It is funny how some things come around. A few years ago Silicon Motion requested our review of their newest SM2708 SD Express Controller and we posted such, displaying the worlds first SD card achieving speeds of 900MB/s. That was back in 2021. That controller recently appeared in a Google Alert and it appears the latest Nintendo Switch 2 Gaming …
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Lexar Professional NM1090 Pro Gen5 2TB SSD Review – SMI SM2508 Controller Blend w/ Micron B58R Memory a Success
The Lexar brand has been around for some time, and in fact, our first mention of Lexar goes all the way back to one of our first Storage Visions meetings in Las Vegas some 14 years ago. Lexar was originally a Micron brand but was acquired by Longsys Electronics in 2017 and Longsys has built on that brand name since, …
Read More »Silicon Motion Showcases Next Gen SM2504XT Ultra Low Power Gen5 SSD Controller – Computex 2025 Flash Update
Silicon Motion introduced a new Gen5 SSD controller at Computex 2025 this week. The SMI SM2504XT is a Gen5 4-channel DRAMless SSD controller built on the TSMC 6nm process and capable of speeds up to 3600MT/s. This controller is capable of up to 11.5GB/s read and 11GB/s write with 1.7 million read and up to 2 million write IOPS. This …
Read More »Our Sponsor SMI Shows off SM2504XT Gen5 and SM2324 USB4 SSD Controllers at Computex 2025
Apologies if we did not make the announcement but we have landed! The SSD Review is on the ground in Taipei, Taiwan, and preparing for Computex 2025. This is our first return to the event since 2019 and we are proud to provide special recognition to SMI who has sponsored us for this event. If you would like to meet …
Read More »SMI Samples First SD Express Memory Card with SMI SM2708 Controller – Benched at 900MB/s
It hasn’t been that long now since the introduction of CF Express Type B cards have pushed storage performance to 1750MB/s in the media industry. Media professionals understand that storage speeds are everything; the key thought being that continuous video or photography can only be accomplished with high speed storage concurrent to their activity. Any DSLR owner knows EXACTLY what …
Read More »ADATA Displays SMI Gen4 SSDs (7GB/s) Along with World’s First RGB Portable SSD | CES 2020 Update
Just when we thought the news of the Innogrit SSD Controller was going to take over the SSD industry, watch out! ADATA not only had their sample of the ADATA Innogrit based Sage on display and running at 7GB/s, but they also had two other SSDs on display that were both Gen 4×4 and SMI products… one that listed specs …
Read More »Kingston Displays Newest KC2000, A2000 and DC1000m SSDs – CES 2019 Update
Last week at CES we spent a bit of time with Kingston and learned of their newest lineup for the 2019 season. First up, Kingston showed off its A2000 which is a PCIe 3.0×4 M.2 SSD and will be available in capacities from 256GB to 1TB. This SSD is equipped with the SMI SM2263 controller and Intel 3D TLC 64-layer NAND …
Read More »SMI Demonstrates Newest SM2270 NVMe SSD Controller – FMS 2018 Update
SMI has seen a great deal of popularity in their SSD controller solutions in the last few years … but this latest controller is just out there. Introducing the SM2270 NVMe PCIe Gern 3 x8 16 channel SSD controller. Yes, that’s right. It features 16 NAND flash channels. The heart and sole of the SM2270 is its three dual core …
Read More »SMI Demonstrates SM2262EN NVMe SSD Controller at 3.5GB/s – Computex 2018 Taipei Update
If you are a fan of performance, you might have noticed that there is battle brewing between rival competitors with PCIe Gen 3.1 NVMe performance above 3GB/s becoming the standard. Samsung may have held title for some time but latest offerings by Phison and SMI are destined to add to the fight. We had learned of SMI’ 2262EN controller in …
Read More »ADATA XPG SX8200 M.2 NVMe SSD Review (480GB): A Killer Value
Today, we are going to take a look at ADATA’s newest top dog, the XPG SX8200. The XPG SX8200 was built for high demand applications including multimedia editing, gaming, rendering, and ADATA even states overclocking, although we’re not quite sure what benefits this has for overclocking vs other SSDs. This SSD is one of many NVMe M.2 SSDs they make …
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