Kioxia launches first E1.L QLC NVMe SSD with LD4 series

Kioxia has introduced the LD4 Series, its first E1.L form factor SSD, using BiCS FLASH generation 8 QLC NAND. It launches at 15.36TB and 30.72TB with an architecture validated up to 122.88TB, targeting read-intensive hyperscale workloads in 1U servers over PCIe Gen5.

• LD4 launches at 15.36TB and 30.72TB, architecture validated to 122.88TB
• BiCS FLASH gen 8 QLC NAND with PCIe Gen5 NVMe interface
• E1.L form factor: 9.5mm thick, 318.75mm long for 1U servers
• Single-port design is already sampling to customers