First look at a prototype of the fastest SSD we’re likely to see in 2024 — Phison’s E26 ‘Max14um’ is coming, and we’ll test performance early next year

Phison’s E26 ‘Max14um’ SSD provides our first look at the upcoming PCIe 5.0 drives that will top out at 14 GB/s of throughput. We have the drive in house and will be putting it through its test paces in the coming days, but here’s a look at the work that went on behind the scenes to hit such high levels of performance in an M.2 drive.