Zhitai
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| Product type | Solid-state drives, portable SSDs and memory cards |
|---|---|
| Owner | Yangtze Memory Technologies |
| Country | China |
| Introduced | 2020 |
| Website | Official website |
Zhitai (Chinese: 致态; pinyin: Zhìtài; stylized as ZHITAI) is a consumer storage brand of Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC), a Chinese manufacturer of NAND flash memory. Introduced in 2020, the brand is used for solid-state drives, portable SSDs and memory cards.[1][2]
History
[edit]YMTC introduced the ZHITAI product line in September 2020 with two consumer SSDs, the PCIe-based PC005 Active and the SATA-based SC001 Active. The original Chinese-language announcement referred to the product line as 致钛; subsequent YMTC product pages use 致态 as the brand's Chinese name.[3]
By December 2022, YMTC had begun shipping the ZHITAI TiPlus7100, which used the company's 232-layer 3D NAND based on its Xtacking 3.0 architecture.[4]
In 2023, ZHITAI released the 1 TB Ti600 SSD. An analysis by TechInsights identified a 232-layer quad-level cell NAND die in the drive, with a bit density of 19.8 Gb/mm². TechInsights described it as the highest bit density it had measured in a commercially available NAND product at the time.[5]
In December 2024, Tom's Hardware reported on the ZHITAI TiPro9000, a PCI Express 5.0 SSD using YMTC's fifth-generation 3D TLC NAND with the Xtacking 4.0 architecture and a Silicon Motion SM2508 controller.[6]
ZHITAI made its first appearance at Computex in 2025, where it exhibited internal SSDs, portable SSDs and memory cards.[7] At Computex 2026, the company announced the TiPro9000, TiPlus9100 and TiPlus7100s as part of an expansion of the brand's activities in the Asia-Pacific consumer market.[8]
Awards and recognition
[edit]In 2025, the ZHITAI TiPro9000 received a Red Dot award in the Product Design category.[9]
In 2026, the ZHITAI Spirit Neo portable SSD received a MUSE Design Award in a product-design category.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "ZHITAI, YMTC's Retail Storage Brand, Set for COMPUTEX Taipei 2025 Debut". PR Newswire. Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "Products". YMTC. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ 长江存储推出全新致钛系列消费级固态硬盘 [Yangtze Memory Technologies launches new ZHITAI consumer solid-state drives]. YMTC (in Chinese). 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ Shilov, Anton (10 December 2022). "Ultra-Fast SSDs Coming: 2400 MT/s NAND in Mass Production". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "China Does It Again: A NAND Memory Market First". TechInsights. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ Shilov, Anton (25 December 2024). "Chinese PCIe 5.0 SSD tested with speeds up to 14.5 GB/s — Zhitai TiPro9000 sports 5th Gen YMTC 3D NAND and SMI SM2508 controller". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "ZHITAI, YMTC's Retail Storage Brand, Set for COMPUTEX Taipei 2025 Debut". PR Newswire. Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "YMTC Consumer Brand ZHITAI Unveils Three SSDs at COMPUTEX, Powered by Xtacking 3D NAND". TrendForce. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "ZHITAI TiPro9000 SSD". Red Dot Design Award. 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
- ↑ "ZHITAI SPIRIT NEO Portable SSD". MUSE Design Awards. 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.