IT House February 4 news, according to Tom's Hardware reported that Silicon Motion and its partners will release sm2508 controller-based enthusiast-grade SSDs at the end of this year, using the latest PCIe 5.0 x4 interface, providing about 13GB / s speed, providing high-speed storage for compatible desktop systems.
The company reportedly believes that while consumer PCIe 5.0 SSD products will be available at the end of the year, it will not be available until 2024 for major PC OEM platforms.
IT House learned that Silicon Motion is currently developing the SM2507 controller, which will be oriented to mainstream PCs, support PCIe 5.0 interface, and be suitable for laptops. Currently, HuiRong plans to commercialize the master control in 2024.
A few days ago, Huirong Technology announced its fourth quarter 2021 financial report, with revenue of $264.36 million, reaching the expected high standard, an increase of 4% over the previous quarter's revenue and a substantial increase of 84% compared with the same period of the previous year. Fourth-quarter gross margin was 49.9% and net profit after tax was $67.54 million.
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