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Addonics Announces Adapter Family for High Performance 2.5-inch NVMe U.2 SSDs

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Addonics Technologies today announced a family of adapters for NVMe 2.5" U.2 SSDs, which ensure full READ/WRITE speed by directly connecting the SSD to a 4-lane PCIe 3.0 slot. The family includes NVMe 2.5" U.2 SSD PCIe adapter; SFF-8643 PCIe 4X adapter, and M2 SFF-8643 converter. The NVMe 2.5" U.2 SSD PCIe adapter is a PCIe 4X add-on-card with a 68-pin SFF-8639 female connector on board to directly connect a NVMe 2.5" U.2 SSD to a PCIe 4-lane slot. No cables are needed. It is a simple solution for installing the U.2 SSD into desktop or server equipment.

The SFF-8643 PCIe 4X adapter is designed for connecting the high performance 2.5" NVMe U.2 (SFF-8639) SSD to a PCIe 4-lane slot in a system via a SFF-8643 cable, which allows installation of U.2 SSDs into various types of drive bays. The adapter is a flexible solution for installing NVMe U.2 SSDs into standard height or low profile systems. The M2 SFF-8643 converter is a small adapter that is designed to install into a M2 PCIe SSD socket and turn it into a SFF-8643 connector. This converter enables the NVMe 2.5" U.2 SSD to be attached to the system PCI BUS via a M2 PCIe SSD socket using the SFF-8639 to SFF-8643 cable.



Addonics NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) adapters and converters all use PCI Express lanes to transmit data, providing speeds well in excess of SATA. Most SSDs have peak bandwidth well above what SATA can handle. This gives flash devices a huge performance boost so they can deliver their full potential and no longer be slowed down by a storage stack, which was primarily designed for slow spinning disks.

There are no software drivers to install with Addonics new adapters. List price of NVMe 2.5" U.2 PCIe adapter is $35.99.

For more information, visit the product page.

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Can we perhaps see a review on something like this? :)

Some SSD's have reached the SATA 6Gb/s limit and this will theoretically circumvent the problem without breaking your bank account.

On a side note; Even though 2.5" SSD have pretty much reached this limit, the premium price on them remains. /rolleyes >.> *sigh*

PCIe SSD's are the way to go now for those 2GB/s transfer speeds, yummy. Oh and manufacturers, don't forget to start the price at $1, 000 000.00, seems perfect for em.
 
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someone really needs to implement an universal black pcb standard.
 
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Lovely red PCB. So 1980/90s...

On that one fault alone I wouldn't use that even if they paid me. LOL Red is D.e.a.d.
 
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Lovely red PCB. So 1980/90s...

On that one fault alone I wouldn't use that even if they paid me. LOL Red is D.e.a.d.
Yes, because we buy our tech stuff exclusively based on colours.
 
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Lovely red PCB. So 1980/90s...

On that one fault alone I wouldn't use that even if they paid me. LOL Red is D.e.a.d.

just spray paint it black like me.
 
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just spray paint it black like me.


:laugh: good to know im not the only one crazy enough to gamble on techs survivial after a round with mr krylon(brand of spray paint in my area)
Ocd....its real.......

This does open the performance of nvme to all ....if not the advantage of the form factor.
 
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wait, now there is u.2?
 
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