Toshiba Memory: XG6-P PCIe NVMe Up to 2TB M.2 SSD Series With 96-Layer BiCS Flash 3D TLC

Toshiba Memory Corporation announced the XG6-P SSD Series, a derivative of its XG6 Series.

Offering up to 2,048GB of capacity ^[2] and over 30% higher sequential write bandwidth than its predecessor ^[3], the XG6-P is for high-end workstation PCs and gaming systems, as well as cost-optimized data center and composable infrastructures. XG6-P will begin sampling to OEM customers in limited quantities from middle of June.

Leveraging the company’s 96-layer BiCS flash 3D TLC (3-bit-per-cell), XG6-P SSDs provide storage capacity, while maintaining the promise of thin, high-speed storage with power efficiency. It features a PCIe Gen 3 x4 lane (rev. 3.1a)/NVMe (rev. 1.3a) interface and delivers up to 3,180MB/s of sequential read and 2,920MB/s of sequential write ^[4], and up to 355,000 random read and 365,000 random write IO/s ^[5]. Furthermore, XG6-P operate at less than 5W, providing a performance-to-power ratio in a compact footprint. With double the capacity of the XG6, faster write speeds than the XG5-P, and a lower power envelope and smaller form factor than the data center class XD5, the XG6-P Series offers an additional M.2 NVMe storage option to optimize client solutions or data center environments.

The 2,048GB XG6-P SSD is available in a single-sided M.2 2280 (22x80mm) form factor and offers security options including TCG Pyrite Version 1.0 support for non-SED (Self-Encrypting Drive) configurations and TCG Opal Version 2.01 support for SED.

The XG6-P Series SSDs will be displayed at Interop Tokyo 2019 in Makuhari Messe, Japan, from June 12 to 14 in the company’s booth.

^[1] The actual capacity is 2,048GB. Please refer to footnote [2] for definition of capacity.
^[2] Definition of capacity: Toshiba Memory Corporation defines MB as 1,000,000 bytes, a GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes and a TB as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer OS, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GB = 2^30 bytes=1,073,741,824 bytes, 1TB=2^40 bytes=1,099,511,627,776 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and OS, such as Microsoft OS and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
^[3] Internal Toshiba Memory testing compared to XG5-P 2TB SSD’s write sequential speed, XG6-P is 32.7% faster.
^[4] Toshiba Memory survey based on sequential read and write speeds of 128KB units, using XG6-P 2048GB models under Toshiba Memory test conditions. Read and write speed may vary, depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size. Toshiba Memory Corporation defines a MB as 1,000,000 bytes and a KB as 2^10 bytes, or 1,024 bytes.
^[5] Toshiba Memory survey based on random read and write speeds of 4KB units, using XG6-P 2,048GB models under company’s test conditions. Read and write speed may vary, depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size.