Phison PCIe gen 4 SSD is faster than Optane SSD
Phison is showcasing an unreleased PCIe 4.0 controller CES 2021 that is faster than Intel's P5800X Optane SSD.
Update: PCIe Gen 4 bus saturation point added. 12 Jan 2021.
The Taiwanese...
GigaIO composability switch delivers shared Optane memory
GigaIO announced yesterday it is using silicon from Microchip in its FabreX PCIe 4.0 network fabric to dynamically compose server systems and share memory, including Optane, between servers....
SK hynix bags $1bn for green chips with everything
SK hynix, the Korean memory chip maker, has issued a $1bn green bond to help clean up its manufacturing act.
Water management is extremely critical in the semiconductor industry,...
Tesla car flash memory fault blanks out rearview camera
The USA's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wants Tesla to recall 158,000 Tesla Model S and X vehicles, in order to replace a flash storage unit that wears...
It’s (quick) payback time for Cisco UCS and Cohesity
In this week's storage news roundup, Cohesity and Cisco say users can save bundles of cash compared to using other servers and unstructured data management software. We've also got...
VAST and Nvidia show how to push data to GPUs fast – over...
VAST Data and Nvidia today published a reference architecture for jointly configured systems built to handle heavy duty workloads such as conversational AI models, petabyte-scale data analytics and 3D...
Samsung gets flashier- and a bit faster -with the mainstream 870 EVO SSD
Samsung has updated the 860 EVO SATA SSD to the 870 EVO version, changing the flash from 64-layer to 128-layer V-NAND, and making it slightly faster.
KyuYoung Lee, VP of...
SSDs will crush hard drives in the enterprise, bearing down the full weight of...
The supposed limitation of flash memory manufacturing capacity compared with hard disk drive manufacture is a “myth”, according to the Wikibon Research analyst David Floyer.
More flash capacity is already...
Pavilion Data takes pole position in GPUDirect race
Pavilion Data, the high-end storage array maker, sends data to an Nvidia DGX-A100 GPU server faster than DDN, VAST Data and WekaIO, according to a Nvidia-validated test result.
Developed by...
Qumulo helps drive Covid-19 pandemic modelling scenarios
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is using scale-out Qumulo filers and 18TB Western Digital drives, to aid Covid-19 research.
Based at the University of Washington,...
Quantum upgrades hybrid storage appliance
Quantum has refreshed its hybrid storage appliance line-up with the H2000 giving the new range higher-capacity drives and faster connectivity than its predecessor.
Quantum said the HS2000 marks a significant...
Western Digital has a very good Q2… but enterprise?
Western Digital's Q2 revenues out-stripped expectations on the back of strong client-side and retail sales for disk drives and flash device. Yesterday's earnings announcement saw the company's stock jump...