Galaxy Unveils HOF M.2 PCIe SSD with Heat-pipe Based

High-end M.2 NVMe SSDs are starting to return with built-in heatsinks as overheating controllers impression sustained efficiency. The newest such drive is a brand new version of the Hall of Fame (HOF) M.2 PCIe collection from Galaxy, which include a chunky aluminium heatsink, solely this one is not simply one other hunk of metallic. This heatsink makes use of a flattened copper warmth pipe to drag warmth from the drive’s sizzling elements and unfold it evenly alongside each side of the aluminium block. The warmth pipe makes direct contact with the drive’s Phison PS5012-E12 8-channel controller and Toshiba-made 64-layer 3D TLC NAND flash chips.

The heatsink wraps round sideways of the drive and so it is probably not an ideal match for NVMe RAID playing cards with a number of M.2 slots side-by-side, though for many purposes, such because the M.2 slot on the motherboard, the design may click on. The drive is available in capacities of 512 GB, 1 TB, and a pair of TB. All three fashions provide sequential learn speeds of as much as 3400 MB/s. The 1 TB and a pair of TB fashions write at as much as 2800 MB/s, whereas the 512 GB writes at as much as 2000 MB/s. 4K random entry efficiency of the two TB and 1 TB fashions are rated at as much as 400,000 IOPS reads with as much as 600,000 IOPS writes; and as much as 400,000 IOPS reads with as much as 540,000 IOPS writes for the 512 GB mannequin. The drive is initially being launched in China, and will make its method to western markets beneath the Galax and KFA2 manufacturers later this 12 months.