What simply occurred? At the Flash Memory Top (FMS) 2023, Samsung’s semiconductor department revealed that it has actually developed a 256TB SSD that the business declares takes in as much as 7 times less power than a stack of 8 32TB SSDs linked together. The SSD is QLC-based and according to Samsung, features an “unmatched level of combination density.” The brand-new drives will be focused on hyper-scale information centers and business.
In addition to revealing the 256TB drives, Samsung likewise revealed the PBSSD architecture, a petabyte-scale ultra-high capability option that it claims “offers scalability through capability variation depending upon the application.” In addition to its partner Meta, Samsung likewise showed an innovation called Flexible Data Positioning (FDP), which has actually been validated in NVMe and is a method of enhancing information positioning to enhance predictability and total efficiency, while decreasing TCO. The business likewise highlighted that the software application utilized in the FDP demonstration was completely open source.
Samsung likewise showcased other storage services at the occasion, consisting of the PM1743 server SSD that was initially revealed at FMS 2022. Samsung declares it is the very first server SSD to utilize a PCIe 5.0 user interface, and is declared to be two times as power effective as its predecessor. It is available in capabilities of as much as 15.36 TB, and is anticipated to be offered later on this year for usage in the field of generative AI, such as with ChatGPT.
Furthermore, Samsung revealed that it has actually finished advancement of the PM9D3a high-capacity 7.68/ 15.36 TB 2.5-inch server SSD. These drives likewise utilize the PCIe 5.0 requirement, have an 8-inch controller, and are apparently as much as 2.3 times faster than their instant predecessor. They will be offered from the very first half of next year in a range of type aspects and lineups in accordance with client need. At the lower end, these will have capabilities listed below 3.84 TB, and will peak at 30.72 TB at the greater end.
High-capacity SSDs have actually ended up being the standard recently, with lots of business revealing brand-new drives that use increased capabilities for both business and retail users. Previously this year, Micron released 30TB SSDs for information centers with 10x more 4KB random compose endurance for enhanced durability.
While the majority of these brand-new high-capacity drives are implied for organizations, a few of them will ideally be offered for customers earlier instead of later on, as storage requirements continue to increase for users all over. SSD costs are likewise boiling down to more inexpensive levels recently, so there’s no great factor for a minimum of a couple of high-capacity drives not to make it to the retail market at some phase moving forward.
