Kioxia developed the LC9 solid-state drive with unprecedented storage capacity of 245.76 terabytes. The company uses BiCS8 3D QLC NAND technology to achieve this density. Engineers assembled 32 individual chips within a single package, with each chip storing 8 terabytes of data. The drive operates through PCIe 5.0 interface and supports dual ports for backup connections. Performance reaches 12 gigabytes per second for reading and 3 gigabytes per second for writing.
The LC9 targets enterprise environments that prioritize storage volume over speed. Data centers and research facilities benefit from the compact E3.L form factor that maximizes rack space efficiency. Security features protect stored information through AES-256 encryption and quantum-resistant algorithms. The drive handles approximately 1.3 million read operations and 50,000 write operations per second. Organizations can store roughly 12,500 compressed movies on one LC9 unit, making it suitable for media archives and surveillance systems.
The LC9 targets enterprise environments that prioritize storage volume over speed. Data centers and research facilities benefit from the compact E3.L form factor that maximizes rack space efficiency. Security features protect stored information through AES-256 encryption and quantum-resistant algorithms. The drive handles approximately 1.3 million read operations and 50,000 write operations per second. Organizations can store roughly 12,500 compressed movies on one LC9 unit, making it suitable for media archives and surveillance systems.
