After introducing the industry's first EDSFF drives with PCIe 5.0 technology last year, the addition of the CM7 series further extends KIOXIA's leading position and enables OEMs to deliver best-in-class performance to end users: These SSDs saturate the PCIe 5.0 interface with 14 GB/s read throughput.
The EDSFF E3 enables the next generation of SSDs with PCIe 5.0 and higher technology to be geared towards future data center architectures, while remaining compatible with a wide range of new devices and applications. It offers improved airflow and thermal characteristics, signal integrity benefits, eliminates the need for LEDs on drive brackets, and facilitates options for higher SSD capacity points.
Key features of the CM7 series include:
• EDSFF E3.S and 2.5-inch form factors with 15 mm Z height (U.2 and U.3)
• Designed to NVMe 2.0 and PCIe 5.0 specifications, and compatible with SFF-TA-1001/U.3 functionality
• SFF-TA-1001 (also known as U.3) compatible with systems enabled with Universal Motherboard Management
• Read-intensive capacities (1 DWPD) up to 30.72 TB
• Mixed-use capacities (3 DWPD) up to 12.80 TB
• Dual-port design for high-availability applications
• Flash Die Failure protection that maintains maximum reliability in the event of a failure
• Support for advanced features: SRIOV, CMB, multi-stream writes
