Kioxia FL-series SSD

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2021: Kioxia FL6

On September 14, 2021, Kioxia introduced PCIe 4 SSDs based on Storage Class Memory.

Kioxia solid-state drives with NVMe have received Storage Class Memory (SCM), which is characterized by low latency and long life. Kioxia Europe GmbH, which deals with storage solutions, is launching trial deliveries of Kioxia FL6, an enterprise-class NVMe SCM solid-state drive. Using XL-Flash, proprietary SCM memory, the Kioxia FL6 series of dual-port SSDs and PCIe 4 addresses the speed gap between DRAM and TLC-based SSDs to accelerate applications with higher latency requirements. They are also suitable for use in caching, tiered storage, and recording write operations, where there are also increased latency requirements.

Based on Kioxia's BiCS Flash 3-D Flash technology, XL-Flash memory with a 1 bit of data per SLC memory cell provides low latency and high speed and is designed for use in enterprise-class data centers and storage. Although volatile memory solutions, such as DRAM, provide the high access speed required for demanding applications, they are expensive. The SCM standard solves this problem by offering low-cost, high-density non-volatile Flash memory.

The Kioxia FL6 series of solid-state drives can handle workloads with a small queue depth, but their full potential is revealed under intense loads. Under such conditions, Kioxia FL6 drives exhibit high performance, which is a critical indicator for a wide range of applications with increased latency requirements.

Key Features of the Kioxia FL6 Series SSD

• Compliance with PCIe 4 and NVMe 1.4 specifications; support for the NVMe-oF protocol.
• Native support for dual port configurations for high availability and fault tolerance.
• High 60 DWPD capacity and 800 GB to 3.2 TB capacity.
• Reliability of the corporate level: the average time between failures is 2.5 million hours.
• Support for self-encryption (SED) technology for data protection and compliance with the FIPS 140-2 computer security standard.

As of mid-September 2021, trial deliveries of the Kioxia FL6 series SSDs are made to key industry partners and customers.