Silicon Power XPower XD80 2TB M.2 SSD Review

The 2TB Silicon Power XD80 we have on our bench is more of a refresh than something new. The drive is composed of hardware that takes us back a year or two. The XD80 employs a Phison E12s 8-channel controller managing a BiCS4 96 Layer flash array. This was and is, to this day, one of the most prolific hardware combinations for consumer NVMe SSDs ever made. It might even be the most prolific of all time as most SSD retailers have several SSDs sporting this exact hardware combination.