INTRODUCTION

   With PCIe 5.0 (Gen5) solid state drives before the gates this is indeed a very exciting time in regards to storage media and more specifically internal M.2 drives. This is not only due to the upcoming PCIe 5.0 (Gen5) models which should easily surpass speeds of 10000MB/s in both reads and writes but also due to the fact that the market has solutions for virtually all consumers and professionals ranging from PCIe 3.0 (Gen3) models with speeds of up to around 3500MB/s and the very first generation of PCIe 4.0 (Gen4 NVMe v1.3) drives which could easily hit 5000MB/s up to of course all the latest PCIe 4.0 (Gen4 NVMe v1.4) models which can even surpass 7000MB/s. So regardless of which market segment you're in there's certainly a solution tailored to your needs and many times faster not just compared to traditional mechanical drives but also SATA III solid state drives. Neo Forza may not be a name that comes to mind when we're talking about SSDs but with their brand new NFP425 line of PCIe 4.0 (Gen4 NVMe v1.4) models that's about to change.

   We are a professional team, studying in computer memory and storage devices industry for more than 10 years. In order to meet the rising demand on speed and capacity of the high-end gaming market players, we created Neo Forza, a new generation of ultra-standard overclocking module, SSD and other related storage device designing brand. Neo represents from virtual to reality, showing our core value for product innovation. Forza shows our strength and determination to meet gamers every need. Neo Forza possess strong resources, focus on core technology. From research & design, specific production to exceed the testing benchmark; Neo Forza keep pushing over technical boundary, providing top-notch performance and quality, providing gamers / game players extraordinary using experience.

   The NFP425 line of M.2 PCIe 4.0 (Gen4) M.2 NVMe SSDs will soon be available in 1TB/2TB capacities (initially at least) and it's also based on the latest and highly popular 8-channel tri-core (32-bit ARM Cortex R5 CPUs) PS5018-E18 NVMe v1.4 compatible NAND flash controller by PHISON. Neo Forza chose to pair the E18 NAND flash controller with Micron’s brand new 512Gb 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash (B47R) together with 2666MHz DDR4 SDRAM by SK Hynix (2GB for the 2TB model and 1GB for the 1TB model). This hardware configuration propels the performance of the NFP425 1TB model up to 7000MB/s in reads and 5500MB/s in writes and the 2TB model up to 7000MB/s in reads and 6850MB/s in writes. Once again, the PS5018-E18 NAND flash controller sits at the top in terms of performance currently and sports numerous features like PHISON's 4th Gen LDPC engine (low-density parity check) along with end-to-end data path protection, advanced wear leveling, thermal throttling (70 degrees Celsius limit), TRIM, SMART, bad block management, dynamic range SLC cache and SmartECC (RAID ECC). As for endurance Neo Forza reports an MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) of 1.6 million hours for both models and a TBW (Terabytes Written) of 700 for the 1TB model and 1400 for the 2TB model.