Microsoft and Sony could use special technology to make their console SSDs perform better

The rumors regarding the new consoles from Microsoft and Sony are quite varied. We know that the two new consoles will leave behind mechanical hard drives and finally, will go to SSD. This change is very important and can mean a significant jump in loading times. Now it has been leaked that this new generation of consoles could be based on an improved technology than NVMe.

The performance of NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSDs are slower than PCIe 4.0, reaching 5000MB / s. Although some 6000MB / s units have been introduced, they are far from reaching the market. NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSDs are limited to approximately 3000MB / s.

Advanced SSDs for the upcoming Sony and Microsoft consoles?

There is not much data, but there is talk of Software-Defined Flash or SDF technology. This new technology should offer 10 times more performance than any traditional technology. It would be based on NVMe SSDs, but with transfer speeds not achieved on PC.

SDF is a technology implemented for cloud services, such as Data Centers, communication infrastructures or server farms, among others. A technology that gives full access to the NAND Flash chips of the SSD. Using this technology, very high I / O speeds are achieved, also offering less wear and tear in data correction.

A technology that began to be developed and implemented in 2014, offering three times the performance in I / O. With this good data, there are many technology companies that showed interest in it. Large companies in the industry already use similar technology. This is because developers can customize as needed.

Both Sony and Microsoft have their own SDF-based technologies and Samsung also has its own version. There is talk that Samsung will be the one to supply them with the SSD drives. The South Korean company has Storage Class Memory or SCM for Data Centers. 

Source: TT