Adata shows prototypes of PCIe 5.0 SSDs with read speeds of up to 14GB/s – update

Adata has released a teaser of SSD prototypes with a PCIe 5.0 interface. According to Adata, these SSDs can achieve sequential read speeds of up to 14GB/s. The company is not yet sharing arbitrary read and write speeds; more details to follow at CES.

Adata reports that the company will be showing two prototype M.2 SSDs with PCIe 5.0 interface at CES. The company is already showing photos and first details of a Project Nighthawk and a Project Blackbird SSD. Those SSDs both offer a maximum of 8TB storage capacity, Adata writes.

According to the manufacturer, Project Nighthawk achieves sequential read and write speeds of 14GB/s and 12GB/s. That SSD uses a Silicon Motion SM2508 controller. That controller is not yet on Silicon Motion’s website. It is also not yet known what type of nand memory is used in the Nighthawk SSD. The Project Blackbird drive, in turn, achieves sequential read and write speeds of 14GB/s and 10GB/s. That variant will be equipped with an IG5666 controller from InnoGrit. No further details are known about that controller either. Adata does not yet tell you which type of nand memory is used in the Blackbird variant.

Adata will demonstrate the two SSD prototypes at CES and will share more details. The manufacturer did the same two years ago with its first PCIe 4.0 SSDs; the manufacturer showed a prototype of a PCIe 4.0 SSD at CES in 2020, which achieved sequential read and write speeds of 7GB/s and 6GB/s respectively. The company actually released a similar PCIe 4.0 SSD in September 2020.

Update, 19.50: Initially, the article stated that the Adata Project Nighthawk offers sequential write speeds of up to 10GB/s, but that was supposed to be 12GB/s. The article has been adapted accordingly. Thanks to denios.

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