FMS 2020: Kioxia Demos Flash Memory Technology

At FMS, KIOXIA America, Inc. will highlight transformational new products that take flash storage to new heights.

At this virtual event, it will demonstrate its flash memory technology and spotlight several different applications for attendees. It will also participate in several technical sessions led by company executives.

The inventor of flash memory, KIOXIA has a broad portfolio of SSDs, including solutions for client PCs, data center, hyperscale, high-end servers and storage systems. Recent announcements showcase the company’s continued focus on innovation, and this will be on display at FMS. Demonstrations of new products include the industry’s first PCIe 4.0 Open Compute Platform NVMe cloud spec-enabled SSD (based on a survey of publicly available information as of November 3, 2020.) and new additions to its KumoScale software that bring faster NVMe-oF storage to containers.

“From powering the enterprise to scaling the data center and driving automotive and smartphone applications, KIOXIA’s mission to elevate our digital lives is resonating around the world,” said Alex Mei, VP of corporate marketing. “Together with our customers and technology partners, KIOXIA leads the way for flash memory advancements that act as catalysts for positive change – both in the IT industry and in everyday life.“

Designed to maximize system density, efficiency and simplicity, KIOXIA’s EDSFF E1.x XD6 Series SSDs will debut at FMS. It addresses the requirements of hyperscale applications, including the performance, power and thermal requirements of the OCP NVMe Cloud SSD spec.

FMS Demos

• XL-flash Storage Class Memory
• KumoScale storage software
• BiCS flash 3D flash memory
• PM5 enterprise SAS SSDs in Dell EMC PowerFlex family running Kubernetes stateful application Apache Cassandra
• PM6 SSDs in MySQL demo highlighting the performance of 24Gb SAS
• CM6 enterprise SAS SSDs highlighting the performance difference between PCIe Gen 4 vs Gen 3
• CM6 enterprise SAS SSDs in a VMware vSAN high-performance demo
• RM5 and CD5 SSDs in:
  • Virtualized workloads highlighting the performance difference between NVMe and SAS solutions vs SATA
  • DB analytics workloads demo highlighting the performance difference between NVMe and SAS solutions vs. SATA
  • Transactional database workloads demo highlighting the performance difference between NVMe and SAS solutions vs SATA
• Software-Enabled flash technology
• UFS and e-MMC demo boards for use with new automotive and mobile applications
• Industrial SLC

FMS technical sessions and tutorials

• Rory Bolt, senior fellow, MSSDs: Software-Enabled Flash for Enterprise Data Centers and Next Great Breakthrough in Flash Memory
• Matt Hallberg, senior product manager, enterprise and Ethernet SSDs, SSD BU: Ethernet-Attached SSDs Lead to Higher-Performing Storage Benefits of Native NVMe-oF SSDs
• John Geldman, director of SSD industry standards: Using the New EDSFF (E3) SSDs Effectively
• Hallberg: Top 5 Ways Ethernet SSDs Can Improve Storage Solutions
• Chuck Piercey, director of product management, KumoScale software: NVMe-oF: The Best Way to Network Enterprise Storage Environments