Longsys, the Shenzhen-based storage giant, has gone to great lengths to offer a wide range of storage solutions for a world that is increasingly reliant on AI.
The company behind Lexar and FORESEE is launching several interesting solutions, including a custom chip that enables on-the-fly compression on existing SSDs, proprietary caching technology, and fast DRAM-free SSDs in the smaller M2 2230 form factor.
Longsys’ new mSSD builds on the success of its predecessor, offering PCIe 5.0 speeds and twice the maximum capacity, while maintaining the same form factor that made its predecessor a breakthrough when it launched last year.
A powerful and high-capacity option despite its size
The Longsys mSSD is, like the previous model, a DRAM-less SSD, even though the newer Maxio 1802 controller enables read/write speeds of 11 GB/s and 10 GB/s, respectively.
The SSD, which was also on display at Computex 2026, where Longsys demonstrated how its proprietary VC phase change liquid cooling, combined with a multi-layer stacked thermal architecture, allowed it to deliver sustained performance compared to most of its non-DRAM competitors in the same form factor.
With 8TB of storage, it is aimed at most AI companies and power users looking to store or cache LLMs locally without having to deal with the performance limitations of larger, cheaper SSDs.
The form factor and relatively large capacity on offer are due to the design of the SSD; Longsys says the mSSD is manufactured using advanced wafer-level SiP system-in-package technology with a single-shell NAND flash, controller and PMIC that allows it to retain a compact 2230 form factor without sacrificing performance or reliability.
Longsys’ plans for the SSD are also clear, focusing on sustained performance gains when running “intense AI workloads driven by KV cache.” Given that 8TB SSDs with similar performance can cost over $2,000 on Amazon right now, it might be safe to assume that the mSSD, at least at the highest capacity level, easily outperforms most modern consumers, even if it’s not marketed as an enterprise SSD.
At a time when NAND shortages continue to disrupt the market, one can easily assume a four-figure starting price for what is essentially a next-generation storage option, at least in its form factor, and is a sign of things to come, even as Longsys has yet to announce a price or release date for its offering as of this writing.
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