Kioxia Ships UFS 5.0 Samples For Next-Generation Mobile Devices

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, announced it has begun shipping evaluation samples of embedded flash memory compliant with the next-generation UFS 5.0 standard, which is currently being standardised by JEDEC.

UFS 5.0 is designed to meet the performance requirements of next-generation mobile devices, including high-end smartphones with on-device artificial intelligence capabilities, and adopts M-PHY version 6.0 and UniPro 3.0 for the protocol.

The standard supports the new HS-GEAR6 mode, enabling a theoretical interface speed of up to 46.6 gigabits per second (Gbps) per lane and delivering approximately 10.8 gigabytes per second (GB/s) of effective read/write performance in a two-lane configuration.

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The evaluation devices integrate Kioxia’s newly developed in-house UFS 5.0 controller and its 8th-generation BiCS FLASH and are offered in 512 gigabytes (GB) and one terabyte (TB) capacities.

The package has been newly designed with a small 7.5 millimetre (mm) x 13 mm size, contributing to board space efficiency and design flexibility.

Kioxia in a statement said the samples are being provided to customers developing UFS 5.0-compatible host systems to support performance evaluation and interoperability testing.

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Shipments of 512 GB evaluation samples began on Feb 24, while one TB samples are scheduled to ship in March. The company noted that the samples are for functional evaluation only, and their specifications will differ from commercial products.

Kioxia will continue to introduce new flash memory technologies into its UFS products to meet the increasing demands for larger capacity and higher performance in the mobile market.

-- BERNAMA