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KIOXIA Announces EG7 Gen4 QLC Client Based Value SSDs

By: Les Tokar
22 April 2026 at 14:03

With the price of memory these days, it can only be expected that we will see more value-driven options in both client and consumer SSD solutions, such as pre-configured PCs and laptops. Right in line with this, KIOXIA has introduced its first Gen4 QLC NAND equipped SSD known as the EG7. The KIOXIA EG7 Series …

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China’s YMTC Fires Back at US Chip Restrictions with Three New Fabs Set to Double Its Wafer Output

14 April 2026 at 22:55

An aerial view of the Yangtze Memory Technologies factory with a large logo and the text 'YANGTZE MEMORY' in the top left corner.

As the United States continues to hammer down trade restrictions on China, YMTC has decided to uplift the chipmaking capacity by building new fabs. China & US Trade Wars Continue, In the Midst, YMTC Decides To Double Its Production Capacity With Two Brand New Chipmaking Factories The semiconductor industry is currently facing a trade war between two giants. On one hand, there's the United States, and on the other, there's China. From export restrictions to the banning of necessary tools that are required for making chips, the United States is trying to ensure that China doesn't get bleeding-edge materials and […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/china-to-double-chip-making-capacity-with-three-new-ymtc-fabs-tackle-us-restrictions/

Kioxia Exceria PRO G2 4TB PCIe 5.0 SSD Review

1 April 2026 at 10:00

The latest drive from Kioxia is the Exceria PRO G2, the new flagship model for the company's consumer range. The Gen 5 drive, which uses a combination of an 8-channel controller and 218-layer NAND, is Kioxia's fastest drive to date, rated up to 14,900MB/s and 13,700MB/s for sequential read and writes, respectively.

At the time of writing, the Exceria PRO G2 lineup consists of three capacities: 1TB, 2TB and the flagship 4TB model (the drive we are looking at here). At the heart of the drive is a Silicon Motion SM2508 8-channel controller paired up with Kioxia's BiCS8 218-layer 3D TLC NAND.

Kioxia rates the Sequential performance of the 4TB Exceria PRO G2 as up to 14,900MB/s for reads and up to 13,700MB/s for writes. The 2TB drive gets the same read rating as the 4TB drive, while the 1TB is rated up to 14,400MB/s. When it comes to write performance, the 2TB drive is rated up to 13,400MB/s and up to 12,700MB/s for the 1TB model.

Random performance for the 4TB drive is quoted as up to 2,300,000 IOPS for reads and up to 1,950,000 IOPS for writes. The 2TB drive is rated up to 2,250,000 IOPS and up to 1,950,000 IOPS for read and writes, respectively, while the 1TB gets 2,000,000 IOPS for reads and 1,900,000 IOPS for writes.

The 4TB drive gets a TBW endurance rating of 2,400TB, while the 2TB gets 1,200TB, and the 1TB gets 600TB.

Kioxia backs the drives with a 5-year warranty.

Physical Specifications:

  • Usable Capacities: 4TB.
  • NAND Components: BiCS8 218-layer 3D TLC NAND.
  • NAND Controller: Silicon Motion SM2508.
  • Cache: LPDDR4.
  • Interface: PCIe Gen 5 x4, NVMe 2.0d.
  • Form Factor: M.2, 2280.
  • Dimensions: 80.15 x 22.15 x 2.63mm.

Firmware Version:Β  AZRA4103.

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