Kioxia LC9 is a new series of solid business units of business level that can boast of offering the highest storage capacity of the industry with 245 Tbytes. A record to feed the huge volumes of data that are generating the AI systems.
Flash -based storage and specifically solid state units, absolutely dominate storage solutions for PCs, both those installed in new OEM equipment and in the retail market. In the business market they still dominate hard drives, but The rhythm of adoption of solid storage is accelerating.
The AI systems are the great responsible. And they are insatiable. In addition to computational hardware (processors and graphs), high capacity storage units are crucial for certain phases of AI processes, including large -sized language models (LLM); the training and storage of large data sets; vector databases and information recovery for inference and fine adjustment. The new Kioxia SSDs are specially intended for hyperscators, hybrid and multinube cloud with main applications such as generative AI.
LC9 kioxia, capacity in capacity
The new series is designed to offer high performance and especially great capacity. They use 2.5 -inch or E3 formats according to version and connect to the fastest interface of those available, PCIE 5.0. They premiere a new memory technology Own of the manufacturer, 3D BICS Flash of eighth generation with quadruple QLC layer of 2 terabits.
They use a owner controller compatible with the NVME 2.0 protocol and connect to PCIE 5.0 x4 With double port capacity. As for performance, these units offer sequential reading speeds up to 12 GB/Sy of writing up to 3 GB/s. For random operations, SSDs reach up to 1.3 million IOPS for readings and 50,000 IOPS for deeds.
The level of performance is not particularly impressive because Kioxia has had to sacrifice benefits to guarantee the integrity of the signal into a 32 hi encapsulated nand High densitythat packages 32 memory devices in a single chip (8 TB of storage space) to get the record mentioned in capacity. Regarding resistance, Kioxia L9 units are classified into 0.3 unit deeds per day (DWPD), which again reflects a balance between capacity and longevity for the patterns of use of the data center.
These SSD incorporate multiple functions for Improve reliability and protect datasuch as matrix level recovery, parity -based errors management and protection against sudden power cuts. It is also compatible with the Flexible data locationwhich reduces the amplification of internal writing and prolongs useful life, especially in database -based applications.
Security options include encryption and firmware firm in accordance with CNSA 2.0 standards. The unit admits multiple encryption modes, including AES-256 and algorithms prepared for postcuantic cryptography.
The LC9 kioxia will be sold to large companies of hyperscala data centers in several formats, including the U.2 of 2.5 inches with capacity of up to 122.88 TB, the E3.S (up to 122.88 TB) and the E.3L (Up to 245.76 TB). Selected partners are already conducting tests in units that will be presented at the conference Future of Memory and Storage in which it will be held next month.
