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KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has collaborated with Linus Media Group, creator of Linus Tech Tips and other influential technology-focused YouTubeTM channels, to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the Most Accurate Value of Pi. A groundbreaking 300 trillion digits were calculated and have been officially verified and confirmed by Guinness World Records1.

KIOXIA America, Inc., the inventor of NAND flash memory, will be at Dell TechnologiesTM World next week to demonstrate how its innovative solid state drives (SSDs) and memory solutions are simplifying AI adoption, accelerating data-driven workloads, and enabling more efficient, scalable IT infrastructure. KIOXIA will highlight its newest SSD offerings built with the company’s 8th generation BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory—such as the 122.88 TB high-capacity LC9 Series and the high-performance, low-power CM9 Series—alongside live technology and application demonstrations featuring PCIe® 5.0, EDSFF, and 24G SAS (SAS-4).

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the development and prototype demonstration of its new KIOXIA CM9 Series PCIe® 5.0 NVMe™ SSDs. These next-generation drives are the first enterprise SSDs built with KIOXIA’s 8th generation BiCS FLASH™ TLC–based 3D flash memory1, which incorporates CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology – an architectural innovation that delivers significant advances in power efficiency, performance and density, while doubling available capacity2 per flash device.

This week at NVIDIA GTC 2025, KIOXIA America, Inc. will highlight the critical role of high-performance storage in AI solutions – including its ability to scale these applications up and out. Visitors to the KIOXIA booth will discover how, as organizations develop their AI strategies, flash memory can maximize performance and efficiency, helping to make the most of AI investments.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the development of its new LC9 Series 122.88 terabyte (TB) capacity NVMe™ SSD in a 2.5-inch form factor – the first SSD built with the company’s BiCS FLASH™ generation 8 3D flash memory technology QLC 2 terabit (Tb) die.

KIOXIA today announced the open source release of its new All-in-Storage ANNS with Product Quantization (AiSAQ) technology. A novel "approximate nearest neighbor" search (ANNS) algorithm optimized for SSDs, KIOXIA AiSAQ™ software delivers scalable performance for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) without placing index data in DRAM - and instead searching directly on SSDs.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that the cryptographic module used in KIOXIA CM7 Series PCIe® 5.0 NVMe™ Enterprise SSDs has been validated to meet Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, Level 2 for cryptographic modules.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that its Universal Flash Storage1 (UFS) Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices designed for automotive applications have received Automotive SPICE® (ASPICE) Level 2 certification. KIOXIA is the first company2 to be awarded this distinction for automotive grade UFS 4.0.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has begun mass production of the industry’s first1 Universal Flash Storage (UFS)2 Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices with 4-bit-per-cell, quadruple-level cell (QLC) technology.

Second bullet point in release dated Oct. 14, 2024 shoud read: Sequential read performance up to 12,500 megabytes per second (a 73% improvement over the previous generation) (instead of 12,500 gigabytes per second).

KIOXIA America, Inc., the inventor of NAND flash memory, is at the Open Compute Project® (OCP®) Global Summit this week to highlight its extensive data center and enterprise solid state drive (SSD) portfolio. At the forefront will be the speed, scalability, and energy efficiency delivered by the company’s next-generation Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E1.S and PCIe® 5.0 SSDs.

KIOXIA America, Inc. will be showcasing and demonstrating benefits of a KIOXIA XD Series SSD equipped with Flexible Data Placement (FDP) functionality running the RocksDB database at the Open Compute Project® (OCP®) Global Summit, taking place from October 15-17 in San Jose, CA. The RocksDB database excels in high-performance searches through vast amounts of data and managing history data, and is widely used in generative AI and cloud applications. FDP is a feature defined in the NVM Express® base specification (TP4161) that allows flexible control of data placement within an SSD. By appropriately managing data placement within the SSD, while minimizing changes to host software and device drivers, FDP optimization can enhance performance and extend the lifespan of the SSD.

This week at VMware Explore, KIOXIA, the inventor of NAND flash memory, will showcase its array of innovative technologies, products, and form factors that enhance the capabilities of VMware® Cloud Foundation and advance their private cloud platform.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that its RAID Offload on SSD technology, has received an FMS ‘Best of Show’ award in the ‘Most Innovative Technology’ SSD technology category. These awards recognize the most significant products and companies worldwide within the memory and storage industries.

