Samsung Collaborates with Sun Microsystems to Develop New Ultra-Endurance Flash Memory for SSD Products in Server Applications
SEOUL, South Korea--(Business Wire)--
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced
semiconductor technology, announced today that it has collaborated
with Sun Microsystems to develop a single-level-cell NAND flash memory
device for use in solid state drives that offers much higher endurance
levels than any other flash memory device on the market today.
Offering a five-fold increase in data write-and-erase cycles over
standard SLC flash memory, Samsung's new server-grade SLC NAND memory
is designed to be used in SSDs to greatly extend the life cycle of any
high-transaction data processing server. It is expected to deliver the
highest endurance ever offered in 24/7 mission-critical computing.
The ultra-endurance server-grade memory has been developed in
close cooperation with Sun over the past several months.
Probable applications for the new ultra-endurance SLC flash
include its use in video streaming, high-transaction data processing,
search engine operations and other high-speed server functions.
Samsung said that its server-grade SLC memory will provide a 100X
increase over conventional hard drives, in the number of data
transfers (input/output per second or I/OPS) per watt, registering a
substantial power savings in a market sector where rising cooling
bills are being watched with a great deal of concern.
"We have been working with Sun to develop this new 8Gb
server-grade SLC flash memory, which will give IT managers the best in
high-density, high-endurance memory design with markedly less energy
consumption than we see today," said Jim Elliott, vice president,
memory marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. "'Endurance up, power
down' is going to be the mantra of IT innovators at enterprises
everywhere, and server grade SLC flash is ideally situated to deliver
on that equation," Elliott added.
"Sun sees incredible upside to using server grade SLC NAND flash
to accelerate customers' applications, and we plan to incorporate this
technology into our line of servers and storage," said Michael
Cornwell, lead technologist for flash memory, Sun Microsystems. "Flash
SSDs of this quality and performance when included in our systems and
Open Storage products with Solaris ZFS will revolutionize the hardware
marketplace. We are excited to be working closely with Samsung to lead
this game-changing technology revolution."
According to IDC, global demand for enterprise SSDs is expected to
rise to 2.24 million units in 2012.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor,
telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies
with 2007 consolidated sales of US$103.4 billion. Employing
approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the
company consists of four main business units: Digital Media Business,
LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, and Telecommunication Business.
Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung
Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile
phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit
www.samsung.com.
Samsung Semiconductor
John Lucas, APR, 408-544-4363
j.lucas@ssi.samsung.com
or
A&R Edelman
Karin Xie, 650-762-2844
Karin.Xie@AR-Edelman.com
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