{"id":17283,"date":"2025-11-13T03:16:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=17283"},"modified":"2025-11-13T03:16:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:16:05","slug":"podcast-142-whats-subsequent-for-storage-within-the-ai-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=17283","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #142: What&#8217;s Subsequent For Storage within the AI Period?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p2\">Brian and crew just lately landed in Montreal to tour the Hypertec lab facility and witness some fascinating immersion-cooling traits with the chief within the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Following the lab tour and product demos, Brian sits down with Scott Shadley, Director of Management Narrative at Solidigm. Scott and Brian have a vigorous, candid dialogue as they hint the evolution of cooling, flash storage, and breaking away from legacy hard-drive type components.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Nonetheless, it\u2019s not all about immersion know-how. Brian and Scott focus on sign integrity challenges in PCIe Gen5\/6 and the trade-off between efficiency and reliability. In fact, there can\u2019t be a podcast with out an AI section, so we cowl subjects reminiscent of AI-driven knowledge progress, RAID resiliency, and large-drive \u201cblast radius\u201d administration.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"cSR7VgYYOYw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Immersion, Form Factors, and the Future of SSDs with Solidigm\u2019s Scott Shadley\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cSR7VgYYOYw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Scott discusses Solidigm\u2019s concentrate on growing merchandise that clients need, moderately than guessing what the {industry} wants. This solely works when distributors work carefully with clients to grasp their ache factors. Scott will get into the collaboration with NVIDIA. It&#8217;s simple to listen to the thrill in Scott\u2019s voice. In fact, as a result of it&#8217;s a large {hardware} setting, Brian has a tough time wiping the smile from his face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This podcast covers all the pieces from early Fibre Channel drives to flash and NVMe, and in addition explores edge computing functions, AI inference offload, and immersion-qualified SSD developments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This pod is a should for anybody  within the evolution of immersion cooling and flash storage, in addition to why a powerful companion ecosystem is essential for buyer success. In case you have an additional 35 minutes, give this a pay attention or watch it from finish to finish; it\u2019s definitely worth the time. In the event you\u2019d prefer to discover particular subjects, we&#8217;ve damaged it down into five-minute segments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>0:00 \u2013 5:00 | Immersion Cooling and Trade Developments<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\">Opening from Montreal with Solidigm and Hypertec.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Dialogue of <b>immersion cooling<\/b>, <b>liquid vs. air cooling<\/b>, and touring Hypertec\u2019s facility.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Point out of OCP and the way knowledge heart engineers are \u201cchanging into plumbers\u201d on account of widespread liquid\u2011cooled infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Solidigm\u2019s collaboration with companions on <b>direct\u2011to\u2011chip liquid cooling options<\/b> is co\u2011designed with NVIDIA.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Philosophy of open innovation: Solidigm contributes IP to {industry} requirements through SNIA to make sure interoperability.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Emphasis on <b>buyer\u2011pushed innovation<\/b> over chasing the following PCIe or interface era.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>5:00 \u2013 10:00 | Evolution of Flash Storage and Type Elements<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\">Reflecting on early enterprise flash (Intel X25, SAS\/Fibre Channel SSDs).<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Transition from legacy laborious drives to SSDs and the \u201cbreaking the field\u201d second with NVMe.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Emergence of latest type components (EDSFF <span class=\"s2\">\u2192<\/span> E1.S, E1.L, E3).<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Dialogue about how <b>standardization is evolving<\/b> past conventional 2.5\u201d and three.5\u201d drive designs.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Design challenges with immersion environments and excessive\u2011density flash platforms.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Significance of <b>thermal stability: <\/b>constant environments enhance endurance and reliability.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Cooling improvements immediately tie to longer SSD lifespans and higher effectivity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>10:00 \u2013 15:00 | PCIe Generations, Sign Integrity, and System Design<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\">Speak about <b>connector design<\/b> challenges in subsequent\u2011gen chilly\u2011plate and PCIe Gen 5 and 6 environments.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Sign integrity points develop from PCIe 3<span class=\"s2\">\u2192<\/span>5<span class=\"s2\">\u2192<\/span>6: Each era will increase susceptibility to noise.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Analogy: PCIe evolution from 3G to 5G: extra nodes, shorter distance, tighter tolerances.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Solidigm\u2019s view: optimize <b>system structure and density<\/b> as a substitute of chasing uncooked drive velocity.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Many enterprise clients stay on Gen4 as a result of it\u2019s \u201cquick sufficient\u201d for distributed workloads.