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 jẹ ohun elo ibi ipamọ NVMe ti PCIe ti o yọkuro eyiti, ni ibamu si awọn iwe-kikọ titaja Kioxia, yoo “mu ilọsiwaju iran-iran ati awọn ohun elo ifibọ”.
Imọ-ẹrọ - eyiti o jẹ ọdun mẹta ni ṣiṣe - jẹ yiyọ kuro bi kaadi microSD, pẹlu awọn iwọn (18 x 14 x 1.4mm) diẹ ti o tobi ju igbehin lọ (14 x 11 x 1mm). Asopọmọra rẹ jọra si ohun ti awọn fonutologbolori lo fun awọn kaadi SIM nano, to nilo ideri lati sun si apakan lati wọle si kaadi naa.
A agbẹnusọ fun ile-iṣẹ sọ TechRadar Pro pe XT2 yoo jẹ idiyele ni ifigagbaga pẹlu awọn ifosiwewe fọọmu SSD miiran ti iṣẹ ṣiṣe ti o jọra ati pe yoo funni ni awọn agbara ti o wa lati 128GB si 1TB. Bi fun awọn iyara, fun ni pe o wa pẹlu awọn ọna PCIe Gen 4 x 2, awọn kika lẹsẹsẹ ati kikọ yẹ ki o kọja 2500Mbps ati 650Mbps ni atele.
Orogun si 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.
Iṣoro tun wa ti o ni nkan ṣe pẹlu kika orogun SD Express, eyiti o tun jẹ boṣewa PCIe NVMe kan, eyiti o le de ọdọ 4GBps, nfunni awọn ẹya aabo ilọsiwaju ati atilẹyin nipasẹ ẹgbẹ SD.
Eyi ti o mu wa wá si ibeere boya ọja naa nilo ifosiwewe fọọmu tuntun miiran, nigbati awọn anfani ti o wa tẹlẹ lati atilẹyin ọja ti o tobi ju, iṣẹ ti o dara julọ, atunṣe ti o kere julọ ati aabo ti o ni ilọsiwaju. A ti fi ibeere yẹn si Kioxia a yoo ṣe imudojuiwọn nkan naa nigbati a ba gbọ pada.
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.