SK hynix Launches World-Class Low-Power NVMe Enterprise SSD

SK hynix Inc. introduced at present that it launched a brand new low-power Non-Volatile Memory specific (NVMe) Enterprise SSD (eSSD) with the 72-layer TLC 3D NAND flash that provides best-in-class efficiency for energy in addition to Quality of Service. The product options an in-house NVMe controller on high of the 72-layer 3D NAND expertise presently in mass manufacturing. With the launch, SK hynix has established itself as a reminiscence producer that designs, develops, and mass-produces all key elements, from NAND and DRAM to controllers, in-house, for not solely Client but additionally Enterprise functions.

Meanwhile, energy consumption of datacenters is an more and more vital concern by way of power and environmental preservation, as their footprint grows amid rising enterprise demand for cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML). As datacenters are anticipated to account for one-fifth of the world’s power consumption in 2025, low-power elements that allow datacenter power effectivity are anticipated to solely develop in significance.

The new NVMe SSD targets the mainstream eSSD market with optimum efficiency, energy and value. With an eight-channel NAND interface, the drive gives the utmost density of as much as 4TB within the M.2 kind issue and 8TB in U.2., and delivers sequential learn of as much as 3.2GB/s and random write of 160Okay IOPS at 14W or under. Compared to the eSSD with 72-layer 256Gb 3D NAND, introduced on the August 2018 Flash Memory Summit (FMS) and certified with main datacenter firms, the brand new SSD improves sequential learn by 30% and random write by as much as 70% on the equal capability and kind issue. It helps each read-intensive and mixed-use functions, comparable to web knowledge facilities, AI, ML, or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

With this product, SK hynix seeks to safe a forefront within the eSSD market because it transitions from Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) to NVMe. The new SSD started its qualification with top-tier world cloud service suppliers and server makers, with quantity manufacturing slated to start within the second half of 2019. The Company additionally plans to launch a 16TB eSSD primarily based on 96-layer 4D NAND on the finish of this yr, with mass manufacturing beginning subsequent yr.

To actively promote the product, the Company additionally plans to show it at advertising and marketing occasions comparable to HPE Discover in Las Vegas, U.S.A., which can be held from June 18th to 20th.

“Not only cloud hyperscalers, who already adopt NVMe as the mainstream interface, but also traditional datacenters are planning to make the transition. I hope SK hynix will excel in the eSSD market, thanks to the best-in-class performance of its NVMe offering,” stated Vice President Kim Samil, Head of NAND Storage Marketing at SK hynix.

According to market researcher Forward Insights, NVMe SSDs are anticipated to make up greater than half of the Enterprise SSD market in 2019, with the NVMe interface accounting for 90% or extra of complete SSD gigabytes by 2023.