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Silicon Motion SM2524XT SSD controller targets AI PCs with 14 GB/s speeds

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Silicon Motion has unveiled its new SM2524XT SSD controller, designed to bring 14 GB/s read speeds to mainstream devices. This 6nm chip is optimized for AI PCs, significantly reducing latency for KV cache and AI inference tasks. It features four NAND channels supporting up to 4,800 MT/s and a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface, aiming to enhance performance for local AI workloads. AI

IMPACT Enhances local AI inference performance by reducing storage latency, potentially accelerating AI PC adoption.

RANK_REASON New product announcement from a component manufacturer targeting a specific emerging market (AI PCs).

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Silicon Motion SM2524XT SSD controller targets AI PCs with 14 GB/s speeds

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Anton Shilov ·

    New Silicon Motion SM2524XT chip brings 14 GB/s to mainstream SSDs — 6nm DRAMless controller boasts heavy AI PC optimization and slashes KV cache latency

    Silicon Motion announces its SM2524XT mainstream SSD controller that promises 14 GB/s read speed, up to 2.5 million random IOPS, and sustained random performance.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    New Silicon Motion SM2524XT chip brings 14 GB/s to mainstream SSDs — 6nm DRAMless controller boasts heavy AI PC optimization and slashes KV cache latency Silico

    New Silicon Motion SM2524XT chip brings 14 GB/s to mainstream SSDs — 6nm DRAMless controller boasts heavy AI PC optimization and slashes KV cache latency Silicon Motion announces its SM2524XT mainstream SSD controller that promises 14 GB/s read speed, up to 2.5 million random IOP…

    LINKS tomshardware.com/…/new-silicon-motion-sm2… tomshardware.com/pc-components

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