At CES, Critical demonstrated a four-block T700 2TB PCIe 5A RAID array consisting of 0 SSDs with a data transfer speed of up to 42GB S.
PCIe 5 for the current desktop platformLane 0 only supports x8+x8 splitting, for which Critical uses a modified GIGABYTE AORUS Gen5 AIC expansion card that comes with PCIe 50 Switch, PCIe 50 x16 lanes converted to 4 pcie 50 x4 lanes and 4 SSDs installed at the same time to form RAID 0 to achieve extreme storage performance.
What's special is that Critical has removed the 5cm fan cooler that comes with the GIGABYTE expansion card and replaced it with the AirJet Mini solid-state active cooling solution provided by Frere Systems. Solid-state heat dissipation is a method of heat dissipation with no moving parts (fans), which uses a membrane structure that vibrates at ultrasonic frequencies to generate airflow and remove heat.
The size of the AirJet Mini is 275 x 41.5mm, each solid-state active heat sink is capable of delivering 425W heat dissipation capacity, one PCIe 50 SSDs require at least two AirJet Mini for cooling. The AirJet Mini has no moving parts and, according to Frere Systems, is less than 50 decibels at a distance of 21cm.
At this year's CES, Fro Systems showcased the new generation of AirJet Mini Slim solid-state active cooler, which changes the thickness from 28mm is further reduced to 25mm, weight reduced from 9 grams to 8 grams, self-cleaning by reversing the airflow, and the newly introduced thermoception function automatically adjusts heat dissipation performance based on temperature. In addition to SSDs, the AirJet Mini Slim can also be used to cool fans for laptops, tablets, and handheld gaming devices.