It would be fair to say that PCIe Gen 5.0 SSDs have had a difficult start in life. While Gen 4 drives have become something of a standard in many high-end systems, Gen 5 drives have failed to take off in similar fashion, primarily because for most users the previous generation SSDs bring great real world performance for a much more reasonable price. Beyond the high pricing and limited usefulness for this sort of speed as things currently stand, there's still another rather large elephant in the room: Heat.
However, Phison has announced several new products it'll show off at its CES 2024 booth (via Tom's Hardware), and one controller in particular seems designed to address those pesky thermals.
