Kioxia Exceria PLUS G3 PCIe 4.0 DRAMless M.2 NVMe review

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The PCIe Gen4  SSD is a solid-state drive designed in the M.2 2280 form factor, measuring 22mm wide and 80mm long, the height is insane at 71.65mm. It employs the PCI-Express 4.0 x4 interface, providing half the theoretical bandwidth compared to the new PCIe 5.0 x4 counterparts.

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The SSD's PCB hosts the Phison PS5021-E21 controller, Phison's mainstream 4-channel product HBM PCI-Express 4.0 controller. It supports four flash channels, NVMe 2.0, and is based on an Arm Cortex design, fabricated using a chip from TSMC Taiwan.

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The back features a product label sticker displaying the model number, and the PCIe Gen5 x4 M.2 2280 specification. 

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Internally, the front side hosts a main controller chip, a power management IC, and NAND flash chips. Removing the product label (as we did) may impact the warranty. 

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