Chinese manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC) has just listed its first commercial PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD. The PC550 SSD features a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface along with the NVMe 2.0 protocol, and is being offered in 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities. The SSD features YMTC’s X4-9070 3D NAND chips based on Xtacking 4.0, along with a four-channel design, which is claimed to help in reducing power consumption and heat generation when compared to eight-channel.
The YMTC PC550 SSD will be available in both M.2 2242 and M.2 2280 form factors and is primarily targeted at AI PCs and commercial client systems. According to the company, the drive can offer up to 10,500 MB/s sequential read and up to 10,000 MB/s sequential write on the 2TB variant. While that makes it considerably faster than some of the best PCIe 4.0 SSDs, it isn’t the fastest among PCIe 5.0 drives, as other manufacturers offer products capable of reaching speeds close to 15,000 MB/s.