Kioxia’s new BG5 Series SSDs are designed for use in ultra-thin PCs, IoT embedded devices and server boot in data centers.
Kioxia has announced the latest addition to its lineup of PCIe 4.0 SSDs with the launch of the new Xioxia BG5 Series. While the company says it designed its latest M.2 SSDs to bring a suitable balance of performance, cost and power to everyday gamers and PC users, keep in mind that its BG Series NVMe SSDs are aimed at businesses making ultra-thin PCs and IoT embedded devices though these drives can also be used for server boot in data centers. The Kioxia BG5 Series is built with a PCIe 64 GT/s interface (Gen4 x4 lanes) and are accelerated by the company’s fifth generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology.