Silicon Motion is aligning its plans for PCIe 6.0 SSD controllers for client systems with Nvidia's roadmaps rather than those of AMD and Intel, client VP Nelson Duann said in an interview with Tom's Hardware. The company expects its PCIe Gen6 platform for solid-state drives to emerge sometimes in late 2027, though its adoption by high-volume platforms will take some time.
"Our current plan is [to launch client-grade PCIe Gen6 SSD platform] the end of next year," said Duann, senior vice president of client & automotive storage business unit at Silicon Motion, during the interview. "We are not pushing client PCIe Gen6 because of Intel or AMD CPUs. We are pushing it because of Nvidia. Nvidia is moving into the client side as well, and you can sense that from its [Computex] keynote. Nvidia's processors are power-hungry and data-hungry, so our client-side PCIe Gen6 roadmap is driven by Nvidia, not Intel or AMD."
