The Addlink A93 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on August 31st, 2023. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 4 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Addlink A93 interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the MAP1602A Falcon Lite from MaxioTech, a DRAM cache is not available. Addlink has installed 232-layer TLC NAND flash on the A93, the flash chips are made by YMTC. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are absorbed more quickly. The cache is sized at 680 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 2600 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The A93 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,400 MB/s and 6,500 MB/s write; random IO reaches 1000K IOPS for read and 1000K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 205 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Addlink guarantees an endurance rating of 3000 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.