KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the KIOXIA NX1 Series of solid-state drives (SSDs), a new generation of E1.S PCIe 5.0 NVMe data center SSDs, and Kioxia's first SSD with direct liquid cooling support. The KIOXIA NX1 Series features Kioxia's next-generation, in-house developed controller architecture enabling unique capabilities today while providing a foundation for future features. The new drives are engineered to deliver high-performance, power-efficient storage for GPU-enabled servers and hyperscale data center environments.

The KIOXIA NX1 Series is the successor model of the XD series, and leverages PCIe 5.0 performance to help cloud providers and hyperscale operators optimize infrastructure while maintaining operational efficiency. Compared to the previous generation, KIOXIA NX1 SSDs deliver up to 38% higher sequential write performance and up to 20% higher random write performance.