These are designed to strike a balance between performance and value.
Leading the premium tier is a new flagship drive poised to push the PCIe 5.0 interface to its limits.
But here’s the real kicker it achieves those speeds while consuming just 7 watts of power.
Sources suggest this new drive could be powered by Silicon Motion’s highly efficient SM2508 controller.
The as-yet-unnamed drive will share SanDisk’s performance-oriented TLC NAND platform with the existing WD Black gaming SSD family.
Capacities will range from 512GB to a spacious 4TB when it launches in Q2 2025.
The company aims to have QLC technology power 75 percent of its storage lineup by 2028 to maximize capacity.
