I have to imagine it will be a while before we see the PCI-E 4 controller paired with 3600 mt/s NAND. That is currently the top end so rarer and more expensive. Since the drive will be PCI-E interface limited in best case scenarios anyway I expect to see lots of drive with slower NAND. 2800 mt/s should be enough to still saturate the interface in best case situations. Not even sure if you'd see any impact in worst case scenarios since those probably aren't going to be NAND interface limited anyway.
I am more curious of their power usage and what nm they are made on. Seems a lot of these newer controllers run hot/use a lot of power that can have issues with sustained performance and/or longevity.
I'm just totally fascinated that a company should go out there into what seems like a rather mature and saturated market and seemingly without any revolutionary vision or approach to SSD controllers as such, replicating a full range of products that have established competition at each point.
And SSD controllers are very much about trust. You data and your business will survive audio glitches, a borked network packet will just retransmit, so cutting close quality corners is many of Realtek's established markets seems rather acceptable when the economy is there.
That's not the same with storage where trust needs to be earned over generations of products.
And then they compete with manufacturers who build their own flash, which has gone both ways over the last years, upping the competitiveness of the environment.
I wish them good luck but I doubt that I'd be one of the first to put a chip in their basket.
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kpb321 - Thursday, June 13, 2024 - link
I have to imagine it will be a while before we see the PCI-E 4 controller paired with 3600 mt/s NAND. That is currently the top end so rarer and more expensive. Since the drive will be PCI-E interface limited in best case scenarios anyway I expect to see lots of drive with slower NAND. 2800 mt/s should be enough to still saturate the interface in best case situations. Not even sure if you'd see any impact in worst case scenarios since those probably aren't going to be NAND interface limited anyway.Marlin1975 - Monday, June 24, 2024 - link
I am more curious of their power usage and what nm they are made on.Seems a lot of these newer controllers run hot/use a lot of power that can have issues with sustained performance and/or longevity.
abufrejoval - Thursday, June 27, 2024 - link
I'm just totally fascinated that a company should go out there into what seems like a rather mature and saturated market and seemingly without any revolutionary vision or approach to SSD controllers as such, replicating a full range of products that have established competition at each point.And SSD controllers are very much about trust. You data and your business will survive audio glitches, a borked network packet will just retransmit, so cutting close quality corners is many of Realtek's established markets seems rather acceptable when the economy is there.
That's not the same with storage where trust needs to be earned over generations of products.
And then they compete with manufacturers who build their own flash, which has gone both ways over the last years, upping the competitiveness of the environment.
I wish them good luck but I doubt that I'd be one of the first to put a chip in their basket.