Kioxia provides PCIe® 4.0 performance to everyday gamers, PC users

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 -- Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, announced 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 Kioxia’s fifth-generation BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory technology.

As a virtual multi-LUN (VML)-enabled client SSD, the KIOXIA BG5 Series unlocks back-end flash performance while maintaining affordability, making it an especially attractive option for a wide range of commercial and consumer notebooks and desktops.

KIOXIA BG5 SSDs also support the latest matured Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology to realise a finely optimised DRAM-less SSD.

The KIOXIA BG5 ships in a compact M.2 2230 single-sided, thermally optimised form factor enabling mobility and work-from-home lifestyles. M.2 2280 single-sided form factor versions are also available.

According to a statement, the KIOXIA BG5 Series is available in capacities of 256, 512 and 1024 gigabytes (GB), and is now sampling to key industry partners and customers.

Key features include up to 3,500 MB/s sequential read and 2,900 MB/s sequential write; up to 500,000 IOPS random read and 450,000 IOPS random write; and, Power Loss Notification signal support to protect data against forced shut downs.

Kioxia is committed to uplifting the world with ‘memory’ by offering products, services and systems that create choice for customers and memory-based value for society.

-- BERNAMA