Solidigm Unveils World's Highest Capacity 122TB SSD for AI Workloads

Solidigm intros the world's highest capacity PCIe SSD, with its new 122TB SSD for AI workloads

Solidigm has just unveiled the world's highest capacity PCIe SSD with an untouchable 122TB of storage capacity, with the new data center SSD targeting AI-focused workloads. Check it out: The new Solidigm D5-P5336 data center SSD doubles the space of Solidigm's earlier 61.44TB version of the drive, and is the world's first SSD with unlimited Random Writes endurance for 5 years, which makes it the perfect SSD solution for AI and data-intensive workloads. Greg Matson, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Marketing at Solidigm, explains: "Data center architects are scrambling to solve their power and space efficiency needs, and they can help address these issues with Solidigm's 122TB D5-P5336 that is designed to make every watt and square inch count. This massive capacity SSD is a game-changer - using far fewer watts per terabyte and freeing up valuable energy for other data center and edge power priorities". Ultra-High Density SSDs Improving Power and Space Equation By the numbers, the 122TB D5-P5336 drive: The new Solidigm drives also store more data in a smaller footprint, enabling more efficient and more scalable data center and edge designs that:

Solidigm Unveils World's First "122 TB" Data Center SSD, Targeting AI-Focused Workloads

Solidigm has unveiled the world's first data center SSD with a capacity of 122 TB, ideal for AI and data-intensive workloads. [Press Release]: Solidigm, a leading provider of innovative NAND flash memory solutions, announced today the introduction of the world's highest capacity PCIe solid-state drive (SSD): the 122TB (terabyte) Solidigm D5-P5336 data center SSD. The D5-P5336 doubles the storage space of Solidigm's earlier 61.44TB version of the drive and is the world's first SSD with unlimited Random Write endurance for five years -- offering an ideal solution for AI and data-intensive workloads. Just how much storage is 122.88TB? Roughly enough for 4K-quality copies of every movie theatrically released in the 1990s, 2.6 times over. Data storage power and thermal and space constraints are accelerating as AI adoption increases. Power and space-efficient, the new 122TB D5-P5336 delivers industry-leading storage efficiency from the core data center to the edge. Data center operators can deploy with confidence the 122TB D5-P5336 from Solidigm, the proven QLC (quad-level cell) density leader with more than 100EB (exabytes) of QLC-based products shipped since 2018.

Solidigm reveals 122TB SSD, the world's highest-capacity drive for AI workloads -- D5-P5336 offers unlimited write durability

Solidigm has unveiled a new D5-P5336 solid-state drive that can now store up to 122TB of data. The new SSD doubles the capacity of its predecessor and is engineered for applications that need a lot of storage space and maximum storage density, such as AI servers, but not necessarily the highest performance possible. The new Solidigm D5-P5336 122TB relies on the same platform as its predecessor: a proprietary NVMe 2.0-compliant controller with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface and 192-layer 3D QLC NAND. Preliminary performance estimations indicate that the new drive supports a sequential read speed of up to 7,400 MB/s and a sequential write speed of up to 3,200 MB/s at up to 25W. As for random performance, it supports up to 930K random read IOPS and up to 25K write IOPS. When it comes to endurance, Solidigm rates the drive for 0.6 drive writes per day (DWPD) over five years, or 134.3PB. Also, the D5-P5336 122TB is the first SSD offering unlimited Random Write durability over five years, which, according to the manufacturer, makes it ideal for applications where continuous writing and accessing of data are crucial, such as AI training and large-scale data processing workloads. Also, as the drive is rated for 25W max power and less than 5W idle, the 122TB SSD offers unprecedented energy efficiency. The D5-P5336 enhances storage density by delivering 3.4 times more terabytes per watt than competing 30TB TLC SSDs, enabling significant cost-cutting. This boost in density allows for greater storage capacity in smaller physical spaces, allowing data storage expansion without additional physical infrastructure. "Data center architects are scrambling to solve their power and space efficiency needs, and they can help address these issues with Solidigm's 122TB D5-P5336 that is designed to make every watt and square inch count," said Greg Matson, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Marketing at Solidigm. "This massive capacity SSD is a game-changer -- using far fewer watts per terabyte and freeing up valuable energy for other data center and edge power priorities." Solidigm's D5-P5336 122TB SSD will come in U.2, E1.L, and E3.S form factors like its predecessors. In some scenarios, the new drives will be drop-in compatible with existing infrastructure, enabling seamless upgrades when needed. The SSDs also support OCP 2.0 features and are FIPS 140-3 Level 2 compliant. Solidigm's D5-P5336 122TB in the U.2 form factor is currently sampling with customers. Considering that it uses the already familiar controller and NAND, its qualification should be relatively easy. Depending on the form factor, the company will start shipments of its 122TB SSDs in Q1 - Q2 of 2025. As for pricing, it will depend on multiple factors, but considering this will be the industry's only 122TB drive with a PCIe interface, it will be priced accordingly.

