The PNY CS3150 XLR8 (w/ heatsink) is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on November 14th, 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 PNY CS3150 XLR8 (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. PNY has installed 232-layer TLC NAND flash on the CS3150 XLR8 (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 handled more quickly. The cache is sized at 112 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 1822 MB/s. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 900 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 5.0 interface, performance is excellent. The CS3150 XLR8 (w/ heatsink) is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 11,500 MB/s and 8,500 MB/s write.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. PNY guarantees an endurance rating of 700 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.