Aug 07, 2019 11:32:00

Toshiba Announces NVMe Storage “XFMEXPRESS” with PCIe4.0 Compatible, New Form Factor & Connector Adoption

Toshiba Memory America, Inc. , a group company of Toshiba Memory, will hold a new form factor NVM Express (NVMe) at `` Flash Memory Summit 2019 '' to be held in California from August 6, 2019. XFMEXPRESS 'was announced.

Development of New Removable NVMe ™ Memory Device | TOSHIBA Memory
https://business.toshiba-memory.com/en-us/company/news/news-topics/2019/08/corporate-20190807-1.html

Toshiba Memory Unveils New Technology for Removable NVMe Memory Devices with Groundbreaking Size to Performance Ratio | TOSHIBA MEMORY | Americas
https://business.toshiba-memory.com/en-us/company/tma/news/2019/08/ssd-20190806-1.html

Toshiba Introduces XFMEXPRESS ™ – A New Form Factor, Innovative Connector, and Mobile-Friendly Footprint | The SSD Review
http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/toshiba-introduces-xfmexpress-a-new-form-factor-innovative-connector-and-mobile-friendly-footprint/

Toshiba Introduces New Tiny NVMe SSD Form Factor
https://www.anandtech.com/show/14711/toshiba-introduces-new-tiny-nvme-ssd-form-factor

This time, “XFMEXPRESS” announced by Toshiba Memory America at Flash Memory Summit 2019 is 14mm × 18mm × 1.4mm, and the microSD's external dimensions are 11mm × 15mm × 1mm. Even if the connector part is included, it is only 22.2mm x 17.75mm x 2.2mm, so it does not occupy the space inside the PC.

The connector part of XFMEXPRESS is jointly developed with

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry (JAE) and is not only excellent in robustness and heat dissipation, but also a hinge type that can be attached and removed by hand.

The connection interface is PCI Express 3.0 x4, NVM Express 1.3, and it also supports PCI Express 4.0.

XFMEXPRESS is not only a notebook PC but also a product that targets car equipment such as drive recorders, in- car entertainment equipment, gaming consoles and VR HMDs.