Solidigm Introduces 122 TB PCIe Data Center SSD D5-P5336

Solidigm has launched the D5-P5336 PCIe data center solid-state drive (SSD), which offers a storage capacity of 122 terabytes (TB). This new model effectively doubles the capacity of Solidigm's previous 61.44 TB SSD. The D5-P5336 is designed to provide unlimited random write endurance over a five-year period, making it suitable for applications that require high storage capacity and endurance, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and other data-intensive workloads. To put the 122.88 TB capacity into perspective, it can store approximately 2.6 times the 4K-quality copies of every movie released in theaters during the 1990s. With the increasing adoption of AI, data storage demands are rising alongside thermal and spatial constraints. The 122 TB D5-P5336 SSD addresses these challenges by delivering efficient storage solutions both in core data centers and at the edge. Utilizing quad-level cell (QLC) technology, the SSD benefits from Solidigm's established leadership in high-density storage solutions, evidenced by the shipment of over 100 exabytes (EB) of QLC-based products since 2018. Data center operators can implement the 122 TB D5-P5336 SSD with confidence in its reliability and performance. The 122 TB D5-P5336 SSD significantly enhances power and space efficiency. It consumes up to 84% less storage power in network-attached storage (NAS) deployments compared to traditional hybrid hard-disk drive (HDD) and triple-level cell (TLC) SSD solutions. Additionally, it improves power density at the edge by providing 3.4 times more terabytes per watt compared to 30 TB TLC SSDs. The SSD allows for up to four petabytes of storage within a single rack unit and is engineered for reliable deployment, leveraging Solidigm's expertise in QLC technology. Furthermore, the D5-P5336 enables data centers to reduce their NAS footprint by four times compared to legacy HDD and TLC solutions and increases data storage capacity fourfold in space-constrained edge installations. Performance evaluations indicate that high-density QLC drives perform up to 15% better on data-intensive workloads, including content delivery networks, general-purpose storage applications, and object store applications, compared to entry-level high-density data center TLC offerings from competitors. Additionally, the D5-P5336 can achieve up to a 40% improvement in read response rates under sustained write workloads. Source: Solidigm

Solidigm launches yet another 123TB SSD after Phison, WD and Samsung with a likely price tag of $14,000

Solidigm has launched a 122.88TB SSD that targets hyperscalersIt is the fourth SSD with this capacity announced in 2024Pricing hasn't been confirmed but it is likely to be around $14,000 Solidigm has added a brand new 122.88TB SSD to its product range (although it does introduce it as a 122TB model) as it tries to convince partners to shun hard disk drives for AI, machine learning and big data analytics scenarios. The new SKU is part of the D5-P5336 family and will be available in U.2 15mm (Q1 2025) and E1.L (Q2 2025); no pricing details have emerged but given that the 61.44TB SSD version costs around $7,000 at the time of writing, I wouldn't expect the 122.88TB to cost less than $14,000. This new 122.88TB SSD is essentially an evolution of the D5-P5336 as it uses the same 192L QLC NAND chip as its smaller siblings. This is still a PCIe 4.0 SSD with a published idle power consumption of 5W and a five-year warranty. The larger capacity means that endurance, both in terms of Drive Written Per Day and Petabyte Written, is greatly improved, reaching a whopping 134.3 PBW on the latter benchmark. Solidigm claims that it will be able to reach up to 930,000 IOPS (4K random read, QD256) or 7.4GBps (128K sequential read, QD128). The new D5-P5336 joins the Phison Pascari D200V, the Samsung BM1743 and Western Digital's unnamed enterprise SSD as the largest SSDs announced in 2024. Of the four, Phison is the only one to sport PCIe 5.0 technology, helping it reach speeds of up to 14GBps, on par with the best SSDs on the market. It will also have a lower endurance compared to the D5-P5336 (0.6 vs 0.3 DWPD) making it less of an ideal fit for AI-type use cases. Solidigm is essentially Intel's SSD business and is the US subsidiary of SK Hynix, the South Korean archrival to Samsung Semiconductor (which produces the likes of the Samsung 990 Pro). As such, it does have access to some pretty cutting-edge technology and will be first in line to receive a rumored 400-layer NAND chip, double the capacity of the 192-layer model used in the 122.88TB and likely to appear sometime in 2026. This means that 245TB SSDs could be a reality in a couple of years unless, of course, Solidigm decides to use existing NAND flash (238-layer or 321-layer) from its parent company to boost the top capacity of its flagship enterprise range. There's also another possibility: depending on market conditions, SK Hynix could also introduce a wild card, PLC (Penta-Level Cell) which will give a 25% boost to each NAND cell to enable more storage capacity per unit volume. After all, Solidigm did introduce a working prototype, featuring PLC technology, back in August 2022.