Samsung has predicted that we are able to anticipate single SSD capability to be as excessive as 1PB within the subsequent decade, a prediction that got here on the again of the corporate displaying off a 128TB SSD prototype on the Flash Reminiscence Summit in San Jose in 2022, calling it a “petabyte-scale product.”
Whereas Samsung has since launched a 128TB SSD with a proprietary controller, and Silicon Movement has an SSD controller that may assist as much as 128TB, SSDs of that dimension stay disappointingly uncommon.
At CES 2024, Phison demonstrated a variety of transportable SSDs and SSD controllers, together with its X2 enterprise SSD platform. On the corporate's web site, that is listed as “the world's finest Enterprise SSD” out there in capacities from 1.92TB to 61.44TB. Nonetheless, one thing that only a few individuals seen was the model on show at CES was listed as having a capability of 128TB.
Let's not shout about it… but!
Though particulars are very scarce past the data discovered on Phison's media platform launched earlier than the present, we do know that the highlights of the X2 controller (in addition to the huge capability) embody:
- PCIe Gen5x4 Twin-Port
- TSMC 12nm course of
- 16 channels,
- 3D NAND
- Computational Storage Gadgets (CSD)
We additionally know that it is available in U.2, E3.S kind issue.
Phision additionally revealed that its gadget supplies one of the best efficiency per watt, and boasts sequential learn speeds of greater than 14 GB/s, sequential write speeds of 12 GB/s, random learn speeds of 3000K IOPS, and speeds of random write of 800K IOPS.
It's clear from the dearth of hype that Phison isn't able to shout in regards to the up to date X2 simply but, but it surely's a optimistic signal that 128TB SSDs are slowly coming to market, and naturally it's solely a matter of time earlier than . are beginning to change into extra widespread, though 1PB drives stay a distant dream for now.
