KIOXIA's new CD9P PCIe 5.0 SSD Series is its most advanced data center storage solution to date

The new KIOXIA CD9P Series PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD, designed for high-performance data center environments, has entered the prototype stage of its development. Built with the company's eighth-generation BiCS FLASH technology with cutting-edge CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) tech that boosts efficiency, performance, and density, the KIOXIA CD9P Series is a game-changer.

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It arrives just in time for the surge in high-performance, high-capacity storage demand, thanks to the rise of generated AI and GPU-accelerated server environments. The KIOXIA CD9P Series leverages the latest SSD technology and is PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 compliant. With support for the 2.5-inch (U2) and EDSFF E3.S form factors, capacities start at 1.6TB and go up to 61.44 TB.

The KIOXIA CD9P Series real-world data center performance and capabilities are impressive. Sequential read/write performance is 60% and 45% higher than that of KIOXIA's previous-generation SSD. Random read/write performance is also significantly boosted, with the new KIOXIA CD9P Series' performance 55% and 100% higher than that of the previous generation.

The above is based on testing with the 15.36TB model. What makes it all the more impressive is that you're getting this level of efficiency and performance in an SSD built for a demanding 24x7 data center environment.

"The CD9P Series extends our NAND flash leadership with a solution engineered for today's most demanding AI and accelerated computing environments," said Neville Ichhaporia, senior vice president and general manager of the SSD business unit at KIOXIA America, Inc. "By combining our CBA-based architecture with PCIe 5.0 performance, the CD9P Series helps keep GPUs consistently fed with data - significantly improving utilization while driving greater efficiency, responsiveness, and scalability across AI-driven data center workloads."

KIOXIA notes it is currently sampling new CD9P Series SSDs to select customers. However, if you want to see them in action, you can do so next week at HPE Discover Las Vegas 2025, which will take place June 23 - 26.