New PCIe Gen 5 controller coming to SSDs next year with high IOPS - SM2508

Snapshot · 15 Sep 2024 at 09:44

Rroff said:
Frankly outside of specific applications you don't notice a lot of difference from older SSDs through to the latest high end NVMEs I find it hard to get excited by stuff like this - though one thing which was nice was changing my old NAS storage from a bunch of HDDs to using a NVME frontend with sync to HDD - when doing stuff like opening a folder with lots of thumbnails or even pulling a large video file off over gigabit let alone 2.5 or 10gb LAN there is a noticeable difference even to a 4 disc RAID of HDDs setup for both performance and redundancy.

And it only needs a pair of NVME drives in RAID 1 on PCIe3x1 to saturate a 10Gb link. I had six HDDs in RAID 10 and the best they could manage was 4Gbps

AthlonXP1800 · 16 Sep 2024 at 15:13

g67575 said:
No sign of a consumer class drive with 2 million random read/ random write IOPS yet, as least not that I could find. I think these will probably become available next year.

Models with the SM2508 controller could be the first.

Silicon Motion said SSDs with SM2508 controllers will become available in the next few months this year. TweakTown was first tech site reviewed Silicon Motion 1TB with SM2508 controller sample.

Silicon Motion SM2508 SSD Controller Review - Worth the Wait

After nearly two years of waiting, Silicon Motion is about to unleash its first client PCIe Gen5 SSD controller in the SM2508, and it's a game-changer.

www.tweaktown.com

Tom's Hardware was the 2nd tech site tested sample.

Silicon Motion SM2508 SSD review: Finally, a true PCIe 5.0 contender

Power efficiency puts the Phison E26 and InnoGrit IG5666 to shame, with good performance as well.

www.tomshardware.com

Silicon Motion SM2508 1TB has 2 million random read/write IOPS, 2TB and 4TB models has 2.5 million random read/write IOPS.

We have to wait and see when Samsung will launch Gen 5 990 EVO Plus and 9100 PRO SSDs with Gen 9 V-NANDs. I think probably next month because the last time Samsung launched 990 PRO 1TB/2TB SSDs was on 18 October 2022.

g67575 · 16 Sep 2024 at 15:59

Seemingly, no cons with this gen 5 controller.

g67575 · 24 Oct 2024 at 07:45

Samsung Gen 5 (5nm) drives are now in production:

Samsung Starts Mass Production of Industry’s Most Powerful PC SSD Optimal for AI Applications | Samsung Semiconductor EMEA

Integrating Samsung’s 5nm controller and eighth-generation V-NAND, PM9E1 provides unmatched performance and power efficiency suitable for AI PCs

semiconductor.samsung.com

Samsung starts production of its fastest SSD for PCs

The PCIe 5.0 SSD can reach 14.5 GB/s read and 13 GB/s write speeds. Samsung announced it has begun mass production of its fastest SSD for PCs. The PCIe...

www.gsmarena.com

Don’t yet know what the IOPS will be.

g67575 · Thursday at 12:58

Micron is releasing the 4600 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD, which has a read and write (random) IOPS of 2.1 million for the 2TB and 4TB models, which they reckon is an 83% upgrade on previous gen drives:

Micron Uncovers PCIe Gen5 NVMe High-Performance Client SSD

Micron Technology, Inc. , today announced the Micron 4600 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD, an innovative client storage drive for OEMs that is designed to deliver exceptional performance and user experience for gamers, creators and professionals.

www.guru3d.com

This looks to be one of the first consumer drives capable of such a high IOPS. Presumably, competing drives from other companies will follow, soon.

Grim5 · 2025-02-25T08:10:55+0000

Samsung finally launches a Gen 5 consumer driver

The Samsung 9100 Pro

15GB/s speeds and 2.6 million IOPS and capacity up to 8TB

Samsung Unleashes Its Next-Gen 9100 PRO Gen5 SSDs, Up To 14,800 MB/s Speeds With Up To 8 TB Capacities

Samsung has officially unveiled its next-gen 9100 PRO Gen5 SSDs, featuring impressive speeds and up to 8 TB capacities.

wccftech.com

g67575 · 2025-02-25T08:14:34+0000

Noice. Might be time to start looking into gen 5 NVME drives soon.

I’d guess that drives of this spec will be expensive for quite a while, even for 2TB capacity.

9100 PRO significantly boosts sequential read and write speeds, reaching up to 14,800 MB/s and 13,400 MB/s. This is a 99% performance improvement over its predecessor, the 990 PRO.

Guess I’ll believe when I see it. I reckon they will perform quite well on PCIe 4 slots as well.

AthlonXP1800 · 2025-02-25T19:26:12+0000

Samsung Announces the 9100 PRO Series SSDs, with Breakthrough PCIe 5.0 Performance

Samsung Electronics America, a world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced the 9100 PRO series solid state drives (SSDs), the newest addition to its consumer SSD lineup. Featuring blazing fast speeds and even more storage capacities, the 9100 PRO and 9100 PRO with Heatsink SSDs...

www.techpowerup.com

I read 9100 PRO spec, it seemed 9100 PRO still used old Samsung 8th generation V-NAND, not new 9th generation V-NAND. :confused:

Power consumption seemed higher than Phison E26.

Grim5 · 2025-02-25T19:30:00+0000

AthlonXP1800 said:
Samsung Announces the 9100 PRO Series SSDs, with Breakthrough PCIe 5.0 Performance

Samsung Electronics America, a world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced the 9100 PRO series solid state drives (SSDs), the newest addition to its consumer SSD lineup. Featuring blazing fast speeds and even more storage capacities, the 9100 PRO and 9100 PRO with Heatsink SSDs...

www.techpowerup.com

I read 9100 PRO spec, it seemed 9100 PRO still used old Samsung 8th generation V-NAND, not new 9th generation V-NAND.

Power consumption seemed higher than Phison E26.

9w consumption is quite high yes for a 5nm controller, however it's required to max out the 5.0x4 interface and reach these levels of iops (2.6 million)

as for Phison, you should be comparing it to the E28, which is also able to do high iops, up to 3 million and which has a power consumption of 12w