Seagate and Samsung announced today they have teamed up to create control devices for flash memory chips.
Under the deal, the companies will jointly develop and cross-license controller technologies for solid state drive (SSD) flash memory storage devices, which will be used in demanding enterprise storage applications.
Scotts Valley, Calif.-based Seagate is the world’s biggest hard drive maker, while Samsung is the biggest flash chip maker. The alliance suggests that the technology is getting so expensive to make that these two titans have to team up to produce it. The alliance combines Seagate’s enterprise storage technology with Samsung’s 30-nanometer MLC NAND (a flavor of flash memory) technology. The deal also shows that neither company is religious about the clash between hard drives and flash memory chips as primary storage devices.
“Seagate has long recognized 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 chairman, president and chief executive. “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.
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Changhyun Kim, senior vice president at Samsung Electronics’ chip business, said the technology in question is focused on more energy-efficient memory chips for server applications.
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