- Teamgroup’s 64TB SSD aims for business domain with specifications for AI and the speed of GEN5
- PCIE GEN5 promises speed, but the real world reference points will tell the true performance history
- Mass storage meets the modern demands of AI, but the price remains the elephant in the room
In a market where storage capacities and speeds constantly evolve to meet the needs of AI and cloud infrastructure, another player has taken a step forward with a bold offer.
Teamgroup has announced its entrance to the 64TB SSD space with the T-Create Master AI I5U U.2 PCIE 5.0 SSD, a solid state unit of high capacity constructed with business workloads in mind.
This launch occurs approximately one year after Western Digital caused a similar PCIE Model for AI applications, and five years after Nimbus data introduced the first 64TB SSD, the Exadrive NL series.
Business design with next -generation performance specifications
Unlike the consumer SSDs that compete for a place among the best portable units, Teamgroup’s last entry is directed directly to business environments.
With the support for the U.2 PCIE 5.0 interface and the storage capacity that maximums in 64TB, the I5U is placed as a tool for cloud -based databases and edge computer science.
According to Teamgroup, it is “specifically designed for cloud infrastructure applications and databases” and optimized for the demands of “large language models” and intensive workloads promoted by AI.
PCIE GEN5 has become the point of reference for future proof performance in consumer and companies sectors, but statements such as “speeds of ultra-trap PCIE with business degree resistance” must be treated with caution.
Until third -party reference points arise, it is difficult to evaluate the reliability and performance of the real world of the unit.
The past efforts to identify the best SSDs based exclusively on theoretical performance have often ignored key factors such as thermal performance, latency under load and the consistency of sustained writing, all of which is critical in large -scale implementations.
Teamgroup entrance also arrives in the middle of a broader high capacity SSD trend that reaches the market. From 61.44TB D5-P5336 of solidigm to the SSD of ions 6.144TB 6550 of Micron, competition in the ultra-high capacity segment is being heated.
An element that remains without being clear for the I5U of Teamgroup is the price. Business degree units on this scale are rarely cheap, but Teamgroup is known for value -oriented options.
This raises speculation that its 64TB SSD could approach the affordability that the previous alternatives.
While it is unlikely to replace the best external HDDs in terms of gross cost with Gigabyte, he points out that the Ultra -Alta SSDs approach a broader adoption.
