The Acer FA100 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on April 30th, 2021. It is available in capacities ranging from 128 GB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 256 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Acer FA100 interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the IG5216 (Shasta+) from InnoGrit, a DRAM cache is not available. Acer has installed 176-layer TLC NAND flash on the FA100, the flash chips are made by Micron. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. The FA100 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 1,950 MB/s and 1,300 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 100K for reads and 273K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 45 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Acer guarantees an endurance rating of 150 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.