CES: Phison Unveils PCIe Gen 5 SSD Controller for High-End Desktop Gaming

Phison Electronics Corp. showcased its lineup of next-gen gaming solutions for customers, partners, media and other interested parties during CES 2022 on January 5-8.

The new solutions include the company’s first PCIe Gen5 controller for high-end desktop gaming, a future performance Gen4 solution, and demonstration of the next-gen game workload coming soon to Pcs.

The company, provider in gaming-optimized SSDs pushes the boundaries of performance. Its solutions power experiences for modern console, desktop/notebook and mobile gaming, which are delivered to consumers through a group of partners.

Highlighted gaming products company preview on virtual demos include:

• PS5026-E26 – Firm‘s First PCIe Gen5 SSD architecture
  It is a combination of performance and low-power using the company’s architecture. It is a customizable SSD platform designed for PCIe Gen5 that will span enterprise and consumer markets. It will ship in multiple form factors and features with the ability to scale beyond 10GB/s while meeting power requirements for all-day computing.
  

• PS5021-E21T – High-Performance PCIe Gen4 DRAM-less solution
  The E21T demonstration company’s DRAM-less architecture as the future leader in next-gen mobile gaming. It is the successor to the E19T, and E21T BGA, the successor to the E13T, break throughput performance barriers using the Gen4 interface to sets new standards in the user experience.

• PS5013-E13T – BGA for mobile gaming
  Xiaomi Corp. chose the company‘s E13T BGA SSD and its performance and efficiency for the Black Shark 4 gaming phone series. It credits the E13T BGA for delivering a 69% increase in read and write performance showing that NVMe redefines mobile gaming.

Next-gen gaming workload demonstration
Game developers now have the opportunity to decrease game load times and increase the scale of future virtual worlds with a new direct data delivery method. The new direct access pattern from the NVMe SSD to the GPU relies heavily on data passing through the system at high speeds in a consistent stream. The company demonstrates this next-gen game workload with PS5018-E18, and show why the future of gaming starts with storage.

“CES 2022 is an ideal time to showcase the evolution of product development we’ve made during the past two years,” said Michael Wu, GM and president, Phison US. “This is an exciting breakout year for gaming with innovations that fully utilize PCIe bandwidth and push storage to the edge of performance. As a proven leader innovating technologies for gaming solutions that push boundaries, like the first PCIe Gen4 SSD, Phison is again in a leadership position for 2022 with our first PCIe Gen5 SSD. Customers, partners, industry insiders, media, and pro gamers will share our excitement when we show why the future of gaming starts with Phison.”