KIOXIA SSDs Achieve Compatibility with Microchip’s Adaptec® SmartRAID 4300 Series RAID Storage Accelerator

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TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 17, 2025--

Kioxia Corporation today announced that its 2.5-inch KIOXIA CM7 Series Enterprise PCIe ® 5.0 NVMe™ 2.0, KIOXIA CD8P Series Data Center PCIe 5.0 NVMe 2.0 and KIOXIA CD8 Series Data Center PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1.4 SSDs have been successfully tested for compatibility and interoperability with the Adaptec ® SmartRAID 4300 Series RAID storage accelerator card from Microchip Technology Inc.

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KIOXIA CD8P Series Data Center SSD, KIOXIA CM7 Series Enterprise SSD, and KIOXIA CD8 Series Data Center SSD

The Adaptec SmartRAID 4300 accelerator supports up to 32 NVMe SSDs, with each drive directly connected to the CPU through its own dedicated channel. This design eliminates the PCIe bottleneck typically associated with a traditional single x16 host interface, enabling each SSD to operate at peak performance. This innovative architecture delivers exceptional throughput and IOPS, making it an ideal solution for data-intensive enterprise applications. The success of next-generation data center infrastructures relies on ecosystem collaboration and interoperability to ensure seamless integration of current and future technologies.

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• PCIe is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG.

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About Kioxia

Kioxia is a world leader in memory solutions, dedicated to the development, production and sale of flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs). In April 2017, its predecessor Toshiba Memory was spun off from Toshiba Corporation, the company that invented NAND flash memory in 1987. Kioxia is committed to uplifting the world with “memory” by offering products, services and systems that create choice for customers and memory-based value for society. Kioxia's innovative 3D flash memory technology, BiCS FLASH™, is shaping the future of storage in high-density applications, including advanced smartphones, PCs, automotive systems, data centers and generative AI systems.

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