Kioxia showcases SSDs that communicate at the speed of light — optical connection enables storage as far as 40 meters or more from CPU

Kioxia introduced an optical interface for SSDs, which allows storage placement as far as 40 meters away from the host for better power efficiency, cooling, and data center layout planning. 

Kioxia introduced an optical interface for SSDs, which allows storage placement as far as 40 meters away from the host for better power efficiency, cooling, and data center layout planning.