KIOXIA CM9 Series announced, first PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs with 8th Gen BiCS Flash technology

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KIOXIA's 8th generation BiCS FLASH memory technology is here, bringing significant improvements and advances in power efficiency, performance, and density. KIOXIA notes that it allows for doubling the capacity per flash device, making the technology perfect for modern enterprise computing, data centers, automotive systems, and the AI era.

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The new KIOXIA CM9 Series is powered by 8th Gen BiCS FLASH technology, image credit: KIOXIA.

8th Gen BiCS FLASH incorporates CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology, which KIOXIA notes is the architectural innovation that delivers these advances. Today, KIOXIA is announcing that the first enterprise PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs with 8th Gen BiCS FLASH, the new KIOXIA CM9 Series, are now in the prototype demonstration phase of their development and will be showcased at Dell Technologies World, which is taking place from May 19 to May 22 in Las Vegas.

With 2.5-inch form factor capacities up to 61.44 TB and E3.S capacities up to 30.72 TB, KIOXIA notes that its latest SSDs can deliver up to 65% more random write, 55% more random read, and 95% more sequential write performance compared to the previous generation.

That translates to sequential performance (128 kilobytes (KiB)/QD32) of 14.8 GB/s read and 11 GB/s write, with random performance (4KiB) of 3,400 KIOPS (QD512) and 800 KIOPS (QD32). The performance-per-watt gains lead to similar double-digit efficiency gains with 55% better sequential read and 75% better sequential write efficiency. Plus, there's full compliance with PCIe 5.0, NVMe 2.0, NVMe-MI 1.2c, and OCP Datacenter NVMe SSD 2.5 standards.

"We are proud to integrate the latest BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology into our enterprise SSDs, bringing enhanced performance and power efficiency to AI-centric workloads," said Neville Ichhaporia, senior vice president and general manager of the SSD business unit at KIOXIA America, Inc. "As AI models grow in complexity and scale, the need for storage solutions that can sustain high throughput and low latency, and allow for better thermal efficiency, becomes critical. With the addition of the CM9 Series, KIOXIA is enabling more efficient scaling of AI operations while helping to reduce power consumption and total cost of ownership across data center environments."

As the KIOXIA CM9 Series is still in the prototype phase, all highlights and figures mentioned are preliminary and subject to change.