Silicon Motion Pushes SSD Controllers Toward AI Storage Workloads

TechPowerUp reports that Silicon Motion's Computex portfolio includes a DRAMless PCIe Gen 5 controller for mid-range NVMe drives and a PCIe Gen 6 enterprise controller for next-generation SSDs. The consumer controller supports current TLC and QLC NAND and targets high sequential throughput in Gen 5 drives. The enterprise controller is positioned for AI infrastructure, with support for very large SSD capacities and substantially higher throughput and random access performance. For RamTrend, the important signal is that SSD controller vendors are designing around AI datasets and larger model workloads, which could increase the value of high-density NAND and enterprise SSD platforms even if the article does not provide pricing or shipment timing.