Kioxia has developed the KIOXIA LD4 series of E1.L form-factor SSDs featuring eighth-generation BiCS FLASH QLC. It has begun shipping samples to select customers, and the products are scheduled to be exhibited at the 2026 OCP Global Summit.
Kioxia has announced the LD4 series for hyperscale data centers, providing high-density storage in a 1U server environment. The product uses eighth-generation BiCS FLASH QLC and features the E1.L 9.5 mm form factor and high capacity. Sample shipments have begun to select customers, and the specifications may differ from those of commercial mass-produced units.
Key specifications include PCIe 5.0 (Gen4x4) and NVMe 2.0e compliance, support for the Open Compute Project Datacenter NVMe SSD Specification v2.6, compatibility with hyperscale servers using a single-port design, and a capacity architecture ranging from 1 TB to a maximum of 122.88 TB. The design is intended to combine high-density storage with high capacity.
The product is already shipping as samples and is scheduled to be exhibited at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose, California, from 12 to 15 October 2026. The official information notes that the specifications may differ at the time of mass production.