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Storage and Storage Software

SK Hynix Samples 96-Layer 1Tb QLC 4D NAND

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SK Hynix Samples 96-Layer 1Tb QLC 4D NAND

SK Hynix starts sending samples of 1Tb (terabit) QLC (Quadruple Level Cell) flash memory-- a chip allowing SSD makers to build even higher capacity drives by taking advantage of the higher bit density.

According to the company, the chips feature the application of QLC technology to a 96-layer CTF (Charge Trap Flash) based on 4D NAND flash. QLC stores 4 bits of data in one NAND cell, allowing higher density compared to TLC (Triple Level Cell) with 3 bits per cell. Furthermore, SK Hynix says the product has reduced the area to less than 90% of of existing 3D-based QLC products.

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Massive Drop Ahead for PC HDD Market?

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Massive Drop Ahead for PC HDD Market?

You might not know about Nidec, but this Japanese company makes the spindle motors inside around 85% of all HDDs in the world-- and it now warns the sales of motors used in PC HDDs are set to drop by -50% in 2019.

According to the Nidec fiscal 2018 (ending 31 March 2019) financial report, HDD unit sales are down by 43% from 2010 to 2018, falling from a 2010 high of around 650 million units to 375m in 2018. The company predicts such a trend is only set to continue, with 2019 sales set to drop to 309m before falling to 290m in 2020. As for the kinds of HDDs worst affect by the downturn Nidec points at PC HDDs, with sales falling from 289m in 2013 to 124m in 2018.

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Hitachi Vantara Offers Data Protection as a Service

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Hitachi Vantara Offers Data Protection as a Service

Hitachi storage subsidiary Hitachi Vantara announces Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS), together with expanded capabilities for the Storage as a Stervice (STaaS) offering.

Both services are pre-engineered and delivered as fully managed services providing rapid deployment, consumption-based pricing and guaranteed service levels. DPaaS promising to lower risk int he deployment of data protection in new environments, and can protect data in storage from both Hitachi and 3rd parties.

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IBM Adds to Storwize Portfolio

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IBM Adds to Storwize Portfolio

IBM announces a quartet of additions to the Storwize V5000 storage portfolio aimed at SME customers-- updates on the previous-gen V5010 and V5030, the V5010E and V5030E, and the all-flash V5100 and V5100F.

The V5010E and V5030E promise increased performance and enterprise-class functionality, availability and reliability in "easy to buy, use, manage" entry storage systems. The V5010E supports up to x4 more cache (16, 32,64GB) and x2 better IOPS compared to the V5010, and scales uto 12PB of capacity using up to 392 HDDs or SSDs. The V5030E adds compression and deduplication support, together with more cache (32, 64GB) and a 20% IOPS improvement. It scales up to 23PB of storage on a single system or 32PB with 2-way clustering (up to 760 or 1520 HDDs/SSDs).

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Intel Brings Optane, QLC SSDs

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Intel Brings Optane, QLC SSDs

The Intel "Data-Centric Innovation Day" involves more than just Xeon processors-- Chipzilla also takes the time to unveil a pair of Optane products and a QLCD 3D NAND SSD.

As Intel puts it, the Optane DC persistent memory DIMMs bring "breakthrough storage-class memory capacity to the Intel Xeon Scalable platform," allowing for "faster-than-ever analytics, cloud services, virtualisation and next-generation communication services." Optane DC persistent memory fits with regular DRAM using a standard DDR4 slot, and delivers up to 36TB of system-level memory. A persistent memory tier allows data persistence in main memory, not disks, meaning in-memory software glean greater insights from large datasets.

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