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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Aaron Klotz

HighPoint's new SSD adaptor hits 56 GB/s, stores 2 petabytes of data — the world's first PCIe Gen 5 x16 add-in card debuts at $1,999

HighPoint Rocket 7628A Adapter and Rocket 7608A AIC.

Add-in card manufacturer HighPoint has unveiled the world's first PCIe Gen 5 x16 NVMe add-in card, which can house up to eight PCIe Gen 5 SSDs at full speed. The card, priced at $1,999.00, can operate at up to 56 GB/s and is compatible with up to 2PB of NVMe drives.

The new add-in card, the Rocket 7608A PCIe Gen 5 x16, features eight Gen 5 2280 compatible M.2 slots capable of operating a four-lane Gen 5 NVMe SSD at full speed. The card utilizes Broadcom's PEX89048 switch to provide 48 lanes of internal Gen 5 bandwidth, with 16 lanes dedicated to the host machine (the physical x16 slot) and the rest to the eight M.2 slots. The 7608A's dimensions resemble a single-slot graphics card, featuring a single-slot full-height form factor with a massive amount of width to accommodate all eight SSDs.

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