Joint SSD controller development by Seagate and Samsung

Stephen Withers
Monday, 16 August 2010 11:58

IT Industry - Deals

Seagate and Samsung are joining forces to develop enterprise-class SSD controllers.

Seagate is one of the world's largest hard disk vendors and Samsung holds a similar position in solid-state storage, so it makes sense that they should get together to develop technology for enterprise-class SSD controllers.

The plan is to develop and cross-license controller technologies that can deliver the performance and reliability required for enterprise applications.

"Seagate has long recognised that solid state technology has an important role to play in the comprehensive solutions the storage industry will deliver today and in the future, particularly in the enterprise market," said Steve Luczo, Seagate's chairman, president and CEO.

"Today's agreement with Samsung will help us bring a compelling set of SSD innovations to the enterprise storage market, with benefits that range from enhanced performance, endurance and reliability to cost and capacity improvements.  Overall, this agreement with Samsung strengthens our SSD solutions strategy, and positions Seagate well as global demand for storage continues on its strong growth path," added Mr Luczo.

"We are pleased to be jointly developing a high-performance SSD controller with Seagate for the enterprise storage market," said Dr Changhyun Kim, senior vice president and Samsung Fellow, memory product planning and application engineering, in Samsung Electronics' semiconductor business.

"Our green memory solution is designed to enable more energy-efficient server applications, which is expected to increase the use of NAND-based SSD storage in enterprise applications," added Dr Kim.

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