TOSHIBA

Brand introduces second generation XL-Flash memory

Kioxia(Toshiba) announced the release of the second generation of XL-Flash memory, based on proprietary BiCS FLASH 3D technology. The company notes that the new generation of XL-FLASH memory has higher storage density, high level of performance and low latency.

Unlike the first generation of XL-Flash memory, which provided for the storage of only one bit of information per cell (SLC), Kioxia's new generation of XL-Flash received the functionality of multilevel MLC cells, where there are 2 bits of information per cell.

The new memory also increased the maximum number of blocks served simultaneously, resulting in higher throughput. And the new generation of XL-Flash memory will also be available in 256 gigabit arrays, which is twice the size of the previous generation of XL-Flash memory.

The new generation of XL-Flash memory, like the previous one, will be used in data center storage devices and enterprise-class drives. In the future, the possibility of using memory as part of CXL modules is also being considered.

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