The Nextorage NE5N Series (w/ Heatsink) is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on May 8th, 2023. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 1 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Nextorage NE5N Series (w/ Heatsink) interfaces using a PCI-Express 5.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5026-E26 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Nextorage has installed 232-layer TLC NAND flash on the NE5N Series (w/ Heatsink), the flash chips are made by Micron. 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 110 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 1700 MB/s. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 800 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 5.0 interface, performance is excellent. The NE5N Series (w/ Heatsink) is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 9,500 MB/s and 8,500 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 1300K for reads and 1400K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 250 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Nextorage guarantees an endurance rating of 700 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.