Don't be surprised if the next best SSDs don't come with a Phison or Silicon Motion controller. Chinese publication MyDrivers reports that Yingren Technology, aka InnoGrit, has commenced mass production on the YRS820, the company's first consumer PCIe 5.0 SSD controller.
Yingren started producing the YR S900, an enterprise PCIe 5.0 controller, last year, so it was only a matter of time before the manufacturer focused its time and resources on a consumer product. The YRS820 shares many similarities with the YR S900. For one, the YRS820 is likely a domestic controller that Yingren has developed for the Chinese market. Similar to the YR S900, the YRS820 depends on the RSIC-V architecture to avoid infringing U.S. export restrictions.
