SK hynix this week reported its monetary outcomes for the second quarter, in addition to providing a glimpse at its plans for the approaching quarters. Notably among the many firm’s plans for the 12 months is the discharge of a SK hynix-branded 60 TB SSD, which can mark the agency’s entry into the ultra-premium enterprise SSD league.
“SK hynix plans to expand sales of high-capacity eSSD and lead the market in the second half with 60TB products, expecting eSSD sales to be more than quadrupled compared to last year,” an announcement by SK hynix reads.
Currently there are solely two commonplace form-factor 61.44 TB SSDs available on the market: the Solidigm D5-P5336 (U.2/15mm and E1.L), and the Samsung BM1743 (U.2/15mm and E3.S). Both are constructed from a proprietary controller (Solidigm’s controller nonetheless carries an Intel logotype) with a PCIe 4.zero x4 interface and use QLC NAND for storage.
SK hynix’s transient point out of the drive signifies that tere are no formal specs or capabilities to debate simply but. But it’s cheap to imagine that the corporate will use its personal QLC reminiscence for his or her ultra-high-capacity drives. What’s extra intriguing are which controller the corporate plans to make use of and the way it will place its 60 TB-class SSD.
Internally, SK hynix has entry to a number of controller groups, each of which have the experience to develop an enterprise-grade controller appropriate for a 60 TB drive. SK hynix technically owns Solidigm, the previous Intel SSD and NAND unit, giving SK hynix the choice of utilizing Solidigm’s controller, and even reselling a rebadged D5-P5336 outright. Alternatively, SK hynix has their very own (authentic) inside SSD workforce, who’s accountable for constructing their well-received Aries SSD controller, amongst different works.
Ultra-high-capacity SSDs for efficiency demanding read-intensive storage purposes, resembling AI inference on the sting or content material supply networks, is a promising premium market. So SK hynix is discovering itself extremely incentivized to enter it with a compelling providing.
