Silicon Motion s new highly programmable platform sports 128TB capacity TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's why you can trust us. Silicon Motion s new highly programmable platform sports 128TB capacity By Collin Probst published 2 August 2022 Silicon Motion PCle sports up to 128TB capacity, 14GB/s, 3M IOPS (Image credit: Shutterstock / Daniel Krason) Audio player loading… Silicon Motion has announced its new MonTitan SSD, a PCIe Gen5 SSD with up to 14GB/s of sequential read speed and 3M IOPS of random read performance. The SSD is available in capacities up to 128TB, making it one of the highest-capacity options on the market, and uses a NVMe 1.4 interface in a U.2 form factor, alongside a Silicon Motion SM2262EN controller and 3D TLC NAND. Aimed at enterprise and data center applications, Silicon Motion's MonTitan SM8366 is based on Arm core complexes and hosts 16 independent flash channels and the ability to connect up to 128TB of flash memory. The acceptable memory formats are 3D TLC, 3D QLC or XL-flash memory. Additionally, this MonTitan can support DDR4-3200 and DDR5-4800 DRAM buffers with a dual-channel interface. SSD boost SSD controllers are one of the most important drive components, being responsible for handling the interface between the drive and the host device, as well as managing the data storage and retrieval process, ensuring that data is stored correctly and retrieved quickly. The SM8366 SSD controller is a PCIe x4 Gen5 NVMe SSD unit designed for high-performance applications. It supports up to 8 NAND channels and provides speeds of up to 32 Gbps, and also features a host memory buffer that reduces latency and improves performance. The SM8366 is compatible with a variety of NAND types, including TLC, MLC, and SLC, and also supports LDPC error correction, which helps to improve data reliability. Read More> Intel is shutting down its Optane memory business (opens in new tab) > We've collected the best HDDs for your PC (opens in new tab) > Intel is working on a new type of processor (opens in new tab) High performance dual ported industry leading Until this, the largest SSD you could buy was Nimbus' 100TB beast, with the Silicon Motion MonTitan upping that size by 28TB. While the price for the largest Nimbus SSD is around $40,000, Silicon Motion hasn't revealed any information on its pricing just yet - although we'd assume it should be higher.We've looked at the best M.2 SSD (opens in new tab) choices around Collin ProbstB2B Hardware Editor, TechRadar ProCollin is the B2B Hardware Editor for TechRadar Pro. He has been in journalism for years with experience in both small and large markets including Gearadical, DailyBeast, FutureNet and more. See more Storage news Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to theTechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1The iPhone 14 Pro is made of the wrong stuff; the Pixel 7 proves that to me2Stop saying Mario doesn't have an accent in The Super Mario Bros. Movie3Google Pixel Tablet is what Apple should've done ages ago4RTX 4090 too expensive? Nvidia resurrects another old favorite5Nvidia RTX 4090 Ti reportedly canned due to sky-high power consumption1Best laptops for designers and coders 2The iPhone 14 Pro is made of the wrong stuff; the Pixel 7 proves that to me3Stop saying Mario doesn't have an accent in The Super Mario Bros. Movie4iPhone 15 tipped to come with an upgraded 5G chip5Google Pixel Tablet is what Apple should've done ages ago Technology Magazines (opens in new tab)● (opens in new tab)The best tech tutorials and in-depth reviewsFrom$12.99 (opens in new tab)View (opens in new tab)