Lexar, best known for its flash memory cards and drives, is making a foray into the gaming market. The company is showcasing a new range of products at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, targeting photographers, videographers, and gamers.

Recognizing the unique storage and data transfer needs of these user communities, Lexar is unveiling a lineup of new products at the event. One of the most notable offerings from Lexar is the professional NM1090 M.2 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD with Heatsink, a solid-state drive featuring PCIe Gen 5 performance with impressive read speeds of 12,000MB/s and write speeds of 11,000MB/s, making it nearly twice as fast as PCIe Gen 4.

Additionally, Lexar is showcasing the NM800 PRO M.2 2280 NVMe SSD and its newest iteration, the NM800 PRO, which includes an integrated heatsink, offering capacities of up to 8TB. The company is also presenting the Play M.2 2230 PCIe 4.0 SSD, designed for handheld gaming consoles and M.2 2230 compatible laptops, delivering maximum read speeds of 5200MB/s and write speeds of 4700MB/s.

In the gaming department, Lexar is introducing its ARES RGB DDR5, a blazing-fast gaming DRAM with a clock speed of 8400MT/s and low timing at CL40.

Furthermore, Lexar is showcasing cutting-edge storage solutions such as the Professional CFexpress 4.0 Type B Card Diamond Series, leveraging PCIe Gen 4 for powerful performance with read speeds of 3600MB/s and write speeds of 3300MB/s. The company is also presenting the Professional CFexpress 4.0 Type A Card Gold Series, the world’s fastest CFexpress Type A card with read speeds of 1800MB/s and write speeds of 1650MB/s.