New Toshiba XG6 SSDs Announced With 96-Layer Bics

Competition in the SSD sector gets tougher with each passing day as all manufacturers want to make the most of the huge popularity of these storage devices. Toshiba, the world leader in NAND memory manufacturing, has announced its new Toshiba XG6 models with the NVMe protocol.

Toshiba XG6, new high-end NVMe SSDs based on advanced 96-layer 3D BiCS NAND TLC memory

The new Toshiba XG6 SSDs are built in the M.2-2280 form factor with a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 interface, resulting in a very compact size and extremely high storage density, as well as top speed thanks to the NVMe 1.3a protocol. For its manufacture , 96-layer 3D BiCS TLC NAND memory chips have been used, which allow the manufacturer to offer versions of 256 GB, 512 GB and 1 TB to adjust to the needs and possibilities of all users.

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These features allow Toshiba XG6 to achieve sequential data transfer rates of up to 3, 180 MB / s in read operations, and up to 2, 960 MB / s in sequential write operations. When it comes to performance figures in 4K random data transfer, it is capable of offering up to 355, 000 IOPS in read and up to 365, 000 IOPS in write. Your controller supports TRIM and garbage self-collection algorithms to ensure the best behavior.

These new Toshiba XG6 SSDs are backed by a 5-year warranty, demonstrating the manufacturer's good confidence in the product. For now the prices have not been announced, we will have to wait a little longer to know if they are interesting compared to the rest of the alternatives on the market. What do you think of its characteristics?

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