SMI’s PCIe 6.0 SSD controller for consumer SSDs coming next year, but severe NAND shortages will get even worse in 2027 as AI data centers swallow supply — An interview with Silicon Motion’s SVP Nelson Duann

Silicon Motion’s Nelson Duann discusses NAND supply crisis in the consumer SSD market and the future of consumer storage.
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AGI AI858 2TB SSD Review — High-end PCIe 5 speeds on a budget

The AGI AI858 is a wallet-friendly entry into the high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD playground with good random read latency, a bundled heatsink, and minimal trade-offs.
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Nvidia’s high-speed AI data center storage servers break cover, touting 2.9 petabytes of storage and extreme PCIe 6.0 performance — Wiwynn shows off SCADA server with GPU-accelerated storage

Wiwynn is among the first to demonstrate Nvidia SCADA server that promises to offer AI systems petabytes of ultra-fast storage thanks to GPU-accelerated storage acceleration.
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Crushing shortages force Biwin into $1.86 billion NAND deal for SSDs — multi-year agreement locks in fixed pricing as spot market threatens to dry up

Biwin signs a 24-months supply agreement with an unknown NAND maker to get memory worth $1.86 billion.

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Louis Rossmann is suing Samsung after firm offers $330 refund for defective SSD while selling the drives on Amazon for $949 — spat over 4TB 990 Pro SSD is headed to court

Right to Repair activist Louis Rossman threatens to sue Samsung after the SSD maker failed to replace his dead 990 Pro 4TB SSD under warranty.
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Acer MA200 1TB SSD Review: Good enough, and that’s the point

The Acer MA200 is a competent M.2 2230 NVMe SSD with reasonably good performance and power-efficiency, even if it’s not the fastest drive out there.
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Silicon Motion increases sales of SSD controllers amid NAND shortage, but expects NAND shortages to get worse in 2027 — ‘supply conditions will become even worse’

Sales of Silicon Motion’s SSD controllers are record high, but supply of NAND for client applications may get worse in 2027, the company tells us.
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TeamGroup shows off external SSD with wireless ‘self-destruct’ function — T-Create Expert P35SG External SSD can be wiped with a single text message

TeamGroup released a plethora of new SSDs and RAM kits at Computex 2026, offering a mixture of design, performance, and security.
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Phison shows PCIe 6.0 X3 SSD controller with 28 GB/s of bandwidth and 6.8 million IOPS, supports 2 petabytes per drive— also new power-sipping E37T SSDs for PCIe 5.0 systems consume a mere 4.5W

Phison’s booth at Computex 2026 had its new PCIe 6.0 SSD controller, dubbed the X3, on display, with claims of up to 28 GB/s of sequential throughput and 6.8 million IOPS in random read/write workloads.
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New Silicon Motion SM2524XT chip brings 14 GB/s to mainstream SSDs — 6nm DRAMless controller boasts heavy AI PC optimization and slashes KV cache latency

Silicon Motion announces its SM2524XT mainstream SSD controller that promises 14 GB/s read speed, up to 2.5 million random IOPS, and sustained random performance.
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