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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KIOXIA SSDs achieve PCIe 5.0 compliance, up to 30TB capacity, and
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KIOXIA's new enterprise SSDs for HPE Systems use fast PCIe Gen5
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Intel Raptor Lake and Z790 platform will lack PCIe 5.0 for SSDs
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SSTC Tiger Shark 2TB PCIe Gen5 SSD Review - New Performance Leader
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Tested: Crucial's New T700 Is the Fastest PCI Express 5.0 SSD Yet
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Seagate Launches FireCuda 540 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD
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Silicon Power Set to Unveil Groundbreaking PCIe Gen 5 SSD, the
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At CES 2023, PCI Express 5.0 SSDs Peeked Out, Not Quite Ready for
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MOVE SPEED HB7450 2TB SSD for PS5 with Heatsink, PCIe
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Faster SSDs are finally coming, but your motherboard might not be
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Some PCIe 5.0 SSDs Confined to 10 GBps; Others Hit 12.4 GBps