For the last couple of years, the Phison E26 controller has dominated the PCIe Gen 5 SSD market. Some competitive platforms have also hit the scene recently, but the vast majority of Gen5 SSDs are still powered by the Phison E26. The Phison E26, however, squarely targets high-performance, enthusiast PC platforms, and requires enough power and cooling to preclude its use elsewhere. The E26’s power and cooling requirements generally make it unsuitable to notebooks and the PS5, for example, but Phison has a solution. Today, we’re able to give you a taste of the upcoming Phison E31T, a new, lower-power, native PCIe Gen 5 SSD platform that’s designed to be more affordable and go places the E26 can’t...



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