New UFS 5.0 Embedded Flash Memory Devices from Kioxia Enable On-Device AI

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 29, 2026--

Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, today announced its UFS (1) 5.0 embedded flash memory solutions, designed to deliver the performance, efficiency and capacity required for the next generation of AI-enabled mobile and edge devices. The new solutions will be demonstrated next week at FMS: the Future of Memory and Storage and are now available as commercial samples in 1 TB and 512 GB capacities. Mass production is expected to begin by the end of 2026.

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Built on the latest JEDEC UFS 5.0 standard, Kioxia's new devices leverage the MIPI M-PHY v6.0 physical layer and UniPro v3.0 protocol, including HS-Gear6 operation, to support theoretical interface speeds of up to 46.6 Gb/s per lane and approximately 10.8 GB/s of effective dual-lane read/write performance.

As AI workloads continue moving onto devices, storage performance is becoming increasingly important. Large language models, multimodal AI, advanced imaging and real-time inference require significantly faster movement of data between storage and compute. Until now, UFS read performance has been a limiting factor for increasingly sophisticated on-device AI, constraining how quickly large language models and other AI workloads can access data. Kioxia’s UFS 5.0 helps remove these bottlenecks, enabling faster application loading, greater responsiveness and unprecedented user experience across on-device AI applications when compared to UFS 4.1.

Kioxia’s UFS 5.0 solutions combine an in-house developed UFS 5.0 controller with Kioxia’s BiCS FLASH™ generation 8 3D flash memory, to deliver significant improvements in performance, power efficiency and packaging compared to the previous generation of Kioxia products (2), including:

While optimized for premium smartphones featuring on-device AI, Kioxia’s UFS 5.0 is also well suited for AI-enabled tablets, gaming systems, AR/VR devices, robotics, smart security cameras and industrial edge applications that require fast local storage for data-intensive AI workloads.

Kioxia continues to advance its UFS portfolio with flash memory innovations designed to meet the growing demand for higher capacity, greater performance and improved efficiency in AI-enabled mobile and edge applications and will demonstrate its UFS 5.0 embedded flash memory solutions at FMS: the Future of Memory and Storage.

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* In every mention of a Kioxia product: Product density is identified based on the density of memory chips(s)within the product, not the amount of memory capacity available for data storage by the end user. In terms of product capacity, available user storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system, pre-installed software applications, media content, and other constraints. Actual formatted capacity may vary. KIOXIA Corporation defines a gigabit (Gb) as 1,073,741,824 bits, a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes and a terabyte (TB) as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. However, a computer operating system, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1 GB = 2^30 bytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes and 1 TB = 2^40 bytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes.

*1 Gbps is calculated as 1,000,000,000 bits/s and 1 GB/s is calculated as 1,000,000,000 bytes/s.
*Read and write speeds are the best values obtained in a specific test environment at Kioxia Corporation and Kioxia Corporation warrants neither read nor write speeds in individual devices. Read and write speed may vary depending on a device used and file size read or written.
*Company names, product names and service names may be trademarks of third-party companies.

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, SSDs, automotive systems, data centers and generative AI systems.

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UFS 5.0 Embedded Flash Memory Devices

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. went 5 for 5 with two RBIs in the first five-hit game of his career, and Xander Bogaerts' sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the San Diego Padres an 8-7 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

Tatis became the first major leaguer with five singles in a game this season and the first Padres player to do it since Adrián González on Aug. 11, 2009.

Manny Machado had three hits for the Padres, including an eighth-inning single that was misplayed by right fielder Jake McCarthy for an error — allowing Jake Cronenworth to score the tying run.

San Diego loaded the bases against Jimmy Herget (0-4) with nobody out in the ninth on Jackson Merrill's leadoff single and two walks. Merrill scored on Bogaerts’ fly to center field, giving the Padres (54-53) their fourth straight win.

Mason Miller (3-1) struck out all three batters in the top of the ninth to keep it tied at 7.

Padres manager Craig Stammen was ejected in the fourth after arguing with plate umpire Jeremie Rehak, who did not grant Bogaerts an ABS challenge.

San Diego scored twice in the second on Luis Campusano’s run-scoring double and Tatis’ RBI single. Machado had an RBI single in the fifth to pull San Diego within one, and Tatis tied it at 4 with another run-scoring single in the sixth.

Ezequiel Tovar and Mickey Moniak each had an RBI double in the seventh to give the Rockies a 6-4 lead.

San Diego evened it in the bottom half when Merrill singled home a run and Ty France scored on a fielding error by third baseman Willi Castro.

Tovar drew a bases-loaded walk from Adrian Morejon in the eighth to put Colorado in front 7-6.

Castro and Moniak both homered in the third as the Rockies scored four times to take a 4-2 lead. McCarthy hit an RBI single and came around on Moniak's two-run shot.

Rockies RHP Gabriel Hughes (0-2, 2.79 ERA) takes the mound Wednesday. The Padres had not announced a scheduled starter for the series finale.

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San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen, left, argues with home plate umpire Jeremie Rehak. during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

San Diego Padres pitcher Mason Miller celebrates after the third out of the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. falls after moving away from an inside pitch while batting during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

San Diego Padres' Xander Bogaerts celebrates after the Padres defeated the Colorado Rockies 8-7 in a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

San Diego Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts watches his sacrifice fly to defeat the Colorado Rockies 8-7 during the ninth inning of baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)