Next week at CES Plextor will launch a M8Pe nVME SSD. The M8Pe is actually based on a m2 form factor over the Non-Volatile Memory Express-protocol. Basically this product would be a PCI Express add-in card with a M2 module on it.

The M8Pe will be the replacement product for the M6e. The M7e SSD series that was announced last year, have been cancelled, likely due to the releases from Samsung. With the M8Pe Plextor wants to be able to make a difference again.

The SSD will be based on a pci-express 3.0 x4 connector, it'll be capable of random 4KB reads at 270 IOPS with 150K IOPS on writes. Further performance figures have not been announced, likely pending the CES announcements.

The M8Pe will get PlexTurbo RAM-caching as addition for supplementary performance.  Plextor will also be showing the M7V series of SSDs, which is a value SSD based on TLC NAND flash from Toshiba.

Plextor Launches M8Pe NVMe PCI-e 4x SSD