KIOXIA XD7P E1.S SSD Announced

KIOXIA has announced the expansion of its SSD portfolio with the XD7P Series. This new line of SSDs is purpose-built for hyperscale and general server applications in the new Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E1.S form factor. The XD7P series is KIOXIA’s 2^nd generation of E1.S SSDs with Open Compute Project (OCP) Data Center NVMe SSD 2.0 specification support, the first being the XD6 series.

KIOXIA has announced the expansion of its SSD portfolio with the XD7P Series. This new line of SSDs is purpose-built for hyperscale and general server applications in the new Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) E1.S form factor. The XD7P series is KIOXIA’s 2^nd generation of E1.S SSDs with Open Compute Project (OCP) Data Center NVMe SSD 2.0 specification support, the first being the XD6 series.

KIOXIA has improved the overall performance with the new XD7P Series, claiming almost 1.5X to 2X the sequential write performance and random read/write performance compared to its predecessor. No detailed performance numbers were provided at this time, however.

While the XD7P is initially designed with the PCIe 4.0 and NVMe 2.0 specifications, a PCIe 5.0 version (with a maximum interface speed of 32 GT/s per lane) is currently under development.

As such, this new line is expected to bring consistent performance, latency and reliability in demanding 24×7 data center environments such as read-intensive workloads in public and private cloud infrastructures; low latency requirements with mixed workload applications; and data centers transitioning to PCIe NVMe SSDs.

KIOXIA XD7P Series Highlights

• EDSFF E1.S form factor with 9.5mm, 15mm and 25mm heat sink options
• Designed to NVMe 2.0 and PCIe 4.0 specifications (PCIe 5.0 under development)
• Supports the OCP Data Center NVMe SSD 2.0 r21 specification
• Built on 5th generation BiCS FLASH 3D TLC flash memory and an improved proprietary controller
• 1 DWPD endurance and supports up to 7.68 terabyte capacity
• Non-SED and TCG Opal SSC SED options

KIOXIA XD7P Series Detailed Specifications

Form Factor		E1.S 9.5/15/25 mm
Flash Memory Type		BiCS FLASH 3D TLC Flash Memory
Interface Specification Design		PCIe 4.0, NVMe 2.0 Open Compute Project Data Center NVMe SSD v2.0
User Capacity (GB)		1,920	3,840	7,680
Endurance
Per 5 years	DWPD	1.0
Reliability
MTTF	MPOH	2.0
Temperature
Op		0~70°C
Security		Non-SED, SED (TCG-Opal 2.0)

KIOXIA XD7P Series Availability

KIOXIA XD7P drives are now sampling to select data center customers.

The XD7P series will be released initially as PCIe 4.0 SSDs while the PCIe 5.0 version will be available at a later date (based on customer demand).

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