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Inland TN436 1 TB

1 TB
Capacity
Phison E19T
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2230
Form Factor
Package
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PCB Back
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Flash
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SSD Controller
Controller
The Inland TN436 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2230 form factor, launched in 2022. It is only available in the 1 TB capacity listed on this page. With the rest of the system, the Inland TN436 interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5019-E19-35 from Phison, a DRAM cache is not available. Inland has installed 112-layer TLC NAND flash on the TN436, the flash chips are made by Toshiba. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. The cache is sized at 65 GB. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 100 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The TN436 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,400 MB/s and 2,400 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 320K for reads and 500K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 140 USD. The warranty length is set to 6 years, which is a very long warranty, better than most other drives on the market. Inland guarantees an endurance rating of 600 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 1 TB (1024 GB)
Overprovisioning: 70.3 GB / 7.4 %
Production: Active
Released: 2022
Price at Launch: 140 USD
Part Number: 409375
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2230 (Single-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.4
Power Draw: 0.88 W (Idle)
2.6 W (Avg)
4.0 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5019-E19-35
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: Dual-Core
Frequency: 667 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 28 nm
Flash Channels: 4 @ 1,200 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: HMB (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Toshiba
Name: BiCS5
Part Number: TCBIG85AYV
Type: TLC
Technology: 112-layer
Speed: 1200 MT/s
Capacity: 1 chip @ 8 Tbit
Toggle: 4.0
Topology: Charge Trap
Dies per Chip: 16 dies @ 512 Gbit
Planes per Die: 2
Word Lines: 128 per NAND String
87.5% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 56 µs
Program Time (tProg): 484 µs
Die Read Speed: 571 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 66 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)
3000 P/E Cycles
(100000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 1344 Pages
Plane Size: 448 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: None
Host-Memory-Buffer (HMB): 64 MB

Performance

Sequential Read: 3,400 MB/s
Sequential Write: 2,400 MB/s
Random Read: 320,000 IOPS
Random Write: 500,000 IOPS
Endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 6 Years
MTBF: 1.5 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.3
SLC Write Cache: approx. 65 GB
(dynamic only)
Cache Folding Speed: 100 MB/s

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: No
Encryption:
  • No
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: Yes

Reviews

Notes

Controller:

1 main core using Cortex-R5 with CoXProcessor technology (one additional core) Cortex-R5 clocked at a lower clock for better efficience.

NAND Die:

Although this Die is a 4-plane design, most Kioxia BiCS5 NAND Dies used in most SSDs are dual planes design because of Yield and production cost.
And because of the die being dual-plane the Throughput is cut in half to 66 MB/s per die.
There is no CuA (Circuitry under Array) in the Dual-Plane variant.
Typical Endurance: 1700 P.E.C.
Rated Endurance: 3.000 to 5.000 (up to) P.E.C.

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