Technology
JEDEC, or the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council, has just announced the next-generation flash storage that will soon make its way into our devices. The UFS 5.0 storage standard is now finalised and manufacturers will soon be able to start production.
The standard focuses on improving performance and energy efficiency for AI systems, mobile devices and edge computing. Equally important, the UFS 5.0 storage will be backwards compatible with hardware initially designed for UFS 4.x.
The UFS 5.0 almost doubles the sequential performance, offering 10.8 GB/s bandwidth. For context, the UFS 4.0 and 4.1 standards offer up to 5.8 GB/s bandwidth.
In addition to the performance improvements, the new link equalization feature ensures better signal stability, while a dedicated power rail isolates noise between physical and memory layers, improving reliability even further. UFS 5.0 also introduces inline hashing that protects user data.
JEDEC hasn’t given a clear release timeline, so we will have to wait until manufacturers start making the new standard.