The SM2262EN controller is just an incremental update to SM2262, which started shipping in SSDs in early 2018 but was finalized in 2017. SM2264 will support PCIe gen 4, but I'm not sure when it'll be going into mass production. We'll probably see prototypes at Computex. See https://www.anandtech.com/show/11764/silicon-motio...
Fewer lanes for the same throughput. If we could get 3500MB/s out of PCIe4x2 that means more free lanes for peripherals or storage. And we can kill the stupid PCIe lane count marketing wars between Intel and AMD because 28, or 40, or 62 lanes will all be overkill for most consumers if you need half the lanes to do the same transfer.
Those 4k numbers don't look great though, especially Q1. If you all need is sequential transfers and you are fine spending nearly $200 on a 3rd tier manufaturer (Taiwanese website hosted by wix?), then got for it.
You can already buy a drive with this controller: Adata XPG SX8200 Pro. Overall it kicks ass when empty, even againt's the mighty 970 pro. But it gets really really slow when filled.
this shows a ton of benchmarks done at 75% full and it performs quite well still. What percentage full are you seeing massive slowdowns? I have to non-pro 8200 in multipe systems and at 400/480 used there is absolutely no visible slow down. heavy workload benches might show some differences but for regular home use, I cannot tell any difference between a roughly 40 vs 80% filled drive. I use quite a few of these as my default builds too, most of my LAN room systems are running the HP EX920 and Adata 8200 480GB drives and no one who uses them can see any difference between these models and one system running an EVO 970 pro regardless of fill states.
Not sure if you guys care much, but I did a Google search based on this drive and one of the top hits was https://www.minitool.com/news/hp-ex950-ssd.html. They have a table identical to you guys. No mention of Anandtech is made for credit. This seems to be a company that sells commercial software solutions, not just some random news site.
So I bought one of these, and it died. Now I can't find it on HP's website, support site, storefront. Nothing. The first several pages of search results are all reviews and buying options. This device doesn't exist as far as HP is concerned. What's the deal?!?
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Scott_T - Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - link
if you're going to come out with something new and high end why not make it pcie 4?Billy Tallis - Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - link
The SM2262EN controller is just an incremental update to SM2262, which started shipping in SSDs in early 2018 but was finalized in 2017. SM2264 will support PCIe gen 4, but I'm not sure when it'll be going into mass production. We'll probably see prototypes at Computex. See https://www.anandtech.com/show/11764/silicon-motio...Firbfs - Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - link
Current PCIe standards already far exceed the bandwidth of the peripherals. What would we gain from version 4?svan1971 - Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - link
Peripherals yes M.2 drives will take advantage of the bandwidth when its available.FullmetalTitan - Thursday, January 10, 2019 - link
Fewer lanes for the same throughput. If we could get 3500MB/s out of PCIe4x2 that means more free lanes for peripherals or storage. And we can kill the stupid PCIe lane count marketing wars between Intel and AMD because 28, or 40, or 62 lanes will all be overkill for most consumers if you need half the lanes to do the same transfer.woggs - Thursday, January 10, 2019 - link
PCIe gen 3 is not saturated by these drives, so what would be the point?ElishaBentzi - Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - link
Addlink have the nvme at similar speeds 1 tb at 192$https://www.amazon.com/addlink-Gen3x4-Solid-State-...
Death666Angel - Thursday, January 10, 2019 - link
Those 4k numbers don't look great though, especially Q1. If you all need is sequential transfers and you are fine spending nearly $200 on a 3rd tier manufaturer (Taiwanese website hosted by wix?), then got for it.kensiko - Friday, January 11, 2019 - link
You can already buy a drive with this controller: Adata XPG SX8200 Pro. Overall it kicks ass when empty, even againt's the mighty 970 pro. But it gets really really slow when filled.gglaw - Sunday, January 13, 2019 - link
https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8639/adata-xpg-s...this shows a ton of benchmarks done at 75% full and it performs quite well still. What percentage full are you seeing massive slowdowns? I have to non-pro 8200 in multipe systems and at 400/480 used there is absolutely no visible slow down. heavy workload benches might show some differences but for regular home use, I cannot tell any difference between a roughly 40 vs 80% filled drive. I use quite a few of these as my default builds too, most of my LAN room systems are running the HP EX920 and Adata 8200 480GB drives and no one who uses them can see any difference between these models and one system running an EVO 970 pro regardless of fill states.
Dark_wizzie - Tuesday, January 15, 2019 - link
Shame the new storage editor of TT doesn't explain how full the drive is when tested.SmCaudata - Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - link
Not sure if you guys care much, but I did a Google search based on this drive and one of the top hits was https://www.minitool.com/news/hp-ex950-ssd.html. They have a table identical to you guys. No mention of Anandtech is made for credit. This seems to be a company that sells commercial software solutions, not just some random news site.James5mith - Friday, August 16, 2019 - link
So I bought one of these, and it died. Now I can't find it on HP's website, support site, storefront. Nothing. The first several pages of search results are all reviews and buying options. This device doesn't exist as far as HP is concerned. What's the deal?!?