Kioxia Unveils First BiCS8 QLC-based EG7 Series SSDs for PC OEMs

On April 21, Kioxia announced the launch of its EG7 series solid state drives (SSDs) for PC OEM customers, the first client solution to adopt Kioxia's BiCS FLASH™ generation 8 4-bit-per-cell, quadruple-level cell (QLC) technology. The QLC-based KIOXIA EG7 Series delivers equivalent performance as TLC-based solutions, enabling better total cost of ownership (TCO) for value-oriented slim laptops, as well as commercial and consumer notebooks and desktops.

The DRAM-less KIOXIA EG7 Series leverages mature Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology, supports PCIe® 4.0 specification compliant and incorporates NVMe™ 2.0d support. It is available in three capacities, including 512GB, 1024GB, and 2048GB, with maximum sequential read and write speeds of 7,000 MB/s and 6,200 MB/s, respectively. 

The EG7 Series is currently sampling to select PC OEM customers, with PC shipments equipped with the SSD expected to begin from the second quarter of 2026 onwards.