KIOXIA America Inc.

Kioxia invented NAND flash memory for the first time in the world in 1987.

KIOXIA invented the world’s first NAND flash memory in 1987.

With the spread of the Internet and cloud, development of enterprise data center SSDs with high performance and high reliability accelerated. Kioxia also entered the market.

KIOXIA began developing SSDs for data centers, which require more robust reliability and higher performance.

Commercialized PATA SSD equipped with SLC NAND.

The PATA SSD with SLC NAND was commercialized.

Announced SATA SSD equipped with MLC NAND.

The SATA SSD with MLC NAND was released.

Commercialized 32nm SLC NAND SAS SSD.

32nm SLC NAND SAS SSD was commercialized.

Announced enterprise SAS SSD with industry-largest* storage capacity. Equipped with 24nm MLC NAND and adopting our proprietary error correction technology "QSBC." KIOXIA PX02 series 24nm eMLC NAND SAS SSD.

Industry's largest capacity level* of Enterprise SAS SSD embedded with 24nm MLC NAND was released to adopt our proprietary error correction technology “QSBC”. KIOXIA PX02 Series 24mm eMLC NAND SAS SSD

Commercialized the world's smallest* SSD compatible with NVM Express™. First in our products to support TCG Pyrite. KIOXIA BG1 series PCIe® 3.0, Max 256 GB. KIOXIA XG3 series PCIe® 3.1, Max 1,024 GB.

Commercialized NVM Express™ compatible HHHL (Half Height Half Length) add-in card type SSD. KIOXIA PX04 series PCIe® 3.0 (Gen3 x4), NVMe™ 1.0e.

The world’s smallest* NVM Express™ compatible SSD, which is KIOXIA’s first product to support TCG Pyrite was commercialized. KIOXIA BG1 Series PCIe® 3.0, Max 256 GB. KIOXIA XG3 Series PCIe® 3.1, Max 1,024 GB.

NVM Express™ compatible, HHHL(Half Height Half Length) Add-in card type SSD was commercialized. KIOXIA PX04 Series PCIe® 3.0 (Gen3 x4), NVMe™ 1.0e.

Commercialized Single Package NVMe™ Client SSD equipped with 3rd generation "BiCS FLASH™". KIOXIA BG3 series PCIe® 3.1, Max 512 GB. Developed NVMe™ Client SSD with maximum storage capacity of 2,048 GB. KIOXIA XG5-P series PCIe® 3.1a, Max 2,048 GB

Announced NVMe™ SSD and SAS SSD equipped with 3rd generation "BiCS FLASH™". Industry's first* MultiLink SAS™ architecture. KIOXIA CM5 series PCIe® 3.1a (Gen3 x4), NVMe™ 1.3a. KIOXIA PM5 series SAS-3.

Single package NVMe™ client SSD utilizing 3rd generation “BiCS FLASH™” was commercialized. KIOXIA BG3 Series PCIe® 3.1, Max 512 GB. The maximum capacity to 2,048 GB NVMe™ client SSD was commercialized. KIOXIA XG5-P Series PCIe® 3.1a, Max 2,048 GB

NVMe™ SSD and SAS SSD utilizing 3rd generation “BiCS FLASH™”, with the industry's first* MultiLink SAS™ architecture was released. KIOXIA CM5 Series PCIe® 3.1a (Gen3 x4), NVMe™ 1.3a. KIOXIA PM5 Series SAS-3.

With the change of company name in 2019, the color of product series changed: Enterprise SSD is light blue, Data Center SSD is orange, Client SSD is light green.

Announced 4th generation "BiCS FLASH™" equipped 1,024 GB Single Package PCIe® Gen3 x4 lane SSD. KIOXIA BG4 series PCIe® 3.0, Max 1,024 GB. Announced premium model of client SSD with high-speed access to capacity data, 2,048 GB. KIOXIA XG6-P series PCIe® 3.0, Max 2,048 GB

Along with the 2019 company name change, the colors of the product series have been renewed, with light blue for Enterprise SSDs, orange for Data Center SSDs, and light green for Client SSDs.

1,024 GB Single package PCIe® Gen3 x4 lane SSDs utilizing 4th generation “BiCS FLASH™” was released. KIOXIA BG4 Series PCIe® 3.0, Max 1,024 GB. 2,048 GB NVMe™ client SSD premium model for high-end client applications and data center was released. KIOXIA XG6-P Series PCIe® 3.0, Max 2,048 GB.

