Solidigm
announced a multi-year extension of its agreement with Broadcom Inc. on
the use of high-capacity solid-state drive (SSD) controllers to support
artificial intelligence (AI) and data-intensive workloads.
Solidigm is the leading provider of high-capacity storage for AI, and
Broadcom’s custom controllers have served as a critical component of
Solidigm SSDs for more than a decade. With more than 120 million units
of Solidigm SSDs shipped featuring Broadcom controllers, the partnership
between the two companies has continued through key industry SSD
milestones including Serial ATA (SATA), Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) and
Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe).
The agreement also includes collaboration on Solidigm’s recently announced 122TB (terabyte) Solidigm D5-P5336 data center SSD, the world’s highest capacity PCIe SSD that delivers industry-leading storage efficiency from the core data center to the edge.
“With our new 122TB SSD, Solidigm further extends our high-capacity QLC
(quad-level cell) leadership from 8 to 122TB drives that all share the
same controller from Broadcom, making our drives easier for customers to
qualify,” said Solidigm Co-CEO Kevin Noh. “Our relationship with
Broadcom is pivotal to Solidigm as we collectively work to help our
customers achieve efficiency benefits in the buildout of AI
infrastructure.”
“Our multi-generational collaboration with Solidigm continues to deliver
connectivity and storage innovation for AI infrastructure at scale,“ said
Broadcom’s Charlie Kawwas, Ph.D., President of Semiconductor Solutions
Group. “We are excited about extending this partnership to deliver next–generation solutions for AI data centers with Solidigm.”
