2.5 Geeks: Exploring PCIe 5 SSDs And Next-Gen Storage With Phison

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, January 20, 2022, 02:34 PM EDT

PCI Express 5 is expected to usher in new found levels of solid state (SSD) storage performance for next-generation computing platforms, and Phison is at the forefront of the SSD controller technology that will enable it. Watch our live discussion with Phison's own Chris Ramseyer for a deeper dive on all of the revelations the company made at CES 2022...

Show Notes:
06:05 - Introducing Chris From Phison
09:42 - More About Phison And Its Tech
12:40 - What Is Phison All About?
14:48 - How Will PCIe 5 Affect SSDs?
18:20 - Why Does Everyone Focus On Sequentials?
20:24 - SSD Benchmarks And DirectStorage Chat?
23:25 - DirectStorage And SSD Thermal Challenges
25:40 - Potential SSD Performance Improvements
27:25 - Future SSD Enhancements For Creators?
29:05 - Phison's CoXProcessor Secret Sauce?
30:00 - Potential SSD Endurance Enhancements Coming?
32:38 - Phison's Challenges Working With NAND Makers
34:31 - How Do Partners Differentiate Products?
36:08 - Phison's Next-Gen PCIe 5 E21T Controller
41:50 - Phison E26 High-Performance PCIe 5 Controller
45:28 - How Do The M.2 and PCIe E26 Cards Differ?
47:09 - The Relationship Between NAND And Cooling
48:32 - Phison Has An SSD On Mars?!?
49:26 - Why Use A 12nm Manufacturing Process?
51:51 - MSI's Phison E26-Based PCIe 5 SSD From CES
53:20 - When Is All This Stuff Coming?
54:50 - Phison's PCIe 5 Redriver Technology
57:34 - PCIe SSDs And RAID?
1:00:33 - Bridging PCIe Gen 4 To Gen 5?
1:01:45 - Jon Colter Is A Wisea$$ :P
1:02:07 - How Did Chia And Mining Affect Phison?
1:04:18 - Lenovo New Year New Gear Giveaway

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com