Authorised distributor Astute Electronics says that Exascend has expanded its embedded storage portfolio with the introduction of hardware-based power loss protection and pSLC configurations across its latest enterprise and industrial PCIe Gen 5 SSDs.
The architecture addresses immediate industrial demand for components capable of enduring extreme temperature fluctuations while securing predictable manufacturing lead times amid global wafer reallocations.
According to a market survey from TrendForce, NAND flash contract prices are projected to rise 10 to 15% quarter-over-quarter in Q3 2026, forcing a commercial transition toward high-end component sourcing that prioritises long-term drive endurance over raw capacity.
The new catalogue expands the portfolio spanning DRAM, enterprise, and industrial solid-state drives, managed NAND, and removable memory cards.
Within the DRAM segment, standard-temperature DDR4 modules operate at 3200MT/s with capacities up to 32GB at 1.2V. For newer architectures, the Exascend supplies standard and industrial-temperature DDR5 modules reaching data rates of 5600 MT/s across U-DIMM and SO-DIMM form factors, featuring operational tolerance from -40 to 95°C.
Low-power environments are supported by 315-ball BGA LPDDR5 ICs, delivering 6400 MT/s at capacities of 32 and 64Gb.
Solid-state storage tiers are divided by performance generation and workload profile. The PCIe Gen 4 PE4 Streaming series provides capacities up to 30.72TB in the U.2 form factor, maintaining sequential read speeds up to 3,350MB/s.
For high-write enterprise setups, the pSLC-based PE4 Max series guarantees an endurance rating of 25 drive writes per day (DWPD) over a five-year period.
Emerging PCIe Gen 5 architectures, including the upcoming PE5 and PD5 series, scale capacities up to 30.72TB with random read performance rated up to 3.4 million IOPS.