KIOXIA America, Inc. will showcase a prototype broadband SSD with an optical interface for next-generation data centers at the FMS: the Future of Memory and Storage conference, being held in Santa Clara, California from August 6 to August 8. By replacing the electrical wiring interface with an optical interface, this SSD technology allows for greater physical distance between the compute and storage devices, slims down wiring and delivers high flexibility to data center system designs and applications – all while maintaining energy efficiency and high signal quality.

KIOXIA, the inventor of NAND flash memory, is the recipient of the FMS: the Future of Memory and Storage Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024. The KIOXIA engineering team, consisting of Hideaki Aochi, Ryota Katsumata, Masaru Kito, Masaru Kido, and Hiroyasu Tanaka, will accept this prestigious award for its pioneering work in developing and commercializing 3D flash memory. This breakthrough technology has become fundamental to a wide range of storage applications – including advanced smartphones, PCs, SSDs, data centers, AI, and industrial.

Next week at HPE® Discover 2024, KIOXIA, the inventor of NAND flash memory, will be on hand to highlight the critical role its broad lineup of next-gen solid state drives (SSDs) is playing in the modernization of today’s data centers, even in space.

Next week at Dell TechnologiesTM World, KIOXIA, the inventor of NAND flash memory, will highlight its extensive, diverse portfolio of solid state drives (SSDs) and memory solutions. Enabling a wide spectrum of applications requiring flash storage, this lineup encompasses new products, form factors, and standards specifically designed to meet the evolving IT demands of the future.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has begun sampling1 the latest generation of its Universal Flash Storage2 (UFS) Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices. Supported in capacities of 256 gigabytes (GB), 512GB, and 1 terabyte (TB)3, the new products are well suited for a variety of next-generation mobile applications, including leading-edge smartphones.

Today, KIOXIA SSDs took flight with the launch of the NG-20 mission rocket, which is delivering an updated HPE Spaceborne Computer-2, based on HPE EdgeLine and ProLiant servers from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), to the International Space Station (ISS). KIOXIA SSDs provide robust flash storage in HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 to conduct scientific experiments aboard the space station.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced sampling1 of the industry’s first2 Universal Flash Storage3 (UFS) Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices3 designed for automotive applications. These new, higher performing devices deliver fast embedded storage transfer speeds in a small package size and are targeted to a variety of next-generation automotive applications, including telematics, infotainment systems and ADAS4. The improved performance5 of UFS products from KIOXIA – including approximately +100% for sequential read and approximately +40% for sequential write – enables these applications to take advantage of 5G’s connectivity benefits, leading to faster system startup times and a better user experience.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that its CM7 Series and CD8P Series NVM ExpressTM (NVMeTM) SSDs have passed certification testing for PCI Express® (PCIe®) 5.0 specification and NVMe 2.0 specification compliance.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that its lineup of RM7 Series Value SAS SSDs are now available in HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).

KIOXIA America, Inc. is at the Open Compute Project® (OCP®) Global Summit this week to highlight its extensive data center and enterprise solid state drive (SSD) portfolio, including next-generation Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E1.S SSDs for hyperscale data centers, Software-Enabled Flash™ technology, and PCIe® 5.0 SSDs.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced sampling1 of new, higher performing2 JEDEC e-MMC3 Ver. 5.1-compliant embedded flash memory products for consumer applications. The new products integrate a newer version of the company’s BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory and a controller in a single package, reducing processor workload and improving ease of use. Both 64 and 128 gigabytes (GB) products will be available.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has donated a command set specification to the Linux Foundation® vendor-neutral Software-Enabled FlashTM Project. Built to deliver on the promise of software-defined flash, Software-Enabled Flash technology gives storage developers control over their data placement, latency outcomes, and workload isolation requirements. Through its open API and SDKs, hyperscale environments may optimize their own flash protocols, such as flexible direct placement (FDP) or zoned namespace (ZNS), while accelerating adoption of new flash technologies. This unique combination of open source software and purpose-built hardware can help data centers maximize the value of flash memory. KIOXIA has developed working samples of hardware modules for hyperscalers, storage developers and application developers.

KIOXIA America, Inc. is at VMware Explore this week to highlight its lineup of SSD technologies, products, and form factors that are optimizing VMware® solutions with flash storage – and addressing today’s multi-cloud complexities.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that its CD8P Series data center SSD has received a Flash Memory Summit ‘Best of Show’ award in the ‘Most Innovative Memory Technology’ category. These awards recognize the most significant products and companies worldwide within the flash memory and solid-state storage industries.

