Event Report: HPE Discover 2025 - KIOXIA Highlights Flash Storage Solutions from the Data Center to Space

August 8, 2025

At the recent HPE Discover 2025 in Las Vegas in June 2025, hosted by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Kioxia showcased how our flash storage solutions are helping modernize IT infrastructures across cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and hybrid environments, from the edge to the data center, and even into space. KIOXIA SSDs power a wide range of HPE solutions including enterprise servers, storage, and modern data centers, delivering consistent performance from the edge to the cloud.

KIOXIA and Hewlett Packard Enterprise - HPE Discover 2025 (Video, 2:06)

At the booth and in breakout sessions Kioxia detailed its contributions to the HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 (SBC-2) program, which leverages KIOXIA SSDs to enable cutting-edge research in a test environment aboard the International Space Station (ISS), and introduced the next phase of the Spaceborne program with a full-size model of the Astrolab FLIP rover which includes KIOXIA SSD storage. FLIP will be Astrolab’s first rover to deploy on the lunar surface, scheduled to land on the moon in December 2025 as part of the Griffin Mission One.

The Spaceborne FLIP Lunar Rover was featured in the front of Kioxia booth.
Attendees were excited to learn about KIOXIA storage and memory solutions.

Kioxia also demonstrated how it continues to drive the industry forward with advancements making use of PCIe® 5.0 technology, Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor (EDSFF), and 24G SAS (SAS-4). These innovations enable higher performance, increased density, and improved energy efficiency, helping customers lower total cost of ownership (TCO) while advancing infrastructure optimization.

A full lineup of KIOXIA Data Center, Enterprise, and Client SSDs were on display.
Attendees learned about the latest KIOXIA SSD solutions for Enterprise and Data Center applications.

New product highlights at HPE Discover 2025 included:

  • Kioxia spotlighted the recently launched KIOXIA CD9P Series Data Center NVMe™ SSDs (sample display): PCIe 5.0 NVMe 2.0 EDSFF E3.S form factor SSDs
  • KIOXIA CM9 Series Enterprise NVMe SSDs (sample display): Next-generation NVMe SSDs built with BiCS FLASH™ Generation 8 TLC 3D flash memory
  • KIOXIA LC9 Series Enterprise NVMe SSDs (sample display): High-capacity QLC SSDs

Key demos at the event included:

  • HPE SBC-2: Features a total of over 130 terabytes (TB) of KIOXIA SSDs, supporting high performance and edge computing aboard the ISS
  • Beyond the ISS: Showcasing the next stage of space exploration for KIOXIA SSDs and a FLIP rover
  • Empowering Data Centers with Low Power and Fast Storage: Featuring the new KIOXIA CD9P Series Data Center NVMe SSDs
  • Accelerating Enterprise Performance with KIOXIA High Speed SSDs: Featuring KIOXIA CM9 Series E3.S Enterprise NVMe SSDs
  • High Capacity QLC Storage for the AI Age: Featuring 122.88 TB KIOXIA LC9 Series Enterprise NVMe SSDs
  • Unlocking Database Storage Potential: Featuring KIOXIA RM7 Series Enterprise Value SAS SSDs
  • Life After SATA: Demonstrating the value of SAS as a cost-effective replacement for legacy SATA SSD storage
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KIOXIA SSD and Memory Solutions - Key Visual Video (37 seconds)
Kioxia and HPE highlighted the latest Spaceborne program developments in breakout and expo sessions.
The AI anime headshot demo leveraging KIOXIA CD8 Series SSD was very popular at the event.
The team highlighted the Life After SATA campaign for HPE customers.
Showing the latest BiCS FLASH™ model to attendees and explaining how Kioxia utilizes our own flash memory in our SSDs.
The keynote on day 1 was the start of the show. Kioxia was highlighted in the Sphere.
Kioxia highlighted as a main sponsor of HPE in a callout during the keynote.
Dr. Mark Fernandez from HPE talked about Kioxia’s Spaceborne involvement.
Engaging attendees and talking about the current Spaceborne deployment on the ISS and the next phase going to the moon.

Thank you to everyone for stopping by our booth at HPE Discover 2025, engaging in our demos and sessions, as well as learning more about Spaceborne Computer program and our latest collaborations with HPE to tackle next-gen storage challenges.

  • Definition of capacity: Kioxia Corporation defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes and a terabyte (TB) as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GB = 2^30 bytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes and 1TB = 2^40 bytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system, and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
  • PCIe is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG.
  • NVMe is a registered or unregistered mark of NVM Express, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
  • Other company names, product names, and service names may be trademarks of third-party companies.
  • Information on this page is current as of the time of the event.

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