Gigabyte’s New Drive Almost Maxes out the Phison E26 Controller

“Gigabyte has unveiled a new PCIe Gen 5 SSD capable of achieving over 12 GB/s in sequential read speeds and nearly 12 GB/s in sequential write speeds. Likely take a spot on our list of best SSDs soon, the new drive is called the Aorus Gen5 12000 SSD, and is the successor to the Aorus Gen5 10000 SSD — which was one of the very first PCIe Gen 5 SSDs to hit the market. Pricing and availability have not been disclosed at this time.”

“With the improved read/write speeds, the Aorus Gen5 12000 almost takes full advantage of the capabilities of Phison’s E26 controller, which is rated for speeds of up to 14 GB/s in sequential reads and 11.8 GB/s in sequential writes. If Gigabyte wants to make an even faster drive in the future, it still has some headroom with the E26 controller for read speeds.”

Source: Toms Hardware