# Kioxia enterprise SSD technology developments > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/kioxia-enterprise-ssd-technology-developments > Updated: 2026-10-21T09:53:57.000Z. Sources: 14. Developments: 5. Kioxia has introduced new enterprise SSD developments aimed at high-performance and high-capacity data center workloads. At the Open Compute Project Global Summit, the company unveiled its GP series, which utilizes third-generation XL-Flash technology to meet Nvidia’s Storage-Next initiative. Kioxia has established a long-term roadmap for these technologies, targeting an SSD with 100 million IOPS by 2028 using PCIe 7.0. In addition to the GP series, Kioxia announced the LD4 series, which employs eighth-generation BiCS8 QLC NAND flash and the E1.L form factor. These PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs are designed for read-intensive hyperscale workloads in high-density 1U scale-out servers. While the architecture is validated to support capacities up to 122.88TB, the company is currently shipping 15.36TB and 30.72TB samples to select customers for functional testing. The LD4 series supports PCIe 5.0 and the Open Compute Project (OCP) datacenter NVMe SSD specification v2.6. Expanding its enterprise offerings, Kioxia has announced new models in the CM9 SSD series designed for Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC). These E3.S form factor drives, utilizing 8th generation BiCS FLASH TLC memory, are engineered to support cold plate cooling in server designs while maintaining compatibility with traditional air-cooled environments. The CM9-DLC models aim to address the thermal demands and power consumption of high-density AI workloads, such as SSD context caching. These PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 compliant drives offer capacities up to 30.72TB for read-intensive use cases and 25.6TB for mixed-use scenarios. To ensure the quality of its next-generation PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 6.0 compatible SSDs, Kioxia is utilizing Anritsu’s MP1900A Signal Quality Analyzer. This collaboration focuses on high-speed interface quality assessments, including compliance testing and link training evaluation, to support the development of high-performance storage systems for AI servers and cloud services. ## Timeline ### 2026-10-21: Kioxia announces new enterprise SSD series for data centers Kioxia has launched the CM9 series with direct liquid cooling and the LD4 series using high-density QLC flash to support AI and hyperscale data center requirements. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/kioxia-announces-new-enterprise-ssd-series-for-data-centers ### 2026-10-19: Kioxia develops new enterprise SSDs and utilizes Anritsu testing solutions Kioxia has developed the LD4 series of QLC flash memory SSDs for enterprise servers and is using Anritsu’s PCIe measurement solutions to evaluate its next-generation PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 interfaces. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/kioxia-develops-new-enterprise-ssds-and-utilizes-anritsu-testing-solutions ### 2026-10-13: KIOXIA expands CM9 SSD series with liquid-cooled models for AI KIOXIA has launched new CM9-DLC enterprise SSDs featuring direct liquid cooling to support high-density AI workloads and improve energy efficiency in data centers. 6 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/kioxia-expands-cm9-ssd-series-with-liquid-cooled-models-for-ai ### 2026-10-11: Kioxia announces LD4 SSD series with up to 122.88 TB capacity Kioxia introduced the LD4 SSD series, featuring high-density E1.L form factor drives with capacities up to 122.88 TB for data centers using BiCS FLASH QLC NAND technology. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/kioxia-announces-ld4-ssd-series-with-up-to-12288-tb-capacity ### 2026-10-08: Kioxia unveils new high-performance and high-capacity data center SSDs Kioxia announced new data center SSDs, including a GP series targeting 20 million IOPS with XL-Flash and the LD4 series using E1.L form factor and QLC NAND for high-capacity hyperscale workloads. 5 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/kioxia-unveils-new-high-performance-and-high-capacity-data-center-ssds --- Cite as: Kioxia enterprise SSD technology developments. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/kioxia-enterprise-ssd-technology-developments