Exceria Plus G2 Portable: Kioxia significantly reduces external SSD 45 comments
Image: Kioxia
Kioxia is launching the second generation of its external SSD. The Exceria Plus G2 Portable offers the same storage capacity of up to 2 TB and around 1,000 MB/s reading and writing. However, it has become significantly more compact and lighter.
Weight loss diet for Kioxia’s Portable SSD
The previous Exceria Plus Portable (G1) was 10 cm long, 4.5 cm wide and 1.5 cm high and weighed 76 grams. The new Exceria Plus G2 Portable is significantly slimmer at 7 cm long, 4 cm wide and 1.2 cm high and weighs almost half as much at 42 grams. A direct comparison of the press images makes the difference.
Image comparison: Exceria Plus G2 Portable (Image: Kioxia) ⇔ Exceria Plus Portable (Image: Kioxia)
The interface remains USB 3.1 aka USB 3.2 Gen 2 with 10 Gbit/s. Data can be read sequentially at up to 1,050 MB/s and written at up to 1,000 MB/s. The tests should check whether the write speed is also possible permanently.
Exceria Plus G2 Portable (new) Exceria Plus Portable Storage capacities 500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB External interface USB 3.2 Gen 2 Sequential read/write 1,050/1,000 MB/s Dimensions (L × W × H) 72 × 40 × 11.8 mm 105 × 45 × 14.7 mm Weight 42 g 76 g
The aluminum housing contains the in-house SSD technology, including BiCS Flash, i.e. NAND flash from Kioxia and Western Digital. However, no more detailed information is provided, as is usually the case with external data carriers.
Kioxia promises compatibility with various operating systems in addition to Windows and macOS, such as Android, iOS or current game consoles. The connection is made either via USB-A or USB-C, a 30 cm long cable is included for both plug types, while the SSD itself has a USB-C port.
Exceria Plus G2 Portable (Image: Kioxia)
Password protection can be enabled with the Kioxia SSD utility. Data is encrypted using the 256-bit AES standard.
The introduction of a more compact variant of its external SSD was also necessary if you want to stay on top of compactness. A Kingston XS1000 (test) is even a little more manageable and the Crucial
What Kioxia has not yet revealed are the prices of the three variants with 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB of storage space. Marketing is planned for the current 4th quarter.
Topics: Flash storage SSD storage Kioxia NVMe Source: Kioxia
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