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Western Digital Expands Flash Portfolio for Scaling Data-Centric Architectures in the Zettabyte Era
From Enabling Data-Intensive Industrial Designs at the Edge to Driving Efficient Data Center Storage Architectures Based on New ZNS SSDs, Company Debuts
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nFrom Enabling Data-Intensive Industrial Designs at the Edge to Driving Efficient Data Center Storage Architectures Based on New ZNS SSDs, Company Debuts Three New Solutions at FMS 2020\n\nNews Highlights:\n\n\nExtended flash family includes the Ultrastar® DC ZN540 ZNS NVMe™ SSD for architecting a more efficient storage tier with competitive TCO, as well as an industrial-grade SSD and an upgraded client SSD.\n\n\nOn Tuesday, November 10, from 1:15-1:45 p.m. PST, Dr. Siva Sivaram, president of Technology and Strategy at Western Digital, will host a keynote panel at Flash Memory Summit (FMS) titled, “Storage as the Driver of Change: Rethinking Data Infrastructure.” To register, visit: https://flashmemorysummit.com/\n\n\nWestern Digital experts will also be speaking on panels and presenting on topics including NVMe, NVMe-oF™, Zoned Namespaces (ZNS), Zoned Storage, RISC-V, computational storage and more. See the full FMS virtual show agenda here.\n\n\nVisit Western Digital’s virtual booth #103 to talk with experts about session topics or how NVMe SSDs will impact next-generation cloud and edge applications for AI/ML, IoT, entertainment, analytics, high-res video and database performance.\n\n\n SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nFlash Memory Summit (FMS 2020), Virtual Booth #103 – Building on a unique and diverse product portfolio across HDD and flash, Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced a suite of new NVMe SSDs for enabling next-generation, data-centric architectures for data centers, industrial IoT, automotive and client applications. The new family includes the Ultrastar® DC ZN540 ZNS NVMe™ SSD for designing a more efficient data center storage tier with competitive TCO; the Western Digital® IX SN530 Industrial SSD for the extreme environments of industrial and automotive applications; and the 2TB WD Blue™ SN550 NVMe SSD for speeding up PC performance. Leveraging Western Digital’s unique vertical integration capabilities – from designing and manufacturing its NAND flash to developing its own in-house SSD controllers and firmware – the new products underscore the company’s continued strength and commitment in driving storage innovation for new system architectures, applications and use cases for global customers across cloud, OEM, enterprise, channel and retail end-user markets.\nThis press release features multimedia....