Apacer releases the consumer-grade PCIe 5.0 SSD: Read speed up to 13GB/s

Apacer announced the launch of the AS2280F5 M.2 PCIe Gen5 x4 SSD, the world’s first consumer-grade product of its kind. Phison has previously announced at Computex 2022 that it will work with its partners AMD and Micron to build a PCIe Gen5 ecosystem to welcome the advent of the PCIe Gen5 SSD era.

According to Wccftech, the AS2280F5 M.2 PCIe Gen5 x4 SSD is a standard design of Apacer. In addition, Apacer’s high-end gaming brand Zadak also has a corresponding product, the model is TWSG5. Both comply with the NVMe 2.0 standard, with sequential read and write speeds of 13,000 MB/s and 12,000 MB/s respectively, are backward compatible with PCIe Gen4 and have built-in multiple Apacer data read and write protection technologies. It is understood that the main controller should use the chip of Phison Electronics.

[AS2280F5 M.2 PCIe Gen5 x4 SSD]

  • ‧Equipped with PCIe Gen5 x4 latest high-speed interface supports the latest NVMe 2.0 standard
  • ‧Read and write performance up to 13,000 / 12,000 MB/s
  • ‧Backwards compatible with PCIe Gen4, but doubles the performance
  • ‧Designed with exclusive high-quality metal cooling fins
  • ‧Built-in multiple protection technologies to ensure the correctness and stability of data reading and writing
  • ‧Comes with a 5-year global warranty

[ZADAK TWSG5 Gen5 x4 SSD]

  • ‧Adopts PCIe Gen5 latest high-speed interface supports the latest NVMe 2.0 standard
  • ‧Read and write performance up to 13,000 / 12,000 MB/s
  • ‧Comes with two types of heat sinks, ultra-thin graphene, and aluminum
  • ‧Comes with a 5-year global warranty

Apacer has not confirmed the capacity of the new SSD, and the specific launch time and price are not yet clear, but Apacer said it will be released within this year.