Availability of 2U 8-Module Squid PCIe Gen 4 M.2 Carrier Board from Amfeltec

Amfeltec Corporation announced that its 2U PCIe Gen 4 Carrier board for up to 8 M.2 PCIe SSD modules is in production.

This is the latest addition to the company’s Squid Carrier board family.

New carrier board is in the form of a 2-slot-wide, half-height and half-length board. It consists of the main board and a daughter board with 4 M.2 (M-key) circuits for SSD modules located on each board (total capacity of 8 SSD modules). The M.2 circuits are located on both sides of the main board and daughter board (2 circuits on the top (component) side and 2 on the bottom (soldering) side); and can accommodate any M.2 SSD with x4 PCIe Gen 4 interface. (US patents 9,996,494 and 10,664,431)

“Today, computers and M.2 SSD modules that support PCIe Gen 4 interface are becoming more and more popular. To turn a host into a high-performance system, it typically requires a (PCIe Gen 4) carrier board to combine multiple M.2 SSD modules in a RAID,” says Michael Feldman, president and CTO. “Our new carrier board is the first on the market to support up to 8 SSD modules in 2U form factor. Always keeping our product line uniquely suited to the latest customer needs and trends, this is our 2nd carrier board to support a PCIe Gen 4 interface, and it is a significant addition to the Amfeltec Squid Carrier Board family.”

All Squid carrier boards can operate on any motherboard and do not rely on PCIe bifurcation.

The upstream connection (from carrier board to motherboard) is done via exchangeable male x16 PCIe Gen 4 adapters (x8 version optional). This allows the carrier board to be inserted into different sizes of PCIe connectors without encountering well-known limitations.

The board also has real-time performance and temperature monitoring capability.

Overview:

Half-height (2U) / half-length PCIe Gen 4 carrier board for up to 8 M.2 Gen 4 modules.
‘Plug & Play’ installation, no drivers needed.
Compatible with any motherboard; doesn’t require motherboard bifurcation.
x16 or x8 PCIe Gen 4 (16.0Gb:s) upstream connection to the motherboard.
x4 PCI Express Gen 4 (16.0Gb/s) connection to each of M.2 circuits.
Supports any type of 2280 M.2 modules (M-key)
Standard two-slot-wide PCI Express board
(US patents 9,996,494 and 10,664,431).
Open concept: effective heat dissipation and easy SSD module installation.
Real-time performance and temperature monitoring via USB connection.
Compliant with PCIe 4.0 and M.2 .0.
Dimension: 168x69x35 mm.
RoHS-compliant

Squid PCIe SSD carrier board family includes following:

SKU 086 31	1U PCIe Gen 3 Carrier Board for 1xM.2 SSD module.
SKU 086 32	2U PCIe Gen 3 Carrier Board for 2xM.2 SSD modules.
SKU 086 32e	2U PCIe Gen 3 Carrier Board for 2xM.2 or NGSFF(NF1) SSD modules.
SKU 086 34	2U PCIe Gen 3 Carrier Board for 4xM.2 SSD modules.
SKU 086 36	PCIe Gen 3 Carrier Board for 6xM.2 or NGSFF (NF1) SSD modules.
SKU 086 44	2U PCIe Gen 4 Carrier Board for 4xM.2 SSD modules.
SKU 086 48	2U PCIe Gen 4 Carrier Board for 8xM.2 SSD modules.