“The E28 is of a 6nm Gen5 SSD controller that speaks to low 6 watt sequential power draw which bumps just a bit below 7.5 watts for random sustained read and drops to about 5.5w for random sustained write. Phison believes that the E28 has the lowest idle power consumption of all comparable products available today at 1.31w.
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As a point of clarity, our sample Phison E28 Gen5 SSD is a reference design early sample which has been provided to select members of the review community, along with Phison Partners as an early preview of what is coming. It’s official release to partners is an estimated 30-45 days away, the final product which should contain a higher performing final optimized production firmware. This report is a ‘preview’, if you will, of what will be available from SSD companies in the near future.”- thessdreview.com
Source: thessdreview.com