Japan, April 7 -- Kioxia Corporation ('Kioxia'), AIO Core Co., Ltd. ('AIO Core') and Kyocera Corporation ('Kyocera') announced the development of a prototype of a PCIe(R) 5.0-compatible broadband SSD with an optical interface (broadband optical SSD). The three companies will develop technologies for broadband optical SSDs to enhance their suitability for advanced applications that require high-speed transfer of large data, such as generative AI, and will also apply them to proof-of-concept (PoC) tests for future social implementation.The new prototype achieved functional operation with the high-speed PCIe 5.0 interface, which is twice the bandwidth of the previous PCIe 4.0 generation, through the combination of AIO Core's IOCore(R) optical ...