G.Skill: Phoenix Blade Series PCIe MLC SSD

G.SKILL International Co., Ltd., memory and SSD designer and manufacturer, announced the Phoenix Blade Series PCIe SSD.

It is a storage solution for extreme gaming, professional graphic design, industrial design, and HD video and audio content creation.

By introducing fast read and write performance, the potential of today’s multi-core processors can be unleashed, resulting in higher productivity and performance in extreme gaming or professional design.

x4 SSD Controllers in RAID-0 Setup
Built with x4 LSI SF-2281 SSD controllers in a RAID-0 setup and integrated with a 480GB array of MLC flash, the SSD increases the bandwidth performance up to 4 times over typical SATA III-based SSDs.

PCIe Gen 2.0 x8 Interface
The product is designed with a PCIe Gen 2.0 x8 high-speed interface, allowing the system to send massive amounts of data to and from the SSD and improves performance for professional and industrial graphic applications.

Up to 2GB/s Extreme Read and Write Performance
With 480GB of storage capacity, the Phoenix Blade PCIe SSD is pushing the maximum limit of read and write speeds at up to 2GB/s.

Up to 245K IO/s 4KB Random Write
The SSD delivers 245,000 IO/s. This performance boosts data intensive processing, such as professional graphic/industrial design and HD multimedia content creation software applications.

TRIM and SMART Support
TRIM and SCSI UNMAP support with major Windows OS versions help maintain consistent write performance, reduce flash deterioration, and extend drive life expectancy. Not to mention a set of S.M.A.R.T. attributes allow users to monitor the drive’s health, allowing users to take preventative measures against possible data loss.

Enhanced Data Protection
CRC data protection prevents data corruption during data transfers. By implementing BCH ECC of up to 55 bits per sector and RAID-5-like data protection, theis no more flash cell errors and page/block failures.

The Phoenix Blade PCIe SSD includes a 3-year limited warranty and technical support.