Breakthrough Flash Storage Solutions Highlighted by KIOXIA at FMS 2025: Unleashing AI Scaling without Restraint
At FMS: the Future of Memory and Storage 2025, Japanese memory solutions leader Kioxia showcased its groundbreaking innovations in flash memory and SSD technology, focusing on advancing AI applications [1][3][5].
The highlight of Kioxia's display was the industry-first 245.76 TB NVMe SSD, the Kioxia LC9 Series. This revolutionary product boasts a 32-die stacked BiCS FLASH QLC 3D flash memory architecture, enabled by the innovative CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology. This technology allows for an impressive 8 TB per chip package within a compact 154 BGA package, delivering unprecedented capacity, performance, and power efficiency tailored for AI-centric workloads in data centers and enterprise environments [1][2][3][4].
Another key product showcased was the KIOXIA CM9 Series and KIOXIA CD9P Series SSDs, both built on Kioxia’s BiCS FLASH Gen 8 3D flash memory. These SSDs strike a balance between performance and power efficiency, offering versatile solutions for a wide range of applications demanding high-throughput and reliability [1][3].
Kioxia also displayed its BiCS FLASH Gen 9 and Gen 10 3D flash memory, featuring the latest technological advancements such as 1Tb 3bit/cell (TLC) technology, Toggle DD6.0 interface standard, SCA (Separate Command Address) protocol, and PI-LTT (Power Isolated Low-Tapped Termination) technology. These enhancements improve data read/write speeds and reduce power consumption, crucial for power-conscious AI infrastructure [1][3][5].
Together, these innovations address the evolving demands of AI workloads by delivering extreme storage density, high bandwidth, reduced power consumption, and seamless scalability essential for next-generation data centers driving generative AI and real-time analytics [1][4][5]. Kioxia also emphasized the importance of their high-precision wafer processing, material design, and wire-bonding technologies that make these advancements possible [2].
In addition to product demonstrations, Kioxia gave a keynote presentation titled "Optimize AI Infrastructure Investments with Flash Memory Technology and Storage Solutions" [6]. The company also participated in the Executive AI Premier Level Panel, where Rory Bolt, Senior Fellow and Principal Architect of the SSD Business Unit for KIOXIA America Inc., spoke on the topic of "Memory and Storage Scaling for AI Inferencing" [7].
Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions specializing in flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs), was spun off from Toshiba Corporation in April 2017 [8]. The company's innovative 3D flash memory technology, BiCS FLASH, is shaping the future of storage in high-density applications [9].
Kioxia will have a booth #307 at FMS 2025 for further product and technology demonstrations [10]. For media inquiries, please contact Satoshi Shindo at +81-3-6478-2404 [11].
These advancements are significant for various industries, including software, hardware, artificial intelligence, data management, technology, semiconductor, and manufacturing. The geographical locations mentioned are the United States, Japan, North America, and Asia Pacific, with California specifically mentioned [12].
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The Kioxia LC9 Series, an industry-first 245.76 TB NVMe SSD, employs CBA technology which integrates CMOS and flash memory, positioning it at the forefront of data-and-cloud-computing and technology advancements. Kioxia also displays the CM9 Series and CD9P Series SSDs, demonstrating their commitment to providing cutting-edge solutions that cater to a wide array of applications, including AI-centric workloads.
