M.2 Is already dead, say hello to G.Skill's Phoenix Blade

[Myk_SilentShado]

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/38195/g-skill-s-new-960gb-pcie-based-ssd-is-capable-of-1-8gb-sec-reads...


Yep, i've already called the death toll on M.2. The above named card is a PCIe SSD that runs on a PCIe 2.0 X8 slot!!! :cool:

[Antronman]

Myk SilentShadow wrote:
Yeah I just saw that link you posted, the price is freaking ridiculous lol.

But go to their website. Look at the specs.

My brain hurts trying to figure out how they got their SSDs so fast.

And the iOFX series are their low end SSDs >.<

[X-ROG]

Myk SilentShadow wrote:
Yeah I just saw that link you posted, the price is freaking ridiculous lol.

It uses a professional/enterprise level controller. No way they can get it to $1/GB unfortunately. But the G.Skill one should be ~half the price of that FusionIO.

I talked to a lot of memory/SSD guys at the show and you're looking at Q4 for most M.2 PCIe cards.

[Myk_SilentShado]

I think it's got to do with something called NVM/NVMe and really? sweet jeebus i'm not gonna look to see what their high end gear is worth haha.

[Arne_Saknussemm]

Here we go! 😄 http://www.anandtech.com/show/8104/intel-ssd-dc-p3700-review-the-pcie-ssd-transition-begins-with-nvm...

[Menthol]

http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/intel-adds-pcie-solutions-data-center-family-ssds...

Sorry Arne, same drive, but it is killer if you can afford one

[Arne_Saknussemm]

You spotted that too menthol! Nice drives...the P3500 is pretty well priced for a 400GB drive....good things are coming....

[IM2L844]

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[Arne_Saknussemm]

Darn it! I think I know what my next hardware purchase is.....:o