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Patriot Memory at 2024 CES: 14GB/s Gen 5 SSDs, USB4 Prototypes, DDR5 Memory with CKD

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Patriot Memory brought their latest ware to the 2024 International CES that use recent advancements in tech on both the SSD and memory fronts. On the SSD front, this year sees 14 GB/s capable PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSDs thanks to Phison's E26 Max14um controller; and a new crop of USB4 portable SSDs; while the memory front sees DDR5 speeds go far north of DDR5-6000, thanks to on-module CKDs. Patriot showed us examples of each.

First up, there's the Patriot Viper PV573 Gen 5 NVMe SSD. This thing comes in capacities of up to 4 TB, and combines a Phison E26 Max14um controller with Micron's latest B58R TLC NAND flash chips that offer 2400 MT/s per flash channel. The controller also gets some incremental thermal optimizations, which means the cooling solution for the PV573 is a 16.5 mm-tall fan-heatsink. The drive offers up to 14 GB/s sequential reads, with up to 12 GB/s sequential writes. There's also a slightly de-rated version of this drive, the Viper PV553, which has the same combination of controller and NAND flash, but with transfer speeds of up to 12.4 GB/s reads, with up to 11.8 GB/s writes.



The Viper VP4000 Mini is targeted squarely at handheld game consoles, and is an M.2-2230 drive with PCI-Express 4.0 x4 interface, offering sequential read speeds of up to 5 GB/s. The drive comes in capacities of up to 2 TB. The retail package includes a guitar pick, to help you open your console. The Viper VP4300 Lite is a new mainstream M.2-2280 drive targeted at PCs and the PS5 (heatsink not included). The drive comes in up to 4 TB capacities, and uses a MaxioTech MAP1602A Falcon Lite controller (the same one which powers the Lexar NM790). It uses a PCIe Gen 4 x4 interface, and offers sequential speeds of up to 7400 MB/s on the PC, and up to 6100 MB/s in a PS5.


Next up, is an unnamed USB4 portable SSD prototype (not an actual product but a proof of concept). Unlike Crucial's prototype which uses a PCB with a bridge chip wired to an M.2 slot an internal drive; Patriot's sample uses a single PCB, with all its components hardwired. An ASMedia ASM2464 controller is connected to a 40 Gbps USB4 type-C on one end, and directly puts out PCIe Gen 3 x4 to a Realtek RTS5772DL controller, wired to KIOXIA BiCS5 3D QLC NAND flash, with options of up to 4 TB. Patriot claims sequential reads of up to 3720 MB/s, with up to 3780 MB/s sequential writes. There's also a type-C portable SSD that's slightly larger than the average USB flash drive. This uses conventional USB 3.2 Gen 2 x2, comes in capacities of up to 2 TB, offering sequential reads of up to 2100 MB/s, with upto 1800 MB/s sequential writes.


Patriot Memory also showed off a collection of Viper Xtreme 5 RGB, Viper Xtreme 5 non-RGB, Viper Elite 5 RGB, and Viper Elite 5 TUF Gaming Alliance RGB DDR5 memory modules. The first three aren't new, but the TUF Gaming Alliance RGB module comes in kit capacities ranging all the way from 16 GB to 96 GB; with speeds ranging between DDR5-5600 to DDR5-7000, with support for Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO (up to DDR5-6000); and RGB LED illumination as shown in this TUF Gaming-themed build.


Lastly, Patriot Memory showed us its prototype DDR5 memory module that uses a CKD on the DIMM. A CKD, or clock driver, is a component that enables JEDEC-compliant speeds of DDR5-6400, without needing the kind of high DIMM and platform voltages that XMP and EXPO enable. Imagine a DIMM that you install and "just works" at DDR5-6400—that's what a CKD does. Patriot's CKD-based DIMMs come in module densities ranging between 16 GB single module, to 32 GB kit, 24 GB single module, 32 GB module/kit, 48 GB module/kit, 64 GB kit, and 96 GB kit.

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I like this brand. quality dimms
 
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Normally clock driver dimms are registered server memory. Is this memory with a clock driver classified as unbuffered and usable on all desktop CPUs?
 
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Normally clock driver dimms are registered server memory. Is this memory with a clock driver classified as unbuffered and usable on all desktop CPUs?

That's a damn good question. I'd love some 6400MTs DIMMS that "just work" for AM5, if that's what they're offering.
 

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A nice closeup of that USB4 SSD.

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Imagine a DIMM that you install and "just works" at DDR5-6400—that's what a CKD does.
Very cool. It should eliminate the issues with AMD processors where the IMC might not be the best in your particular chip because you lost the silicon lottery.
 
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