New Samsung SSDs with semantic memory boost performance by 20x

The Korean is showing off the new CXL units ahead of the arrival of AMD Genoa and Intel Sapphire Rapids.

Samsung has announced its SSDs with semantic memory to provide—according to the company. 20 times higher performance (and lower latency) compared to a traditional solid state drive. The key to this type of memory is that it combines the ability to access memory. Persistent memory of an SSD with DRAM transfer rate. This is how the MRAM memory that these SSDs will use with the CXL connections was born.

this PCIe Gen4 and Gen5 interfaces They provide sky-high sequential read/write speeds and RAM performance, but not enough for applications that perform AI or computing tasks. machine learning. This is where the need for memory tailored to very specific tasks comes into play. AI and ML are often handled very large datasets, but they do this slowly with small heavy files. Therefore, SSDs used by data centers and working best for mixed tasks, better performance in the tasks we mentioned.

This is exactly why Samsung has developed these semantic memories. consolidate bulky DRAM caches, NAND storage and PCI3 Gen5 interfaces with CXL technology. So applications can write data to the DRAM cache at such high speeds. Minimum delay thanks to CXL protocol. The controllers at home then take care of transferring the data to the NAND memory. This is how these superior returns are achieved.

Unfortunately, Little is known about the type of DRAM, NAND or controllers It’s Normal that these MRAM SSDs will use because there will be next generation equipment like AMD Genoa and Intel Sapphire Rapids. Can benefit from CXL technology; With that, Samsung won’t be able to talk in detail about the performance figures. Obviously, we’re talking about professional storage like this SSD with a steam room, but if this new technology can teach us anything, it’s that there’s still a lot to improve in terms of storage.