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Silicon Motion Displays New SM2524XT Gen5 Controller Along with Next-Gen Tech Computex 2026 Update

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KIOXIA has yet to bring its consumer SSDs to North America, a decision the author finds puzzling, especially given the potential for these drives to rival top-tier bestsellers. Similarly, the author questions Micron’s retirement of the popular Crucial brand. Despite this, the team continues to cover KIOXIA retail SSDs from Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, leveraging the site's global reach to inform readers about worldwide availability. At Computex, KIOXIA showcased its latest enthusiast/gaming SSD, the Exceria Pro G2. This Gen 5 form-factor 2280 M.2 SSD is available in Asia and Europe in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities. It delivers read speeds of 14.9GB/s and write speeds of 13.7GB/s, with up to 2300K IOPS. While KIOXIA does not disclose the controller, the SSD pairs a Silicon Motion SM2508 8-channel Gen5 controller with KIOXIA's own BiCS8 NAND flash memory. It comes with a 5-year warranty, and a review sample is expected soon. Another intriguing model is a DRAMless SSD featuring KIOXIA's proprietary NVMe 2.0c controller and BiCS8 QLC NAND flash memory. Available only in Europe and Asia in 1TB and 2TB capacities, it achieves read speeds of 10GB/s and write speeds of 9.6GB/s, with up to 1600K IOPS. It also carries a 5-year limited warranty, and a review unit will be provided upon release. KIOXIA has long been strong in enterprise and data center SSDs. A recent example is the KIOXIA CD9P 7.68TB Gen5 Data Center SSD, which reached throughput highs of 14.8GB/s and IOPS highs of 2600K. The author thanks Risteard McSweeney for the tour of the KIOXIA display and looks forward to their annual meeting.