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Kioxia Develops SSD with optical interface

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Kioxia presents a prototype SSD with optical interface for the data centers of the future at the FMS conference. The technology paves the way for a more energy efficient and flexible data center infrastructure.
By Maria
8 aug. 2024 06:00 am
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Kioxia Corporation will showcase a prototype broadband SSD with an optical interface for next-generation data centers at the "FMS: the Future of Memory and Storage" conference, taking place in Santa Clara, CA from August 6-8.

By replacing the electrical interface with an optical one, this SSD technology significantly increases the physical distance between the computing and storage units, reducing wiring requirements while maintaining energy efficiency and high signal quality.

This also brings high flexibility to data center system design and applications. By using an optical interface, it becomes possible to link individual components that make up systems, such as SSDs and CPUs, and connect them even faster. This promotes the development of a "disaggregated computing system" that can efficiently utilize resources according to a specific workload.

In addition, the optical interface, with its high signal integrity, can improve performance in demanding computing environments such as space. This achievement is the result of the Japanese project "Next Generation Green Data Center Technology Development", JPNP21029, supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), which is part of the "Green Innovation Fund Project: Construction of Next Generation Digital Infrastructure."

Within the framework of this grant project, next-generation technologies are being developed with the goal of achieving more than 40% energy savings compared to the current data centers. As part of this project, Kioxia is developing broadband SSDs with optical interface for data storage in next-generation green data centers.

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