Kioxia Unveils Fast & Affordable Exceria G3 PCIe 5 SSD To Quell Storage Price Hike Anxiety

Sometimes we can all use a little reassurance that everything will be okay. If you're PC enthusiast, now is definitely one of those times, as the booming AI market is gobbling up NAND flash memory chips and other hardware at a breakneck pace (and sending consumer brands packing for the data center hills). Well, enter Kioxia, which is rolling out a "value-driven addition" to its consumer SSD product line, the Exceria G3.

Before you roll your eyes and say 'Ew, ick!' to the value oriented pitch, which is sometimes code for 'slow as molasses', this is anything but, at least on paper. We haven't gotten our hands on an Exceria G3 to test out, though it's rated to deliver sequential read speeds of up to 10,000MB/s (10GB/s) for the both 1TB and 2TB capacities offered. Sequential write speeds check in at up to 8 ...