TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 5, 2026--
Kioxia Corporation today announced KIOXIA BG7 series solid state drives (SSDs) – the first client solution to feature the company’s latest, BiCS FLASH TM generation 8 3D flash memory with innovative CMOS directly Bonded to Array (CBA) technology 1). Designed for PC customers, the KIOXIA BG7 Series offers an excellent balance of performance, features, and efficiency for commercial/consumer notebooks and desktops.
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KIOXIA BG7 SSDs pass on the optimized performance and power efficiency of BiCS FLASH™ generation 8 to every application. With random read/write up to 1,000,000 IOPS and sequential read up to 7,000 MB/s, the KIOXIA BG7 Series subsequently delivers approximately 10% and 16% performance improvement respectively compared to its KIOXIA BG6 Series predecessor. The power efficiency in sequential write performance has improved by approximately 67% by improved memory cell performance using CBA technology, efficient control circuits, and an optimized SSD controller.
The KIOXIA BG7 Series expands the line’s feature-set and footprints. NVMe™ 2.0d capabilities were added, enabling finer control for OEMs. Also, in addition to existing M.2 Type 2230 and 2280 KIOXIA BG Series models, the KIOXIA BG7 Series features a new Type 2242 form factor to support a broader range of mounting conditions.
As Kioxia’s value-oriented client series, DRAM-less KIOXIA BG7 Series drives support fully matured Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology, which utilizes part of the host memory (DRAM) and delivers the cost savings to customers. Additional features and benefits include:
The KIOXIA BG7 Series will debut at CES ® 2026 and will be on display at the company’s exhibit room (Zeno 4710) on Level 4 of the Venetian Meeting Center from January 6-8, 2026. Select PC OEM customers are evaluating samples now. For more information, please visit www.kioxia.com.
Notes:
1) KIOXIA BG7 Series 256GB model utilizes BiCS FLASH™ generation 6
About Kioxia
Kioxia is a world leader in memory solutions, dedicated to the development, production and sale of flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs). In April 2017, its predecessor Toshiba Memory was spun off from Toshiba Corporation, the company that invented NAND flash memory in 1987. Kioxia is committed to uplifting the world with “memory” by offering products, services and systems that create choice for customers and memory-based value for society. Kioxia's innovative 3D flash memory technology, BiCS FLASH™, is shaping the future of storage in high-density applications, including advanced smartphones, PCs, automotive systems, data centers and generative AI systems.
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KIOXIA BG7 Series Client SSD
You might be inclined to think of freestyle skiing as one of the new kids on the block at the Winter Olympics — after all, there are lot of young athletes doing it — but some of the freeskiiing sports were introduced at the Calgary Games some 38 years ago.
Four decades of familiarity with moguls, the halfpipe, big air and more have turned some of these daring athletes into household names and their tricks have gotten more and more creative.
The three most popular disciplines in this sport fall under the category of “freeskiing” — halfpipe, slopestyle and big air. Those are judged contests in which skiers are graded on how high they fly and the difficulty of their tricks. In moguls, skiers are scored on their form through the bumps and two jumps along with their overall speed. In aerials, which shares some similarities with big air, skiers flip and twist as soar more than 40 feet (12 meters) into the air. There's also skicross, a set of side-by-side elimination showdowns that closes with a four-person race for the medals.
Eileen Gu is the star of this sport. She grew up in San Francisco but competes for her mother's native country of China. Four years ago, she became the first action-sports athlete to win three medals at one Olympics — gold in halfpipe and big air and silver in slopestyle. Canada's Mikael Kingsbury is generally viewed as the best moguls skier of all time. He had 99 World Cup wins heading into this season, along with a gold and two silver medals at the Olympics. American Alex Hall, who considers himself as much of an artist as an athlete on the slopes, looks to defend his title in slopestyle.
The venues are in Livigno, a three-hour drive northeast of Milan. Some of the key dates include big air Feb. 14-17, halfpipe Feb. 19-21 and skicross Feb. 20-21.
Halfpipe freeskiing debuted in 2014, shortly after its foremost pioneer, Sarah Burke, died in a training accident. She had lobbied to get freeskiing into the Olympics. On a magical night in Russia, Burke's parents were in the stands to watch the contest, which ended with the maintenance crew paying tribute to her by skiing down the halfpipe in the shape of a heart. In 2022, Gu capped off her third medal of the Beijing Games — a gold — with a joy-filled “victory lap” down the halfpipe after she had already secured the victory.
Slopestyle courses double as works of art; at the Olympics, it gives course builders a chance incorporate elements of their country into the Olympic playing field. In Russia, skiers had the option of jumping over a giant Russian nesting doll. In Beijing, the course was lined with a replica of the Great Wall, complete with a guard house (the “shred shed”) built as an option on the rails course. It's a secretive process, and as of now, what visual treats will line the course at Livigno Snow Park remain a mystery.
AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
FILE - Olympic hopeful U.S. freestyle skier, Alex Hall, poses for a photo at Team USA Media Summit, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Gold medalist Eileen Gu Ailing of China poses during the awards ceremony for the women's halfpipe finals at FIS Freeski World Cup 2025 in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Luo Yuan/Xinhua via AP, File)
FILE - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury competes in the men's moguls at the Freestyle World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP, File)
