Prototype PCIe 5.0 SSD is already twice as fast as today's best drives
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Kioxia has offered us a peek at the future of what's next in SSDs, and it's incredibly quick. With a prototype using the upcoming PCIe 5.0 protocol, the company has managed to blast into the
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The first PCIe Gen 5 drives are here and fast, but do you have a
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This PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD is One of The Fastest We've Seen
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Crucial T700 preview: The fastest PCIe 5.0 SSD on the planet
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Not All First Generation PCIe 5.0 SSDs Will Offer the Same
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The first PCIe 5.0 SSD will deliver 13,000 MB/s speeds
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The first PCIe 5.0 ×4 SSD controller, speed up to 14 GB/s
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KIOXIA SSDs achieve PCIe 5.0 compliance, up to 30TB capacity, and
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Adata Teases First PCIe 5.0 SSDs, up to 14 GBps of Throughput
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GIGABYTE Teases PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD in Press Release: 5 GB/s
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At CES 2023, PCI Express 5.0 SSDs Peeked Out, Not Quite Ready for
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Phison's new PCIe 5.0 NAND controller paves the way for faster
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Intel Raptor Lake and Z790 platform will lack PCIe 5.0 for SSDs