- Large strip optics can be essential to the development of mega data centers in the size of a city
- Opt for optical SSDs allow the distance between calculation and storage to grow much more
- The other advantage of optics is the energy savings associated with the displacement of data petacts around
A trio of Japanese technology giants, Kioxia, Aio Core and Kyocera, announced the development of a large -band SSD prototype with an optical interface that works with the PCIe 5.0 standard.
The optical SSD prototype would have obtained a “functional operation” using PCIe 5.0, which offers double the bandwidth of PCIe 4.0.
This was made possible thanks to a combination of the IOCORE Optical Receiver from AIO CORE and the Kyocera optinity integration module.
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This optical SSD has been created to manage modern applications requirements such as generative AI, which quickly count on moving large amounts of data.
The use of optical connections in SSDs could help reduce physical limitations linked to traditional electrical interfaces, especially in large -scale data center environments.
The three companies say they plan to continue to develop technology and apply it to concept proof tests aimed at real future use.
One of the main advantages of optics is the ability to increase physical distance between calculation and storage without losing performance or energy efficiency. This should be particularly useful for data centers that extend over wider areas.
There is also the additional advantage of reduced energy consumption when moving data petacts, which could help achieve growing environmental objectives in the technology industry.
The objective of the project is to ultimately create new digital infrastructure technologies which reduce energy consumption in data centers by more than 40% compared to current systems.
This work is part of the “Next Gener Green Data Center Technology Development” project in Japan, JPNP21029, which receives funding from the new energy development organization and industrial technologies (NEDO) through the Green Innovation Fund project.
Each company brings specific expertise to support the shared objective of building a more efficient and more capable data infrastructure for the future. Kioxy focuses on the development of large -band optics, AIO Core works on optorelectronic and Kyocera fusion devices creates optorelectronic packaging.
