Kioxia Corporation announced its first E1.L form factor SSD built with BiCS FLASH generation 8 QLC flash memory. Amid the ever-growing demand for data—including data for AI—hyperscale data centers are increasingly adopting high-density designs to achieve greater storage capacity within limited server space. The KIOXIA LD4 Series is designed for high-density 1U servers and read-intensive storage applications. KIOXIA LD4 Series drives are currently being sampled by select customers and will be showcased at the 2026 OCP Global Summit, taking place from October 12 to 15 in San Jose, California.
Key features of the KIOXIA LD4 Series include:
PCIe 5.0 (Gen 4 x4), NVMe 2.0e specification compliant
Support for Open Compute Project (OCP) Datacenter NVMe SSD Specification v2.6
Single-port design for hyperscale and data center-class servers
Available in 15.36 TB and 30.72 TB capacities, with validated architecture enabling capacities up to 122.88 TB
Built with BiCS FLASH generation 8 QLC flash memory
