KIOXIA just announced the Exceria G3 lineup that pairs PCIe 5.0 bandwidth with QLC flash to undercut the expensive TLC drives everyone else is pushing. The M.2 sticks hit 10,000 MB/s reads and 9,600 MB/s writes on the 2TB model while using eighth-gen BiCS FLASH memory, and they launch later this year in 1TB and 2TB flavors.
The bigger version actually beats their own Exceria Plus G4 TLC drive on sequential writes and random operations, pumping out 1.6 million read IOPS and 1.45 million write IOPS thanks to architectural tweaks. Endurance ratings sit at 600 TBW for the smaller capacity and 1,200 TBW for the larger one, which basically matches what modern TLC offerings deliver.
No pricing yet, but the whole point is making Gen5 storage accessible without paying premium rates for top-shelf NAND.
The bigger version actually beats their own Exceria Plus G4 TLC drive on sequential writes and random operations, pumping out 1.6 million read IOPS and 1.45 million write IOPS thanks to architectural tweaks. Endurance ratings sit at 600 TBW for the smaller capacity and 1,200 TBW for the larger one, which basically matches what modern TLC offerings deliver.
No pricing yet, but the whole point is making Gen5 storage accessible without paying premium rates for top-shelf NAND.
