Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition Launches with PCIe 5.0 SSD

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition has officially launched in China, marking the debut of the first laptop with a PCIe 5.0 SSD slot. Although already available globally, the Chinese launch highlights the laptop's groundbreaking storage technology. Blazing-Fast Storage PCIe 5.0 SSDs offer roughly double the performance of their PCIe 4.0 predecessors, thanks to a data transfer rate of 32 GT/s per lane, compared to 16 GT/s. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Aura addresses the increased cooling demands of PCIe 5.0 SSDs with a dedicated heatsink, minimizing the risk of thermal throttling. The laptop uses the Sk Hynix PCB01 SSD, capable of sequential read and write speeds of up to 14,000 MB/s and 12,000 MB/s respectively (in the 2TB configuration). Key Specifications Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake) Display: OLED, 120Hz refresh rate Storage: 1TB or 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSD RAM: 32GB LPDDR5x Battery: 57Wh Chassis: Magnesium alloy Pricing and Availability The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aur…