INTRODUCTION

    Even though things are not still great when it comes to the release of new PCIe 5.0 Gen5 SSDs (primarily due to supply chain issues which in turn result in increased costs for manufacturers) PCIe 4.0 Gen4 models still represent great value for money, as they should really. Yes, on paper Gen4 models may not be as impressive as their Gen5 brothers but with read/write speeds surpassing 7000MB/s for many of the top models they are clearly more than enough for most users out there. The good news is that thanks to NAND controller manufacturers like PHISON even relatively new manufacturers can dish out top of the line models and that's exactly the case with ANACOMDA and their I4X Fiery Serpent Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD.

    The anaconda in our logo stands for the phenomenal speed and immense capacity of our products, as well as the connection between our products, global trends, and human development. ANACOMDA believes that data storage products should be technology encased in fine works of art. Our products are produced under strict manufacturing standards. In addition to various customer services, our brand also offer designs that are aesthetically pleasing. The original concept of ANACOMDA is to "turn memory into luxury" and offer customers a brand new electronic product experience. This led us to our ultimate brand concept: Luxury For Memory.

    The I4X Fiery Serpent M.2 NVMe SSD is a Gen4 model currently available in 1/2/4/8TB capacities (always according to the specifications page) and is based on the 8-channel, tri-core (32-bit ARM Cortex R5 CPUs) PS5018-E18 NVMe v1.4 compatible NAND flash controller by PHISON which ANACOMDA has paired with 112-layer BiCS5 3D TLC NAND flash by KIOXIA and 2GB of DDR4L-3200 SDRAM by SKHynix for the 2TB model on my test bench today. Once again, the PS5018-E18 NAND flash controller by PHISON features their 4th Gen LDPC engine (low-density parity check) along with end-to-end data path protection, wear levelling, thermal throttling (70 degrees Celsius limit), TRIM, bad block management, dynamic range SLC cache and SmartECC (RAID ECC). As expected, to compete with other brands ANACOMDA covers the entire I4X Fiery Serpent line with a 5-year limited warranty and as for endurance numbers it reports an MTBF (meantime between failures) of 1.6 million hours for all models.