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Samsung Second-Generation SmartSSD can Process Data on the Drive

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has successfully developed a second generation of its pioneering SmartSSD. The new proprietary computational storage incorporates data processing functionality within a high-performance SSD. Unlike existing SSDs, Samsung's SmartSSD can process data directly, thereby minimizing data transfers between the CPU, GPU and RAM. This technology can avoid the bottlenecks that often occur when moving data between storage devices and CPUs, resulting in markedly improved system performance and much higher energy efficiency.

The SmartSSD is playing an increasingly important role, especially with the growth of next-generation technologies such as AI, machine learning and 5G/6G, which require large amounts of data processing. Leveraging software and intellectual property (IP) developed by customers, along with in-built Arm cores, Samsung's second-generation SmartSSD enables much more efficient data processing. Compared to conventional data center solid-state drives, processing time for scan-heavy database queries can be slashed by over 50%, energy consumption by up to 70% and CPU utilization by up to 97%.



Since its development in 2020 through the joint efforts of Samsung and AMD, the first-generation SmartSSD is being supplied to global IT companies including video communications platform providers. The first-generation SmartSSD was recognized as an Innovation Awards Honoree at CES 2021 for its outstanding performance and energy efficiency.

"Commercialization of the first-generation SmartSSD, in collaboration with AMD, established that the computational storage market has great potential," said Jin-Hyeok Choi, Executive Vice President and Head of Memory Solution Product & Development at Samsung Electronics. "With the upgraded processing functionality of the second-generation SmartSSD, Samsung will be able to easily address increasing customer needs in the database and video transcoding sectors, as we expand the boundaries of the next-generation storage market."

"Powered by Xilinx Versal Adaptive SoCs from AMD, second-generation Samsung SmartSSDs enable improved CPU efficiency and greatly reduced energy consumption by efficiently integrating the computing and storage functions in data centers," said Sina Soltani, Corporate Vice President of Sales, AECG, Data Center and Communication Group at AMD. "As data-intensive applications continue to grow, second-generation Samsung SmartSSDs will deliver the superior performance and efficiency required for this expanding market."

Samsung Electronics is leading efforts to standardize SmartSSD technology through close collaboration with the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and with NVM Express, while seeking to expand the boundaries of SmartSSD devices through technological validation for a wide variety of applications.

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That's a lot of buzzwords for what amounts to a beefed up controller...
 
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Hey, bro! We heard that you like computing, so we put a CPU in your SSD!
*Heatsink not included, may catch fire without notice
 
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*Heatsink not included, may catch fire without notice

The case is the heatsink for these things (like it is for U.2 drives) and they are enterprise anyways. It's fun to joke about these products but they aren't really intended for us. These are for people who buy tons of them at the same time and through them in a rackmount with screamer fans. Some of us deal with this stuff at work but other than that not really.

Kinda funny I miss u.2. Still use some of them at home. Less problems with them than m.2 but they are hard to fit in things!
 
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The case is the heatsink for these things (like it is for U.2 drives) and they are enterprise anyways. It's fun to joke about these products but they aren't really intended for us. These are for people who buy tons of them at the same time and through them in a rackmount with screamer fans. Some of us deal with this stuff at work but other than that not really.

Kinda funny I miss u.2. Still use some of them at home. Less problems with them than m.2 but they are hard to fit in things!
Just put them in your drive bay, oh I forgot new cases dont give much in drive bays these days.
 
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The case is the heatsink for these things (like it is for U.2 drives) and they are enterprise anyways. It's fun to joke about these products but they aren't really intended for us. These are for people who buy tons of them at the same time and through them in a rackmount with screamer fans. Some of us deal with this stuff at work but other than that not really.

Kinda funny I miss u.2. Still use some of them at home. Less problems with them than m.2 but they are hard to fit in things!
Speak for yourself. :D I have a good use of lots of data center stuff at home. Special care for the cooling as I don't like to go around my silicon buddies with ear protection. I have sensitive ears. :p
 
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And what happens when the computin part takes a crap or fries itself ?

Just have to chunk the whole device & buy a new one....

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Speak for yourself. :D I have a good use of lots of data center stuff at home. Special care for the cooling as I don't like to go around my silicon buddies with ear protection. I have sensitive ears. :p
Hell I have rackmounted SAN at home but I am not normal. The "us" I mean are commercial users who do stuff like play video games and put RGB lights in things.
 
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