INTRODUCTION

    One of the things I've always liked about the electronics industry has been competition and unlike other industries here even the smallest player can compete with the largest, at least when it comes to product quality and performance. Take storage media for example, sure manufacturers like Samsung, Crucial and WD may lead the market, but many smaller ones have also released numerous products that can straight up compete with those by them. And then we have OEM/ODM manufacturers like Oreton who are ready to take their first steps in the retail market and today I'm testing their N7000 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 SSD.

    Oreton Technology Co., Ltd. specializes in the research, development, production and sales of solid state drives (SSD) as well as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). Operating under our brand Oreton, we accept OEM and ODM orders, providing one-stop storage solutions and customized services for renowned semiconductor clients across the globe. Boasting a 4,000㎡ manufacturing facility, advanced production equipment, rigorous testing process, perfect supply chains, and sophisticated R&D team, we are capable of delivering high-quality and efficient solutions. Our mature production management system allows us to stay updated with cutting-edge technologies, standards, and industry trends to offer our clients with reliable products.

    The N7000 Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD line will be soon available in 512GB/1TB/2TB/4TB capacities with or without a large heatsink and is based on the DRAM-less MAP1602-F3C 12nm quad-channel (R5) NVMe 2.0 NAND flash controller by MaXio (although once again it's used as v1.4) which Oreton has paired with YMTC’s X3-9060 128-Layer 3D TLC NAND flash. The MAP1602 12nm quad-channel NAND controller by MaXio also packs quite a few features including advanced wear leveling algorithms, Host Memory Buffer (HMB) architecture (uses a fraction of your PC's system memory to cache mapping tables), pseudo SLC cache, bad block management strategy, hardware error-correction, L1.2 ultra-low power state and sudden power-loss protection, TRIM, NCQ, hardware support for AES256/SM4 encryption and support for TCG OPAL2.0. As for warranty Oreton will cover the entire N7000 Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD line with a 3-year limited one (will update this review when I verify endurance numbers).