Kioxia adds 245-TB SSD to enterprise lineup
Raising the bar for enterprise NVMe SSDs, Kioxia’s LC9 drive delivers 245.76 TB in both U.2 (2.5-inch) and E3.L form factors. It joins the previously announced 122.88-TB model in the U.2 (2.5-inch) and E3.S form factors, expanding the LC9 series to meet the performance and efficiency demands of generative AI—while helping replace multiple power-hungry HDDs.
LC9 drives feature a PCIe 5.0 interface, offering up to 128 GT/s via a Gen5 single x4 or dual x2 configuration. They are compliant with NVMe 2.0 and NVMe-MI 1.2c specifications and meet many of the requirements in the Open Compute Project (OCP) Datacenter NVMe SSD specification v2.5.
These high-capacity SSDs integrate multiple 8-TB devices, each built from 32 stacked dies of 2-Tb BiCS8 3D QLC NAND in a compact 154-ball package. The drives also incorporate a controller and firmware, along with features such as die failure recovery, parity protection, and power loss protection. Dual-port operation enables high availability, and data security options include SIE, SED, and planned FIPS 140-3 compliance.
The LC9 series of SSDs is now sampling to select customers.
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