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Phison Electronics Announces New Pascari D-Series SSDs

Phison Electronics, a leader in NAND Flash technologies, has unveiled the latest addition to its Pascari D-Series SSDs. The Pascari D205V drive is a groundbreaking PCIe Gen 5 128 TB data center SSD that is now available for preorder. This SSD is designed to meet the evolving storage needs of various industries such as AI, media and entertainment, and research. With a storage capacity of 122.88 TB, the Pascari D205V offers a significant advantage over traditional hard drives in terms of capacity, physical footprint, and operational costs.

As data centers continue to face challenges due to the increasing amount of data, organizations are looking for ways to optimize their investments while considering factors such as space, cost efficiency, and power consumption. The Pascari D205V SSD, powered by Phison's X2 controller and 2 Tb 3D QLC technology, delivers impressive sequential read speeds of 14,600 MB/s and random read performance of 3,000K IOPS. With double the read speeds of Gen 4 SSDs and a capacity that surpasses existing enterprise SSDs, the Pascari D205V allows customers to handle larger datasets, maximize capacity-per-watt utilization, and achieve unmatched read performance.

Don Jeanette, SSD Research Vice President at TRENDFOCUS, praised Phison for introducing the ultra-capacity Pascari D205V SSD, emphasizing the importance of performance and efficiency in modern data centers. Michael Wu, General Manager and President of Phison US, highlighted the shift towards storage as a critical component in supporting data-intensive workloads and AI training. The Pascari D205V is now available for preorder and is expected to ship in early Q2 2025 in U.2 and E3.L form factors.

In addition to the D205V, Phison offers the high-capacity D200V SSD and the high-endurance SA50V 2.5" SATA III SSD in its Pascari portfolio. At SC24, Phison will showcase a range of products, including the Pascari D205V, aiDAPTIV+ Pro Suite, and the PCIe Gen 6 PS7161.

Features of Pascari D205V:

  • PCIe 5.0x4 (Single port)/PCIe 5.0 2x2 (Dual port)
  • NVMe 2.0, ISE, TCG Opal Supported, NVMe-MI supported
  • Power Loss Protection (PLP), 128 Namespaces, DWPD: 0.3, MTBF: 2.5 million hours
  • Sequential Performance Up To: 14600 MB/s
  • Random Performance Up To: 3000K IOPS (4K)

aiDAPTIV+ Pro Suite:

Phison's aiDAPTIV+ Pro Suite is an AI software technology that offers an end-to-end AI experience. This suite enables domain-specific data training and supports data privacy, control, and affordability.

Phison PCIe Gen 6 PS7161:

The PS7161 PCIe 6.0 Redriver IC is the first Gen 6 redriver available for preorder. With double the speeds of Gen 5, this redriver meets the demands of modern AI use cases and Gen 6 systems.