NGD Systems, Inc., a world leader in NVMe computational storage, today
announced availability of the first scalable and edge-ready M.2 form factor
solution that delivers 8TB with AI-ready computational storage. This latest
infrastructure-enabling solution provides unprecedented scalability and
capacity in a compact form factor for edge computing, hyperscale and Open
Infrastructure (OCP/Open19) environments. Customers leveraging NGD Systems'
breakthrough technology will see measurable improvements in power, cost and
physical footprint.
"Customers are always looking for a way to improve
their scale and efficiency. NGD has developed breakthrough technology
that's NAND-flash agnostic, delivers the optimal solution to meet
customer requirements and is built on industry-proven Arm technology for our
compute resources," said Richard Mataya, EVP and co-founder of NGD Systems."NGD looks forward to seeing our expertise in HW design and
SW development bring these new innovations to market. We believe this will
fundamentally change the way data is stored and processed at the edge for
content delivery networks (CDNs) and hyperscale environments."
The storage ecosystem is evolving
rapidly. Until now, hyperscale and edge compute platforms have relied on
traditional storage infrastructure that lacks proper capacity and true
usefulness. NGD Systems' Newport Computational Storage Platform and new M.2
offering more than double current available capacity and provide innovative
flash resources, all in a 22110 enterprise-class form factor. The platform's programmable
computational storage services (P-CSS) allow support for AI and other
application workloads without moving data off the disk. Based on Arm Cortex
processors running a 64-bit Linux operating system, the platform provides users
maximum flexibility of their compute resources.
As new storage platforms have been developed to deploy M.2 SSDs at scale,
previous capacity restrictions have complicated users' ability to manage data
growth in this reduced form factor. NGD Systems helps enable proper scale by
removing this capacity gap and analyzing data at the source on high-capacity
drives.
"Direct processing of terabytes of
data ‘In-situ' delivers significant benefits in terms of latency, bandwidth and
power savings. This, combined with the increasing compute capabilities of
storage controllers, is driving the adoption of computational storage
solutions," said Neil Werdmuller, director of storage solutions, Arm. "The M.2 Newport
offers greater scalability and enables customers to utilize Arm's investment in the
Linux open-source ecosystem to rapidly deploy custom workloads to the drive."
Product details include:
- M.2 22110 form factor
- Up
to 8TB of raw capacity
- Average
power of <1 W/TB
- Full
power-loss protection
- Industry-leading
QoS
- In-situ processing to
deliver compute to data