Silicon Motion Unveils SM2508 to Compete Against Phison E26 SSD Controller at Computex 2024

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Silicon Motion has unveiled its latest SM2508 SSD controller at Computex 2024. The SM2508 is designed to compete against Phison’s E26 Max14um controller, which is used in many high-end SSDs. Built on TSMC’s 6nm process which reduces peak power consumption to 3.5W when compared to competitor’s controller found on several NVMe drives peaking at 7W. The SM2508 is a NVMe controller that supports PCIe 5.0 x4 interface, 3600 MT/s ONFI/Toggle DDR, 3D TLC & QLC NAND capable of delivering read speeds of up to 14GB/s and write speeds of up to 13GB/s.

Source(s)

  • Computex 2024 at Taipei
  • Silicon Motion SM-2508 at Tom’s Hardware
  • Techpowerup’s SM-2508 Article