PCIe Gen 5
Ongoing coverage on PCIe Gen 5.
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Kioxia Exceria Pro G2 NVMe SSD review
The Kioxia Exceria Pro G2 NVMe SSD offers solid, dependable performance with good sequential speeds and 4K numbers, but it falls short of topping performance charts and can run a bit hot. While its hardware, featuring the Silicon Motion SM2508 controller and Kioxia's BiCS8 TLC NAND, is promising, its real-world results and in-game loading times are slower than some contemporaries, making it a drive of its time that leaves questions about its value and availability.
Evening Tech Bits
Intel's upcoming Z970 and Z990 chipsets are expected to consume up to 14W at peak load, featuring increased PCIe 5.0 support. Meanwhile, AMD claims its Zen 6 architecture will offer a 256-core design, positioning itself competitively against Nvidia.
Even as prices continue to climb, Teamgroup is launching a Gen 5 SSD for "high-stability performance for the AI…
TeamGroup has launched the T-Create Classic H514 M.2 PCIe 5.0 SSD, specifically designed for the demands of generative AI workloads. While not aimed at gamers, the drive boasts impressive read and write speeds of 14,200 MB/s and 13,300 MB/s respectively. The SSD will be available in 1TB to 4TB models with either a graphene or aluminum heatsink, though pricing and release date are yet to be announced.