This week at Flash Memory Summit 2023 (FMS 2023), KIOXIA America, Inc. will showcase how its breakthrough technology is supporting advancements and improvements in a wide range of market segments, including mobile computing, the edge, the cloud, data centers and automotive. Highlights will include advances to the company’s BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory, the most recent generation of its automotive UFS devices and the newly announced CD8P data center SSDs.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the addition of the KIOXIA CD8P Series to its lineup of data center-class solid state drives (SSDs). KIOXIA CD8P drives are well-suited to general purpose server and cloud environments that can take advantage of PCIe® 5.0 (32 gigatransfers/s x4) performance. These data center applications can generate complex mixed workloads spread across large scale virtualized systems. The new drives are available in capacities up to 30.72 terabytesi (TB) and in both Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S and 2.5-inch (U.2) form factors.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the availability of the first hardware samples that support the Linux® Foundation’s vendor-neutral Software-Enabled FlashTM Community Project, which is making flash software-defined. The company is expecting to deliver customer samples in August 2023. Built for the demanding needs of hyperscale environments, Software-Enabled Flash technology helps hyperscale cloud providers and storage developers maximize the value of flash memory. The hardware from KIOXIA is the first step to putting this working technology in the hands of developers.

Next week at HPE® Discover 2023, KIOXIA America, Inc., the inventor of NAND flash memory, will showcase its broad lineup of next-gen, flash-based solid state drives (SSDs) that are optimizing Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) solutions – from the edge to the cloud.

Today, KIOXIA America, Inc. announced that its NVMe™/PCIe® and SAS SSDs have been successfully tested for compatibility and interoperability with Microchip Technology’s Adaptec® HBA 1200 Series, SmartHBA 2200 Series host bus adapters (HBAs) and SmartRAID 3200 Series RAID adapters.

Continuing to move Universal Flash Storage1 (UFS) technology forward, KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced sampling2 of new, higher performing UFS Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices3. These devices deliver fast embedded storage transfer speeds in a small package size and are targeted to a variety of next-generation mobile applications, including leading-edge smartphones. The improved performance3 of UFS products from KIOXIA enables these applications to take advantage of 5G’s connectivity benefits, leading to faster downloads, reduced lag time and an improved user experience.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the addition of the BG6 Series to its lineup of PCIe® 4.0 solid state drives (SSDs) – the first product to feature the company’s new, 6th generation BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory1 and almost 1.7 times the performance of its predecessor2. Designed to unleash the increased speeds and affordability of PCIe 4.0 for PC users, the powerful and compact KIOXIA BG6 Series client SSDs offer a discrete M.2 2230 form factor with higher capacities and improved power efficiency. M.2 2280 single-sided form factor versions are also available.

Next week at Dell Technologies World, KIOXIA America, Inc., the inventor of NAND flash memory, will highlight new technologies, products, and form factors designed to accelerate innovation. From performance-boosting SSDs designed with PCIe ® 5.0 technology to the industry’s first1 lineup of Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S SSDs, KIOXIA will showcase flash storage solutions that accelerate customer application performance and enable product breakthroughs across a wide variety of Dell Technologies solutions.

Fifth paragraph of release dated May 16, 2023, KIOXIA CD7 Series data center-class should read: NVMe 1.4 (instead of NVMe 2.0).

Today, KIOXIA America, Inc. announces its proud participation in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Spaceborne Computer-2 (SBC-2) program. As part of the program, KIOXIA SSDs provide robust flash storage in HPE Edgeline and HPE ProLiant servers in a test environment to conduct scientific experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

This week at CES® 2023, KIOXIA America, Inc., the inventors of NAND flash, will highlight new technologies, products, and form factors designed to meet upcoming IT requirements and standards – including PCIe® 5.0 and UFS 4.0.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that its CM6 and CD6 Series of PCIe® 4.0 NVMe™ SSDs and PM6 Series of 24G SAS SSDs have earned Microsoft Windows® Server 2022 Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) certification. This designation enables these KIOXIA SSDs to be used with Windows Server 2022 SDDC solutions utilizing Storage Spaces Direct. Certification testing was conducted by Microsoft® to ensure the compatibility and performance of KIOXIA SSDs.

