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Kioxia launches its first PCIe gen 5 liquid-cooled SSD
What happened
Kioxia unveiled the NX1 series, a liquid-cooled PCIe Gen 5.0 E1.S SSD utilizing 218-layer BiCS 8 NAND. Sampling begins with hyperscale customers, targeting high-performance GPU servers. The launch signals a shift toward advanced thermal management in enterprise storage but has no immediate price impact.
Impact and signal
Low impactImpact score: 25/100
Affected components and suppliers
PCIe Gen 5 SSDE1.S SSDBiCS 8 NANDTLC NAND
Gen5Liquid-cooledHyperscaleBiCS8
Source and time
Source: Blocks & Files · 7/28/2026 · View original source
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