Microsoft Z1000 SSD appears online, equipped with mysterious CNEXLabs controller

According to news from this site on March 11, source Yuuki Yasuo-YuuKi_AnS recently shared a series of pictures of a Microsoft Z1000 solid-state drive sample on the X platform.

From the label information, we learned that this Z1000 is an Engineering Sample with a capacity of 960GB. It was produced on May 18, 2020. It is powered by DC 3.3V and has a nominal power consumption of 15W. According to sources, it supports the NVMe 1.2 protocol.

▲Microsoft Z1000 SSD front photo (with label)

##▲Microsoft Z1000 SSD front photo ( No label)

▲Microsoft Z1000 SSD rear view

##▲Microsoft Z1000 SSD rear view - main control Close-up

Referring to Yuuki Yasuo-YuuKi_AnS, the specifications of the solid-state drive are as follows:

Master control: from CNEXLabs, code-named CNX-2670AA-CB2T, the silk screen contains suspected time-related "1906" ".

Flash memory: 4 Toshiba (now Kioxia) 256GB eTLC particles, material number TH58LJT1V24BA8H, fourth-generation BiCS FLASH based on 96-layer stacking;

External cache: 1 Micron 1GB DDR4 DRAM particles, material number MT40A1G8SA-075:E (corresponding to FBGA code: D9VPP).

This site noticed that

there is an empty pad of the same size on the opposite side of the PCB of the Z1000 external DRAM cache

. Combined with many other empty solder positions, it is speculated that the Z1000 belongs to the solid-state drive series Models with larger capacities are also included.

The main control of this solid state drive comes from CNEXLabs. This privately held company was founded in 2013 and specializes in enterprise-class solid-state drive control business

. Considering the M.2 22110 specification of the Z1000, this SSD is likely to be an enterprise-grade product. The cooperation between large technology companies and independent small master companies to develop enterprise-level solid-state drives is not an isolated case: Korean master company FADU has previously claimed to have received orders from Meta.

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