As 2022 comes to a close, KIOXIA America, Inc. reflects on the year-long celebration of the 35th anniversary of the company’s invention of NAND flash memory. Spotlighting this extraordinary technology that has changed how we live, work and play, the anniversary was celebrated industry wide. Looking forward, KIOXIA expects flash memory to continue on this upward trajectory. The cutting-edge systems and products of tomorrow will have flash memory at their core, allowing the remarkable journey of NAND flash memory to continue far into the future.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has collaborated with Ampere® to qualify its CD6, CM6 and XD6 Series SSDs with platforms based on Ampere’s Altra® and Ampere Altra Max Cloud Native Processors. Certification testing was conducted by Ampere to ensure the compatibility and performance of KIOXIA SSDs.

From increasingly dynamic workloads to more data-intensive technologies, KIOXIA America, Inc. is ready for what’s next. The company is committed to delivering the cutting-edge flash solutions that will power the next wave of applications and services, and this dedication will be on full display at this week’s Open Compute Project® (OCP®) Global Summit. At OCP, KIOXIA will highlight recent additions to its extensive data center and enterprise portfolio, including E1.S drives, Software-Enabled Flash™ technology with sample hardware, and 2nd generation PCIe® 5.0 SSDs.

Furthering its mission to address future enterprise infrastructure requirements, KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has expanded its broad portfolio of client, enterprise and data center SSDs with the addition of the XD7P Series. Designed for hyperscale and general server applications in the new Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E1.S form factor, XD7P drives are the second generation of E1.S SSDs with Open Compute Project® (OCP®) Data Center NVMe® SSD 2.0 specification support from KIOXIA, following its XD6 series. KIOXIA XD7P drives are now sampling to select data center customers1.

KIOXIA America, Inc. is at Intel Innovation this week to demonstrate its CM7 Series NVMe® SSDs that deliver next-generation levels of performance to enterprise and data center workloads. The KIOXIA CM7 family is designed with PCIe® 5.0 technology in Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S and 2.51-inch form factors. These drives double performance from the prior generation and offer an expanded set of form factor options, larger capacities, and advanced features.

KIOXIA America, Inc. has introduced new Industrial Grade flash memory devices. This new lineup utilizes the latest generation KIOXIA BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory with 3-bit-per-cell (triple-level cell, TLC) technology, and is available in a 132-BGA package. Densities range from 512 gigabits (64 gigabytes) to 4 terabits (512 gigabytes) to support the unique requirements of industrial applications – including telecommunication, networking, embedded computing and much more.

This week at SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference (SDC), KIOXIA America, Inc. will display engineering samples of its innovative new software-defined technology and sample hardware based on PCIe® and NVMe® technology.

KIOXIA America, Inc. is at VMWare Explore this week to highlight its new technologies, products, and form factors that get the most out of VMware applications - and help build the new multi-cloud world.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has begun sampling the latest generation of its JEDEC1 e-MMC Ver. 5.12-compliant embedded flash memory products for consumer applications. The new products are available in capacities of 64 and 128 gigabytes (GB) and integrate the company’s BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory and a controller in a single package.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that its CM7 Series enterprise NVMe® SSD has received a Flash Memory Summit ‘Best of Show’ award in the ‘Most Innovative Memory Technology’ category.

Supporting the Linux® Foundation’s Software-Enabled FlashTM open-source project, KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced innovative new software-defined technology and sample hardware based on PCIe® and NVMe® technology. This technology fully uncouples flash storage from legacy HDD protocols, allowing flash to realize its full capability and potential as a storage media. KIOXIA will highlight Software-Enabled Flash at this week’s Flash Memory Summit Conference & Expo at its booth #307 on the show floor and present the session, “NVMe Software-Enabled Flash Storage for Hyperscale Data Centers,” at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

This week at the Flash Memory Summit Conference & Expo, KIOXIA America, Inc. – along with the entire industry – will celebrate an important milestone: the 35th anniversary of its invention of NAND flash memory.

KIOXIA America, Inc. has released version 3.21 of its KumoScale™ storage software built around the NVM Express® over Fabrics (NVMe-oF™) protocol. Designed for cloud-centric deployment at data center scale, KumoScale storage system software delivers high-performance NVM Express (NVMe™) flash storage-as-a-disaggregated networked service. Combining the speed and responsiveness of born-in-the-cloud software with the staying power of one of the world's largest flash memory makers, the KumoScale storage system software uses NVMe technology to enable flash-as-a-service in software-defined storage (SDS) environments for Kubernetes® infrastructures, OpenStack® infrastructures and bare metal infrastructures.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has collaborated with Aerospike to enhance Aerospike’s Community Edition database – resulting in a 36% increase in application performance compared with the original software without the enhancement by KIOXIA1. Testing was performed with KIOXIA FL6 Series enterprise NVMe® Storage Class Memory (SCM) SSDs with a software enhancement developed by KIOXIA.