Announced KIOXIA SSD's first PCIe® 4.0 enterprise/data center SSD. KIOXIA CM6 series PCIe® 4.0 (Gen4 x4), NVMe™ 1.4. Announced industry’s fastest* sequential read performance and largest capacity* enterprise SSD for 24G SAS compatible servers/storage systems. KIOXIA PM6 series SAS-4. Industry's first* PCIe® 4.0 compliant SSD that conforms to OCP's "NVMe™ Cloud SSD Specification". Adopted E1.S form factor with excellent performance, power consumption, and heat dissipation for hyperscale data centers. KIOXIA XD6 series PCIe® 4.0 (Gen4 x4), NVMe™ 1.3c.

KIOXIA first PCIe® 4.0 SSDs for enterprise, hyperscale data centers was released.

24G SAS SSDs for servers and storage, PM6, was announced with industry's fastest level* sequential read performance and the industry’s largest* capacity.

Industry’s first* PCIe® 4.0 OCP “NVMe™ Cloud SSD Specification”-enabled SSD was released.

Announced PCIe® 4.0 compatible compact client SSD. KIOXIA BG5 series PCIe® 4.0, Max 1,024 GB

Announced SSD adopting next-generation server/storage form factor E3.S for PCIe® 5.0. KIOXIA CD7 series Designed to PCIe® 5.0 Specification (Gen5 x4), NVMe™ 1.4. Announced storage class memory (SCM) SSD compatible with PCIe® 4.0. KIOXIA FL6 series Low latency SSD.

Compact client SSD supporting PCIe® 4.0 was released. KIOXIA BG5 Series PCIe® 4.0, Max 1,024 GB

The industry’s first* lineup of EDSFF E3.S SSDs designed with PCIe® 5.0 technology was released.

PCIe® 4.0-compliant low latency and high endurance Storage Class Memory (SCM) was released.

High-end PC compatible PCIe® 4.0 client SSD. Announced large capacity product with enhanced security features. KIOXIA XG8 series PCIe® 4.0, Max 4,096 GB

Enhanced performance and security features of 2nd generation 24G SAS SSD. Equipped with 5th generation "BiCS FLASH™". Lineup includes FIPS 140-2 certified encryption module SED security option model (FIPS SED). KIOXIA PM7 series SAS-4. Announced next-generation high-speed interface PCIe® 5.0 compatible enterprise SSD and 2.5-inch form factor enterprise SSD. KIOXIA CM7 series PCIe® 5.0 (Gen5 x4), NVMe™ 2.0. Announced second-generation SSD for next-generation data centers. KIOXIA CD8 series PCIe® 4.0 (Gen4 x4), NVMe™ 1.4. Announced SSD adopting EDSFF E1.S form factor for hyperscale data centers. KIOXIA XD7P series PCIe® 4.0 (Gen4 x4), NVMe™ 2.0.

PCIe® 4.0 SSDs for high-end client applications with high capacity, performance and enhanced security options was released. KIOXIA XG8 Series PCIe® 4.0, Max 4,096 GB.

2nd generation 24G SAS SSD utilizing 5th generation “BiCS FLASH™”, with a focus on performance and security was released.

Next levels of performance with enterprise SSD designed with PCIe® 5.0 technology in E3.S and 2.5-inch form factors was released.

2nd generation SSD for enterprise and hyperscale data centers was released.

Next-generation EDSFF E1.S SSDs for hyperscale data centers was released.

KIOXIA PM7 Series SAS-4. Next levels of performance with enterprise SSD designed with PCIe® 5.0 technology in E3.S and 2.5-inch form factors was released.

KIOXIA CM7 Series PCIe® 5.0 (Gen5 x4), NVMe™ 2.0. 2nd generation SSD for enterprise and hyperscale data centers was released.

KIOXIA CD8 Series PCIe® 4.0 (Gen4 x4), NVMe™ 1.4. Next-generation EDSFF E1.S SSDs for hyperscale data centers was released.

KIOXIA XD7P Series PCIe® 4.0 (Gen4 x4), NVMe™ 2.0

Announced PCIe® 4.0 compatible small and large capacity client SSD equipped with 6th generation "BiCS FLASH™" for the first time. KIOXIA BG6 series PCIe® 4.0, Max 2,048 GB

Small size with high-capacity client PCIe® 4.0 SSDs, which is KIOXIA’s first product utilizing 6th generation “BiCS FLASH™” was released. KIOXIA BG6 Series

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