PHISON – E28 Preview: Here’s The Future Of Low Power Speedy Gen 5 SSDs

“Since its introduction in early 2023, the Phison E26 has powered the vast majority of enthusiast-class, PCIe Gen 5 solid state drives. The E26 has proven to be a high performance, reliable SSD platform, but it has one shortcoming – its power requirements preclude its use in notebooks or game consoles like the PS5. Phison E26 based drives require heatsinks and cooling that simply don’t fit in the cramp confines of a notebook or game console. Phison’s new E28 controller, however, changes all that. The Phison E28 is the successor to the E26, but it’s been architected and built with both high performance and low power in mind. As such, it should offer performance in-line with the best PCIe Gen 5 consumer SSDs on the market, but with power and thermal characteristics that make it compatible with a wider range of form factors, including notebooks and laptops.

Retail drives based on the Phison E28 aren’t ready for prime time just yet, but we’ve got a reference SSD on hand to give you a sneak peek of what it can do. Like the E26, a myriad of Phison’s partners plan to bring E28-based drives to market, but it’s going to be a couple of months before that happens. For now, today’s teaser will hopefully whet your appetite…”- hothardware.com

Source: hothardware.com