Kioxia has announced the launch of Exceria Plus G4, a new line of hard drives that stand out as one of the first storage solutions for client computers where the Japanese manufacturer is betting. for the most advanced version of PCIe.

Last week, we said that the Gen5 SSD offer is not as wide as we would like, and we gave some reasons when we presented the new PNY solutions with this interface. Now Kioxia, one of the flash storage giants, is reviving the sector with a premiere unit.

Exceria Plus G4, features

The drive uses an extended form factor M.2 in the standard 2280 size. It is the most used format and recommended if you have the connectors available. In the design with memory only on one side, it can be used equally in desktop computers and notebooks. It supports the NVMe protocol, which makes it self-booting for one-time use, or it can be connected to another primary drive and used as a storage expansion. It can also be used in video game consoles.

Kioxia bets on high consumption with a mid-range unit among those that use the PCIe 5.0 x 4 connection standard, it is equipped with a Phison E31T series controller with its own flash memories, 218-layer BiCS, which have already proven their reliability, since we recall that they come from. old Toshiba, best in stock.

Its data transfer rate reaches 10,000 MB/s sequential read and 8,600 MB/s sequential write. More than enough features for any PC, and far more than any Gen4, even if it falls short of the fastest Gen5. 4K random access performance goes up to 1.3 million IOPS for reads and up to 1.4 million IOPS for writes.

Kioxia backs the Exceria Plus G4 with a 5-year product warranty and will last up to 1200 TBW (Terabytes Written). It will be available in storage capacities in the near future 1 and 2 bytes.