KIOXIA Europe announced the KIOXIA GP1 Series PCIe 6.0 NVMe SSDs, the first product in its KIOXIA GP Series of Super High IOPS SSDs optimised for GPU direct access. Building on the KIOXIA GP Series technology introduced earlier this year, the KIOXIA GP1 Series delivers up to 10 million random read IOPS using KIOXIA XL-FLASH generation 2 flash memory, enabling flash-based memory extension to help address the growing performance and memory demands of AI infrastructure. Evaluation samples will be available to select customers by the end of 2026.
The KIOXIA GP1 Series will be showcased at FMS: the Future of Memory and Storage, taking place from 4 to 6 August in Santa Clara, California.
The KIOXIA GP1 Series is designed to support emerging AI storage architectures, which extend High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) as a fast flash memory media-based tier. This approach lets AI systems access larger datasets at a significantly lower cost than adding more HBM, while improving GPU utilisation.
KIOXIA GP1 Series SSDs leverage KIOXIA XL-FLASH low-latency, high-performance flash memory to deliver significantly higher IOPS, finer-grained 512-byte data access. The architecture is designed to scale from today’s 10 million random read IOPS to future generations targeting up to 100 million IOPS.
“The growing performance and memory demands of AI infrastructure require a broader memory hierarchy that can keep GPUs supplied with data efficiently,” said Paul Rowan, Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at KIOXIA Europe GmbH. “The KIOXIA GP1 Series enables flash-based memory extension and GPU direct access, helping to reduce latency and CPU overhead while increasing throughput for AI, HPC and data analytics workloads.”
Key features of the KIOXIA GP1 Series include:
- Designed to PCIe 6.0 and NVMe 2.2 specifications
- Utilises KIOXIA XL-FLASH low-latency flash memory
- Up to 10 million random read IOPS at a 512-byte block size
- Available in E3.S, E1.S 9.5/15mm form factors, with cold-plate liquid cooling capability in E3.S and E1.S 9.5mm form factors (all form factors support traditional air-cooled environments)
- Up to 50 DWPD endurance
