Kioxia, the company formerly known as Toshiba, has started to ship a new storage device based on a new form factor, XFMEXPRESS, which aims to bring the best of both SSD and microSD worlds.
XT2 minangka piranti panyimpenan NVMe PCIe sing bisa dicopot sing, miturut literatur pemasaran Kioxia, bakal "nambah aplikasi seluler lan aplikasi sing dipasang ing generasi sabanjure".
Teknologi - sing digawe telung taun - bisa dicopot kaya kertu microSD, kanthi dimensi (18 x 14 x 1.4mm) luwih gedhe tinimbang sing terakhir (14 x 11 x 1mm). Konektore padha karo apa sing digunakake smartphone kanggo kertu SIM nano, sing mbutuhake tutupe digeser kanggo ngakses kertu kasebut.
A spokesperson kanggo perusahaan marang TechRadar Pro sing XT2 bakal diregani competitive karo faktor wangun SSD liyane kinerja padha lan bakal ana ing kapasitas kiro-kiro saka 128GB kanggo 1TB. Kanggo kacepetan, amarga dilengkapi jalur PCIe Gen 4 x 2, maca lan nulis urutan kudu ngluwihi 2500Mbps lan 650Mbps.
Saingan kanggo microSD?
Don’t expect XFMExpress to replace microSD any time soon, even if demand for the tiny cards has taken a downward trajectory as mainstream smartphones abandon removable storage altogether.
Ana uga teka-teki sing ana gandhengane karo format saingan SD Express, sing uga minangka standar PCIe NVMe, sing bisa nganti 4GBps, nawakake fitur keamanan canggih lan didhukung dening asosiasi SD.
Kang ndadekke kita menyang pitakonan apa pasar perlu liyane wangun faktor anyar, nalika incumbent ana entuk manfaat saka support pasar ageng, kinerja luwih, retooling minimal lan keamanan meningkat. Kita wis menehi pitakonan kasebut menyang Kioxia lan bakal nganyari artikel kasebut nalika krungu maneh.
As for use cases that require high performance, high capacity storage, there’s plenty (e.g. prosumer cameras, IoT/edge servers etc.), but they are likely to be niche and unlikely to sustain a market where rival formats exist.