In another move that delivers next-generation levels of performance to enterprise data centers, KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that its CM7 Series enterprise NVMe® SSDs are now shipping to select customers. Optimized for the needs of high-performance, highly efficient servers and storage, the CM7 family is designed with PCIe® 5.0 technology in Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S and 2.51-inch form factors.

Next week at HPE Discover 2022, KIOXIA America, Inc. will showcase its broad lineup of next-gen, flash-based solid state drives (SSDs) that are optimizing Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) solutions – and paving the way for the next wave of digital transformation. KIOXIA has been collaborating with HPE to create best-in-class storage solutions for years, and the company’s products enable a broad range of HPE solutions, from mobile to data center to enterprise. These products include a new class of SAS SSDs that bring unprecedented speeds to SAS-equipped architectures, PCIe 5.0 NVMe® SSDs that double the performance of PCIe 4.0 SSDs1 and new form factors that enable high performance and density.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the addition of a high-capacity 512 gigabyte (GB) product to its lineup of EXCERIA HIGH ENDURANCE microSD™ memory cards. The new 512GB product delivers sufficient performance and endurance in continuous high-resolution 4K video recordings of dashboard and surveillance cameras.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced sampling of the industry’s first1 XFM DEVICE Ver.1.0-compliant removable PCIe® standard attached, NVMe® storage device: the XFMEXPRESS™ XT2. With a new form factor and connector, the XFM DEVICE Ver.1.0 standard delivers an unparalleled combination of features designed to revolutionize ultra-mobile PCs, IoT devices and a variety of embedded applications.

KIOXIA America, Inc. is pleased to announce that Dell Technologies OEM Solutions will provide a platform with configurations optimized for KIOXIA KumoScale™ storage software. Based on the Dell PowerEdge R6525 rack server utilizing KIOXIA CM6 Series enterprise NVM Express™ (NVMe™) SSDs, the systems will be available in configurations well-matched to the requirements of high-performance networked storage.

Next week at Dell Technologies World, KIOXIA America, Inc. will be on hand to demonstrate how its innovative solid state drives (SSDs) are accelerating customer application performance and enabling product breakthroughs. From SSDs designed with PCIe ® 5.0 technology that boost power and performance to the industry’s first lineup of Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S SSDs1, best in class drives from KIOXIA are used in a number of Dell product lines.

In a move that bolsters its comprehensive PCIe® 4.0 solid-state drive (SSD) portfolio, KIOXIA America, Inc. has introduced the XG8 Series of client SSDs for high-end notebooks, desktops, gaming systems and workstations, as well as data center boot applications.

KIOXIA America, Inc. has released version 3.20 of its KumoScaleTM storage software built around the NVM ExpressTM over Fabrics (NVMe-oFTM) protocol. Designed for cloud-centric deployment at data center scale, the KumoScale storage platform delivers high performance NVM Express (NVMeTM) flash storage as a disaggregated networked service. Major features in KumoScale software version 3.20 include additional bare metal deployment options, seamless support for OpenID® Connect™ 1.0, and support for NVIDIA® Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage®(GDS).

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has started sampling1 new Automotive Universal Flash Storage2 (UFS) Ver. 3.1 embedded flash memory devices. The new lineup utilizes KIOXIA cutting-edge BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory and is available in capacities from 64 gigabytes (GB) to 512GB to support the various requirements of evolving automotive applications that elevate driver experiences.

KIOXIA America, Inc., today announced that it is sampling its 2nd generation PCIe® 5.0 SSD for enterprise and data center customers. After being the first vendor to offer a drive using the PCIe 5.0 interface, KIOXIA has now introduced the new CD8 Series data center NVMe™ SSD family. CD8 SSDs double the bandwidth per lane over PCIe 4.0 SSDs from 16 gigatransfers per second (GT/s) to 32GT/s and are optimized for hyperscale data center and enterprise server-attached workloads.

Continuing to lead the way forward for UFS technology, KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced sampling1 of the industry’s first2 Universal Flash Storage (UFS)3 embedded flash memory devices supporting MIPI M-PHY® v5.04. The new lineup utilizes the company’s BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory and is available in three capacities: 128GB, 256GB and 512GB. The new devices deliver high speed read and write performance and are targeted to a variety of mobile applications, including leading-edge smartphones.

