SK hynix Platinum P51 Gen5 SSD with 238L NAND Noticed at GTC

SK hynix is ready to unveil their first Gen5 shopper NVMe SSD lineup shortly, primarily based on the merchandise at show of their GTC 2024 sales space. The Platinum P51 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD will take over flagship duties from the Platinum P41 that has been serving the marketplace for greater than a yr.

Just like the Gold P31 and the Platinum P41, the Platinum P51 additionally makes use of an in-house SSD controller. The important thing updates are the transfer to PCIe Gen5 and using SK hynix’s 238L TLC NAND. Different particulars are scarce, and we have now reached out for extra info.

Solely the height sequential entry numbers have been out there on the GTC sales space, indicating that the drive’s firmware remains to be present process tweaks. It is usually unclear how these numbers are going to differ primarily based on capability. Availability and pricing are additionally not public but.

This can be a important launch for the Gen5 shopper SSD market, the place the variety of out there choices are fairly restricted. The Phison E26 controller and Micron’s B58R NAND mixture is already in its second technology (with the NAND working at 2400 MT/s within the latest avatar), however different vertically built-in distributors akin to Samsung, Western Digital / Kioxia, and SK hynix (until now) are focusing extra on the Gen4 market which has a lot larger adoption.

We are going to replace the piece with further info as soon as the specs are formally out there.