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New SSD just dropped — swallows Xbox Game Pass whole and dares your Steam backlog to challenge it

The Kioxia LC9 SSD isn’t for gamers, but with 245TB of storage, it could theoretically hold hundreds of Game Pass titles, your Steam library, and everything in between.

Windows Central

Kioxia unveils 246TB SSD behemoth — the LC 9 is the largest SSD ever launched and can store 52,000 DVD movies

LC9 snatched the capacity crown from Solidigm for now, but the race to the storage champion is only getting started.

TechRadar

Kioxia unveils 245TB SSD, the world's highest capacity storage device - can store 12,500 4K movies

Kioxia's LC9 SSD family offers capacities of up to 245.76TB, but its performance is far less impressive.

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U.S. imposes 25% tariffs on all products from Japan and South Korea — new measures could be a big hit for the memory industry

President Trump announced that starting August 1, the U.S. will impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Japan and South Korea, which threatens to disrupt global tech supply chains dominated by these countries.

Tom’s Hardware

Towards the Giga IOPS pipedream: How Nvidia wants to reach 100 million IOPS - even if it means inventing totally new types of memory

Nvidia’s 100 million IOPS goal pushes SSD tech beyond today’s limits, says Silicon Motion CEO.

TechRadar

Crucial P510 NVMe SSD review

Well balanced, affordable, and a prime pick for your next rig.

PC Gamer

Kioxia Exceria Plus G4 NVMe SSD review

From flash maker to drive creator, the price just ain't right on this one.

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Kioxia confirms its next gen 332-layer NAND chip is 'only' 2Tb but hints at more large capacity SSD without the need for PLC

Kioxia reveals 2Tb 332-layer NAND chip, but roadmap suggests big SSDs possible without Penta-Level Cell (PLC) tech.

TechRadar

SMI CEO claims Nvidia wants SSDs with 100 million IOPS — up to 33X performance uplift could eliminate AI GPU bottlenecks

The chief executive of Silicon Motion said in an interview that Nvidia is looking forward to ridiculously fast storage devices to eliminate performance bottlenecks for its AI GPUs.

Tom’s Hardware

Samsung rival plans monstrously fast SSD that can reach 10 million IOPS using SLC NAND

Kioxia reveals SSD with 10 million IOPS aimed at handling high-speed AI and machine learning system requirements.

TechRadar

Kioxia preps XL-Flash SSD that's 3x faster than any SSD available — 10 million IOPS drive has peer-to-peer GPU connectivity for AI servers

Kioxia is developing a 10M IOPS XL-Flash SSD with peer-to-peer GPU connectivity to eliminate bottlenecks and deliver low-latency, small-block access optimized for AI training and inference workloads.

Tom’s Hardware

Custom PCIe 5.0 SSD with 3D XL-Flash debuts — special Optane-like flash memory delivers up to 3.5 million random IOPS

InnoGrit demonstrates reference solid-state drive based on Kioxia's XL-Flash memory: custom-built XL-Flash-based drives on the way?

Tom’s Hardware

I tested this compact SSD and it’s fast, durable and feature decent drive management software - for PC at least

Compact and durable portable SSD with software security, decent transfer rates, and large storage. While not groundbreaking, its USB Type-C connection and balanced features make it a great choice for storing files on the move.

TechRadar

Kioxia's new 61.44TB SSD uses surprising tech that almost doubles write performance compared to previous gen

Kioxia's new 61.44TB CM9 SSD uses CBA-based flash architecture for faster NAND interface speeds and lower latency.

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Computex 2025 Day Three Wrap-Up: Optical SSDs and $50,000 Immersion-Cooled Systems

Enermax showed off a $50,000 immersion-cooled system with four RTX 4090 GPUs and two 2400-watt PSUs

Tom’s Hardware

Kioxia demos optical SSD, boasts of high performance and 30m+ cabling

Kioxia demos optical SSD with a system packing Kyocera's Optinity PCIe Gen5 card.

TechRadar

It's 2025 and another tech publisher has broken the Pi calculation world record with 300 trillion digits

New PI calculation world record reaches 300 trillion digits using Kioxia SSDs.

Tom’s Hardware

Phison's E28 controller's 14.8 GB/s, 3,000K IOPS, and 7W power draw could make it the new king of PCIe 5.0 performance

Phison is demonstrating its flagship E28 PCIe 5.0 controller at Computex, where it establishes clear wins against all competitors in its crosshairs.

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WD Black SN7100 1 TB review

Top-quality drive with a confusing price tag.

TechRadar

It's broadband, Jim, but not as we know it: Japanese tech giants are developing a broadband optical SSD for data centers

Three Japanese tech giants are developing a broadband optical SSD for data centers.

Tom’s Hardware

U.S. tariffs to heavily impact HDD and SSD manufacturers, increasing costs

U.S. tariffs are reshaping the global storage industry, hitting HDD and SSD makers the hardest due to their complex supply chain.

Tom’s Hardware

Kioxia optical-based PCIe 5.0 SSDs support cable lengths up to 40 meters — now they just need optical-ready data centers

Kioxia has completed the development of its next-generation PCIe 5.0 optical-based SSD. The new technology is being made for next-generation 'green' data centers that will be compatible with optical-based storage devices.

Tom’s Hardware

Kioxia shows off new 122.88 TB SSD — PCIe 5.0 LC9 packs a whole lot of QLC NAND

Kioxia showed off it's new LC9 122.88 TB data center SSD, which comes in a 2.5-inch U.2 form factor and has two PCBs filled with NAND packages. We didn't get to see the internals, but there's a whole lot of BiCS 8 QLC NAND inside.

TechRadar

After 7 years, Exadrive's 100TB 2.5-inch SSD is finally superseded by a far superior 122.88TB model from Kioxia

Kioxia has unveiled a massive 122.88TB 2.5-inch SSD with PCIe Gen5 interface, targeting AI applications.

Tom’s Hardware

The NAND market faced a 6.2% revenue loss in Q4 24 — forecast projects a further 20% hit in Q1 25

TrendForce reports that the NAND flash industry suffered a 6% revenue drop in Q4 24 and is expected to plummet by 20% further in Q1 25.

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