Kioxia unveiled a new optical interface for SSDs this week at FMS 2024. The company hopes its technology will one day be used to create more environmentally sustainable data centers.
The Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) conference has seen a number of new announcements, but Kioxia’s optical technology is particularly focused on sustainability. The memory maker says its new interface can place CPUs and SSDs in different locations, up to 40 meters apart.
The servers would be linked by fiber optics without sacrificing energy efficiency or signal quality. In addition, Kioxia says the distance could increase to up to 100 meters in the future.
The advantage of this technology, from an ecological point of view, would be the possibility of creating separate environments for processors and storage drives. This would make it possible to meet the specific cooling needs of each environment, reducing the total energy expenditure on the process.
The project was funded in part by Japan’s Green Data Center Incentive Scheme. The scheme aims to reduce data center energy consumption by up to 40 percent over the next few years, and Kioxia says its optical solution will do just that.
Fonte: TweakTown
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Source: https://www.adrenaline.com.br/noticias/kioxia-apresenta-interface-optica-para-ssds-em-busca-de-data-centers-ecologicos/