What do the MP3 players of the 1990s and today’s smartphones have in common? Neither would exist were it not for NAND flash memory, an innovation whose influence has reverberated throughout the decades. KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has reached a new milestone – 2022 marks the 35th anniversary of the company’s invention of NAND flash memory.

Continuing to lead the way forward for UFS technology, KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the launch of its Universal Flash Storage (UFS)* Ver. 3.1 embedded flash memory devices with 4-bit-per-cell, quadruple-level cell (QLC) technology. For applications needing high density, such as cutting-edge smartphones, KIOXIA QLC technology enables the capability to achieve the highest densities available in a single package.

This week at CES® 2022, KIOXIA America, Inc. will demonstrate its innovative flash memory technology and spotlight several different applications for attendees, including its new BG5 Series of solid state drives (SSDs).

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that its CM6 and CD6 Series of PCIe® 4.0 NVMe® SSDs have earned VMware® vSAN™ 7.0 certification, enabling them to be shared across connected hosts in a VMware vSphere® cluster. Users can pool KIOXIA SSDs together in a single, distributed, shared data-store and define the storage capabilities required (such as performance, capacity and availability) for each connected virtual machine within the VMware vSAN cluster. These capabilities not only further hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) options in virtual environments, but also ensure that storage policies are administered and maintained within the CM6 and CD6 Series with vSAN compatibility.

KIOXIA America, Inc. has released version 3.19 of its KumoScale™ storage software built around the NVM Express™ over Fabrics (NVMe-oF™) protocol with enhanced automation and orchestration support. Designed for cloud-centric deployment at data center scale, the KumoScale based storage platform delivers high performance NVM Express (NVMe™) flash storage as a disaggregated networked service. Major features in KumoScale software version 3.19 include SSD device management and enhanced NVMe-oF specification support for the latest release of OpenStack® infrastructure software, codenamed “Xena.”

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced that it has bolstered its lineup of PCIe® 4.0 solid state drives (SSDs) with the addition of the KIOXIA BG5 Series. Designed to bring a suitable balance of performance, cost and power to everyday gamers and PC users, the KIOXIA BG5 Series is built with a PCIe® 64 GT/s interface (Gen4 x4 lanes) and accelerated by the company’s fifth-generation BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory technology.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the production availability of its EM6 Series Enterprise NVMe-oF™ solid state drives (SSDs) for Ethernet Bunch of Flash (EBOF) systems. Using the Marvell® 88SN2400 NVMe-oF SSD converter controller that converts an NVMe® SSD into a dual-ported 25Gb NVMe-oF SSD, KIOXIA EM6 Series drives expose the entire SSD bandwidth to the network.

Continuing its mission to positively impact today’s enterprise and hyperscale data centers, KIOXIA America, Inc. will be on hand this week at the 2021 OCP Global Summit to showcase recent additions to its extensive data center and enterprise solid state drive (SSD) portfolio. KIOXIA will highlight its Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S, CD7 Series PCIe® 5.0 SSDs as part of the industry’s first1 live demo of an E3.S drive. The company will also spotlight its EDSFF E1.S and Open Compute Platform (OCP) NVMe® Cloud SSD compliant XD6 Series Data Center SSDs.

Delivering on the promise of SSDs that address future enterprise infrastructure requirements, KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced production-ready availability of its 9.5mm XD6 Series Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E1.S data center class SSDs. Introduced in late 2020, KIOXIA XD6 drives were the first[1] EDSFF E1.S SSDs to address the specific requirements of hyperscale applications, including the performance, power and thermal requirements of the Open Compute Platform (OCP) NVMe® Cloud SSD Specification. XD6 series also supports popular E1.S 15mm and 25mm form factor options, providing the flexibility to select the right balance of cooling through different E1.S heatsink options.

A new era for flash used in servers and storage is here, and it’s being introduced by KIOXIA America, Inc. Today, the company announced the industry’s first lineup of Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S SSDs designed with PCIe® 5.0 technology1 – the CD7 Series. Building on the KIOXIA E3.S full-function development vehicle that received a ‘Best in Show’ award at last year’s Flash Memory Summit, the CD7 Series E3.S increases flash storage density per drive for optimized power efficiency and rack consolidation2.