Kioxia Showcases Optical interface-based broadband SSD prototype
TapTechNews August 9th news, according to the announcement of Kioxia on August 7th, the company showcased a prototype of a broadband solid-state drive with an optical interface at the FMS2024 summit.
Kioxia stated that replacing the electrical wiring interface with an optical interface can significantly increase the physical distance between computing devices and storage devices without affecting performance and usability. Kioxia can currently achieve an optical connection of 40 meters, and it will be extended to more than 100 meters in the future.
AI large-scale model training, cloud computing, etc. have put forward higher performance requirements for servers, and the power consumption and heat generation of computing devices such as CPUs and GPUs have significantly increased. Installing a solid-state drive locally in the host will not only increase the overall heat dissipation burden, and high temperature is also unfavorable to the life of NAND flash memory.
If the storage device is placed in an independent space at a certain distance from the computing device, not only the heat dissipation design can be simplified, but also the durability of the solid-state drive can be improved.
Not only that, using an optical switch can achieve efficient aggregation and seamless interconnection of computing and storage devices, thereby further promoting the development of the disassembled computing system and improving the efficiency of resource utilization.
TapTechNews noticed that using a smaller and more compact optical interface in solid-state drives can also simplify wiring and improve signal integrity, enabling high-performance computing in harsh environments such as high-radiation outer space.
