB SSD<\/p>\n
We actually saw the Phison E28 controller-based SSD in person back at\u00a0CES 2025 this past January<\/a>. Phison was previewing the E28 controller at the beginning of this year. As we noted then, one of Phison\u2019s goals with the E28 controller is to reduce power usage and heat generation compared to the previous E26 controller. Phison has now moved to TSMC\u2019s 6nm processor node to accomplish this for the E28 controller.”- thefpsreview.com<\/p>\n Source: thefpsreview.com<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “We\u2019ve got a first look at the performance of the new Phison E28 controller, based around a 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD with KIOXIA BiCS8 218-layer TLC 3D NAND Flash. In this preview today, we\u2019ll test the Phison E28 controller-based SSD and see what kind of performance might be delivered from partner models […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":86263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" \"We\u2019ve got a first look at the performance of the new Phison E28 controller, based around a 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD with KIOXIA BiCS8 218-layer TLC 3D NAND Flash. In this preview today, we\u2019ll test the Phison E28 controller-based SSD and see what kind of performance might be delivered from partner models when SSDs using the Phison E28 controller become available. PCIe 5.0 Gen5 SSDs just got a whole lot better.<\/p> Normally, about now we would be talking about pricing and what models are offered, but the specific SSD we have today is a pre-release \u201creference model\u201d design sporting the new Phison E28 controller directly from Phison. As a pre-release reference design, this is not a model that will specifically be sold, but is rather a platform to promote with the retail partners and to demonstrate the performance, features, and testing platform for partners to design cooling solutions.<\/p> As such, this SSD is also using pre-release firmware, close to the production version, and Phison is about 30-45 days from releasing a fully optimized version to its partners. Production firmware can improve performance, specifically read latency at low queue depths, as well as endurance, power, and background garbage collection. That said, you\u2019ll be amazed at the already great performance.<\/p> If you haven\u2019t heard about\u00a0Phison<\/a>, well, where have you been? Phison has been a well-known and popular solution for NAND flash technologies in high-performance storage for a long while. Phison is currently celebrating 25 years in the OEM, ODM, Enterprise, and Consumer spaces.<\/p> We have\u00a0reviewed many SSDs<\/a>\u00a0in our time that are based on Phison controllers. The Phison E28 is the next evolution of controllers, replacing the E26. We have reviewed some Phison E26 based SSDs, notably the\u00a0MSI SPATIUM M580 FROZR 2TB SSD<\/a>, as does the\u00a0MSI SPATIUM M570 PRO FROZR 2TB SSD<\/a>, and the\u00a0CORSAIR MP700 PRO with Air Cooler 2TB SSD<\/a>. We had found the Phison E26 controller to simply provide the best PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD performance out there, so it is very exciting to see what the Phison E28 can do in comparison!<\/p> Phison PS5028-E28 Reference Design 2TB SSD<\/p> We actually saw the Phison E28 controller-based SSD in person back at\u00a0CES 2025 this past January<\/a>. Phison was previewing the E28 controller at the beginning of this year. As we noted then, one of Phison\u2019s goals with the E28 controller is to reduce power usage and heat generation compared to the previous E26 controller. Phison has now moved to TSMC\u2019s 6nm processor node to accomplish this for the E28 controller.\"- thefpsreview.com<\/p>