Kioxia Introduces New Mainstream KIOXIA BG8 Series SSDs for PC OEMs
Kioxia Corporation today announced the KIOXIA BG8 series of solid-state drives (SSDs), the latest addition to its client-side SSD product line for PC OEMs. The KIOXIA BG8 series brings the high-speed performance of PCIe® 5.0 to the mainstream market, combining next-generation technology capabilities, high efficiency, and broad design flexibility for ultrabooks, business and consumer notebooks, and desktop systems.
The KIOXIA BG8 series is built with Kioxia’s BiCS FLASH™ 8th generation TLC architecture 3D NAND flash memory, achieving upgrades in both performance and energy efficiency. Compared with the previous generation (1) , the KIOXIA BG8 series has improved sequential read performance by up to 47%, sequential write performance by 67%, random read performance by 44%, and random write performance by 30%.
The KIOXIA BG8 series boasts sequential read speeds of up to 10,300 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 10,000 MB/s, with random read and write performance reaching up to 1.4 million and 1.3 million IOPS respectively, providing responsive and smooth system performance in various client application scenarios.
The DRAM-free KIOXIA BG8 series supports Host Memory Buffer (HMB) functionality, utilizing host system memory to help achieve a balance between performance, power consumption, and cost. The KIOXIA BG8 series is designed with flexibility in mind, offering a variety of M.2 form factors including Type 2230, Type 2242, and Type 2280 to accommodate a wide range of system design and installation needs.
Other features include:
- Compliant with PCIe® 5.0 (Gen5 x4) and NVMe™ 2.0d specifications.
- Supports Self-Encrypting Hard Disk (SED) based on TCG Opal version 2.02.
- Available in 512 GB, 1024 GB and 2048 GB capacities
- Optimized for thin and light PCs and mainstream client PCs
The KIOXIA BG8 series is currently being sampled to select PC OEM customers, and PCs equipped with this SSD are expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2026.
Note:
(1) Compared with KIOXIA BG7 series solid-state drives
Solid State Drive (SSD) Capacity Definitions: Kioxia Corporation defines a kilobyte (KB) as 1000 bytes, a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes, a terabyte (TB) as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes, and a kilobinary byte (KiB) as 1024 bytes. However, computer operating systems report storage capacity using powers of 2, i.e., 1GB = 2^30 bytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes, 1TB = 2^40 bytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes, thus displaying a smaller storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary depending on file size, format, settings, software and operating system, and/or pre-installed software applications or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
Read and write speeds may vary depending on the host device, read/write conditions, and file size.
– IOPS: Input/Output per second (or I/O operations per second) – Availability of the SED model series may vary by region – NVMe is a registered or unregistered trademark of NVM Express, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
PCIe is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG.
Other company names, product names, and service names may be trademarks of third-party companies.
About Kioxia:
Kioxia is a global leader in memory solutions, developing, manufacturing, and marketing flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs). Formerly known as Toshiba Memory, it was spun off from Toshiba Corporation, the company that invented NAND flash memory in 1987, in April 2017. Kioxia is committed to enhancing the world’s “memory” by providing customers with choices and creating value for society based on storage technology through its products, services, and systems. Kioxia’s innovative 3D flash memory technology, BiCS FLASH™, is shaping the future of storage technology in high-density applications, including advanced smartphones, PCs, automotive systems, data centers, and generative AI systems.
*The information in this document, including product prices and specifications, service details and contact information, is accurate as of the announcement date, but is subject to change without notice.
Customer inquiries:
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