Microchip’s PCIe Gen5 SSD Controller And Micron’s 176-Layer Data Center SSDs Microchip introduced its 4016 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD controller for products to meet a PCIe ramp in 2024-2025.  Micron introduced its 7450 multi-form factor NVMe PCIe Gen 4, 176-layer SSD line for data center applications.