Japanese company Kioxia announces that it has started trial shipments of 2TB QLC devices that use eighth-generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology. This was reported by TechRadar.
This new chip will be used in SSDs, servers, and other types of digital storage equipment that require high-performance, high-capacity memory components.
Kioxia's BiCS FLASH technology expands the memory matrix vertically and horizontally, and the integration of CBA (CMOS directly connected to the array) technology supports interface speeds of up to 3.6 Gbps.
The new product's bit density is about 2.3 times higher than Kioxia's previous fifth-generation QLC device, and its energy efficiency is 70% higher during recording. Kioxia says that thanks to its 16-crystal architecture in a single package, the new QLC device can reach a capacity of 4 TB.
Pure drives with the DirectFlash Module (DFM), which allows all-flash arrays to directly communicate with raw flash memory, already use BiCS FLASH 3D and offer increased density and efficiency, as well as longer endurance than conventional SSDs.
Earlier, the company announced that it would launch 150TB DFM drives in 2025, and by 2026 it plans to launch 300TB DFM drives.