Teamgroup teases T-Force Cardea PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD with read speeds over 13,000MB/s

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Now that PCIe 4.0 SSDs are fully compatible with today’s CPUs and motherboard platforms, and even consoles for that matter, the next obvious step is to push onward to the PCIe 5.0 standard. You know, the one that’s not supported on any consumer products yet. Teamgroup entered the spotlight to preview what it will bring to the table in the near future, and the specs are astounding compared to what was considered “fast storage” just a few years ago. The PCIe 5.0 NVME SSD from Teamgroup, known as the T-Force Cardea, will reach blistering sequential read speeds over 13,000MB/s with sequential write speeds up to 12,000MB/s. It will also come with a stout aluminum heatsink for improved cooling.

The company teased the product in a blog post that contained basic details about what we can expect from the upcoming flagship SSD. The news is certainly welcome, but it also raises more questions than it answers in respect to timing. Seeing as Intel’s flagship Z690, mainstream B660, and H-600 Series platforms only support PCIe 4.0, with the same going for AMD’s older, yet still premium X570 platform, it’s a bit ambiguous as to when we could actually use the mighty Teamgroup T-Force Cardea PCIe 5.0 SSD.

We can take some pretty good educated guesses, though. Seeing as how Intel Alder Lake CPUs support PCIe 5.0 in the CPU, support could be extended to the chipset in the 13th gen Z790 motherboards that are expected to launch in as little as seven months. That’s around the same time AMD’s Zen 4 CPUs should arrive with the new AM5 motherboard platform. See where we’re going with this?

If you’re thinking, “but I don’t even have a PCIe 4.0 drive yet,” well, you’re not alone. The high product costs and lack of support from Intel until the