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I'm not sure what relevance that has to this deal. Kioxia (formerly a part of Toshiba) is a major NAND producer. They have a partnership (sharing technology and production) with SanDisk (formerly a part of WD). Their NAND is used in a wide variety of drives, including at least one variant of the Lexar NM790. They do make OEM drives for companies like Dell, though they're not the exclusive supplier.
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I'm not sure what relevance that has to this deal. Kioxia (formerly a part of Toshiba) is a major NAND producer. They have a partnership (sharing technology and production) with SanDisk (formerly a part of WD). Their NAND is used in a wide variety of drives, including at least one variant of the Lexar NM790. They do make OEM drives for companies like Dell, though they're not the exclusive supplier.
I'm not sure what relevance of your comment has, other than cheesy pedantry of course, in which case you succeeded.
Yes, many of us know Kioxia is a spinoff from Toshiba, and though it's not a secret, it's definitely NOT a well known commercial brand.
My statement is for those that have never heard of it, which is going to be the vast majority of people out there. It also confirms that Kioxia is an "OEM" supplier - another term that the majority of people on SD don't understand even when they think they do.
As for Sandisk, they WERE a separate company until WD bought them. Now WD cut them loose, so you're missing the most important part of that story too, but thanks again for the unnecessary pedantry.
PS - I have a Kioxia drive. Also, Dell does not provide any information on SSD drives. When you dig, you'll find the Kioxia brand name across their product lines (consumer and business/professional), but I honestly don't know, or care, if they have total exclusivity.
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I'm not sure what relevance of your comment has, other than cheesy pedantry of course, in which case you succeeded. <br />
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Yes, many of us know Kioxia is a spinoff from Toshiba, and though not a secret, it's definitely NOT a well known commercial brand. <br />
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I put my statement there for those that have never heard of it, which is going to be the vast majority of people out there. It also confirms that Kioxia is an "OEM" supplier - another term that the majority of people on SD don't understand even when they think they do. <br />
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As for Sandisk, they WERE a separate company until WD bought them. Now WD cut them loose, so you're missing the most important part of that story too, but thanks again for the unnecessary pedantry.<br />
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PS - I have a Kioxia drive. Also, Dell does not provide any information on SSD drives. When you dig, you'll the Kioxia brand across their product lines, but I honestly don't know, or even care, if they have total exclusivity.
Yes, I'm aware WD bought SanDisk, then spun them back off (I believe after failing to merge with Kioxia). I still don't get what your original point was. This deal is not for a Kioxia drive, it's for a Lexar. At most, this drive might come with Kioxia NAND. Even if it does, I don't think the drive is manufactured by Kioxia. There's probably a better chance that variant is manufactured by Phison. So, should we bring up Nextorage and the Sony Playstation???
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Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Form Factor: M.2 2280
Controller: Phison PS5027-E27T
DRAM: N/A
HMB: 32 MB
NAND Brand: Kioxia
NAND Type: QLC
R/W: 7,400 MB/s - 6,500 MB/s
Endurance: 1500 TBW
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I'm not sure what relevance that has to this deal. Kioxia (formerly a part of Toshiba) is a major NAND producer. They have a partnership (sharing technology and production) with SanDisk (formerly a part of WD). Their NAND is used in a wide variety of drives, including at least one variant of the Lexar NM790. They do make OEM drives for companies like Dell, though they're not the exclusive supplier.
I'm not sure what relevance of your comment has, other than cheesy pedantry of course, in which case you succeeded.
Yes, many of us know Kioxia is a spinoff from Toshiba, and though it's not a secret, it's definitely NOT a well known commercial brand.
My statement is for those that have never heard of it, which is going to be the vast majority of people out there. It also confirms that Kioxia is an "OEM" supplier - another term that the majority of people on SD don't understand even when they think they do.
As for Sandisk, they WERE a separate company until WD bought them. Now WD cut them loose, so you're missing the most important part of that story too, but thanks again for the unnecessary pedantry.
PS - I have a Kioxia drive. Also, Dell does not provide any information on SSD drives. When you dig, you'll find the Kioxia brand name across their product lines (consumer and business/professional), but I honestly don't know, or care, if they have total exclusivity.
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I'm not sure what relevance of your comment has, other than cheesy pedantry of course, in which case you succeeded. <br />
<br />
<br />
Yes, many of us know Kioxia is a spinoff from Toshiba, and though not a secret, it's definitely NOT a well known commercial brand. <br />
<br />
I put my statement there for those that have never heard of it, which is going to be the vast majority of people out there. It also confirms that Kioxia is an "OEM" supplier - another term that the majority of people on SD don't understand even when they think they do. <br />
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As for Sandisk, they WERE a separate company until WD bought them. Now WD cut them loose, so you're missing the most important part of that story too, but thanks again for the unnecessary pedantry.<br />
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PS - I have a Kioxia drive. Also, Dell does not provide any information on SSD drives. When you dig, you'll the Kioxia brand across their product lines, but I honestly don't know, or even care, if they have total exclusivity.
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