After trying out the KIOXIA EXCERIA PRO Gen4 SSD, it is time to look at the cost-effective Gen3 EXCERIA G2 NVMe SSD, which is packing BiCS TLC Flash ICs with capacities up to 2TB and rated speeds specific to entry-level to mainstream SSDs in the PCIe 3.0 area.

The product is shipped inside a compact cardboard enclosure, which does show the rated reads speeds of the product right on the front, along with the total capacity:

On the back side, we will learn that the drive is backed by a 5-year warranty, but also here we will note a sticker with the product code name, the manufacturing month, but also its serial numbers:

The packaging does also inform the user of the EU/UK KIOXIA office contact details:

Besides the EXCERIA G2 drive, we will find in the box the Quick Start Guide, but also a small leaflet which shows how to lift the product from the protective enclosure:

The EXCERIA G2 consists of 4 TLC NAND packages, covered by a small sticker, while the controller and the DRAM cache can be easily identified:

On the back of the drive, we will note an additional, larger sticker with the product code name, its capacity, the power rating but also logos of the supported standards:

The ICs can be easily revealed by removing the sticker:

The DRAM used for mapping tables does come with the k4a8g165wc-bctd ID, has a capacity of 1GB, while the supported standard is DDR4-2666:

The controller is a Toshiba TC58NC1202GST-02-BB, which is a rebranded Phison E12C model:

The four BiCS TLC ICs carry the inscription on the side as TH58LKT1T25BA8C: