PCIe 5 NVMe SSDs won’t take off until late 2024, according to Phison CEO KS Pua. According to a report published by Digi TimesPua admits that next-generation SSDs will most likely be overshadowed by their predecessors, PCIe 4 SSDs, for the next year or so.
Introduced to consumers with the launch of Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake and AMD’s Zen 4 platforms, the PCIe 5 standard offers a significant boost to bandwidth-hungry components such as graphics cards and storage devices It is intended to We’ve seen the best PCIe 4 SSD drives capable of 7GB/s transfers, but were completely overtaken by the first commercial PCIe 5 samples. The Sabrent Rocket X5 he is advertised to achieve 14GB/s.
The latest PCIe generation devices seem to deliver on their promise of doubling the bandwidth/transfer speed (when using a capable controller and NAND flash combination), which is why modern PC platform upgraders You may be wondering why you aren’t swapping to a PCIe 5 SSD anytime soon. Possible.
There are several possible reasons why PCIe 5 SSDs will remain in the shadow of their predecessors until the second half of 2024. Recent system buyers and upgraders are likely to stick with his SSD (PCIe 4 if available at build time) that he got at build time. , or PCIe 3 to save the budget.
Earlier this month, we reported that the first PCIe Gen5 SSDs were starting to hit shelves. As we approach Q2 2023, the lack of availability will significantly impact people’s choices and decisions regarding the placement of PCIe 5 SSDs in their systems. Like many debut tech products, the new PCIe 5 SSDs are priced at a premium and are moving fast. I checked my inventory of listed SSDs 3 weeks ago and they were eaten up.
According to DigiTimes, Pua has shown that manufacturing partners are slow to adopt PCIe 5. Industry insiders who spoke to DigiTimes suggest that the transition to PCIe 5 has been slower than expected. No possible reason other than the increased cost of the new technology was given, so we speculate that broader macroeconomic influences (recession, inflation, etc.) may be contributing to the decline in penetration.
Pua noted some bright spots in PCIe 5 SSD adoption, as opposed to the broader market. He showed that there are green chutes spotted by PC makers targeting eSports and content creation. Perhaps one of those PC makers has his MSI. MSI has refreshed its gaming laptops with PCIe 5 SSDs at CES 2023 in January.
Pua also said that Phison’s PCIe 5 controllers, including the E26, are built using 7nm technology. This means Phison has room to improve its manufacturing process and run its controllers cooler by the time PCIe 5 goes mainstream.
Future processor launches and platform updates should also help drive adoption.
