Kioxia Launches GP1 Series High-Performance SSDs to Capture AI Storage Market
KIOXIA officially announced its first GP series SSD, the KIOXIA GP1, supporting GPU direct access to high-speed flash memory. This product achieves ultimate random read performance of 100M IOPS. KIOXIA stated that the KIOXIA GP1 series aims to support emerging AI storage architectures that incorporate high-speed flash media into video memory systems. This method enables AI systems to access larger datasets at a cost far lower than adding HBM, while improving GPU utilization.