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Shift from pure efficiency towards holistic <b>throughput, reliability, and effectivity<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>15:00 \u2013 20:00 | Reliability, Capability, and Buyer Belief<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\">Efficiency is balanced with <b>high quality, longevity, and consistency<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">SSDs reaching \u201creliability of a DIMM.\u201d Many purchasers cease swapping drives; they fail \u201celoquently.\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Buyer satisfaction and belief are high priorities; Solidigm scores extremely in vendor rankings.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Rise of extremely\u2011dense drives like <b>122TB fashions (<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storagereview.com\/review\/solidigm-122-88tb-d5-p5336-review-high-capacity-storage-meets-operational-efficiency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">D5\u2011P5336 household<\/span><\/a><b>)<\/b> and dialogue of adoption.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Bigger capacities are not halo merchandise.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Manufacturing problem: Smaller drives are tougher to supply as NAND density will increase.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Drives sized for <b>whole price of possession (TCO)<\/b> optimization; method to \u201cchange spinning disks.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>20:00 \u2013 25:00 | Information Progress, AI, and Blast Radius Issues<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\">Trade shift from deleting knowledge to <b>holding all the pieces, fueled<\/b> by <b>AI coaching and inference<\/b> wants.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">\u201cInformation sovereignty\u201d pattern: Regional coaching knowledge units result in extra localized capability necessities.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Rising demand for <b>large native storage<\/b> to adapt international fashions like GPT.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Dialogue of \u201cblast radius\u201d and the chance of shedding a 100<span class=\"s2\">\u202f<\/span>TB drive.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">{Hardware} RAID for NVMe is again; GPU\u2011accelerated parity rebuilds are gaining traction.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">SSD rebuilds are quick. Downtime moderately than everlasting knowledge loss is the real concern.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Many operators now <b>design for failure\u2011in\u2011place architectures<\/b> as a substitute of guide swaps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>25:00 \u2013 30:00 | Future Instructions, AI Edge, and Innovation Alternatives<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\">Reflection on industry-wide inventory shortages pushed by the AI increase and NAND provide lags.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Distinctive alternative to <b>rethink architectures and attainable<\/b> new type components or built-in flash + networking.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Edge innovation: NVIDIA\u2019s <b>Spark and Jetson<\/b> merchandise blur the boundaries between knowledge facilities and desktops.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Exploration of <b>NVMe offload for inference and retrieval-augmented era (RAG)<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Hope for a future the place storage improvements take heart stage at GTC alongside compute and DRAM.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Emphasis on <b>cross\u2011{industry} collaboration. SNIA\u2019s<\/b> new \u201cStorage.AI\u201d working teams combine storage, networking, and AI alignment efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>30:00 \u2013 34:00 | Closing Ideas and On\u2011Web site Testing<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\">Returning to Hypertec\u2019s immersion servers for actual\u2011world checks with Solidigm drives.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Dialogue of <b>thermal stability benefits<\/b>: constant temperatures equal no throttling.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Solidigm is working towards <b>totally certified SSDs for hydrocarbon\u2011primarily based immersion liquids<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Closing dialog: Mutual pleasure about palms\u2011on experimentation, efficiency consistency, and {hardware} innovation.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">Wrap\u2011up and goodbyes from Montreal.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-social\">\n<p><strong>Have interaction with StorageReview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storagereview.com\/storage_newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publication<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/StorageReview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0| Podcast\u00a0<a title=\"Opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/storagereview-com-storage-reviews\/id1060681115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>\/<a title=\"Opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1y6VnznABhHeOSMOmbDTz0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/storagereview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/storagereview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@storagereview?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.storagereview.com\/rss.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian and crew just lately landed in Montreal to tour the Hypertec lab facility and witness some fascinating immersion-cooling traits with the chief within the area. Following the lab tour and product demos, Brian sits down with Scott Shadley, Director of Management Narrative at Solidigm. Scott and Brian have a vigorous, candid dialogue as they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computer-hardware"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17285,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17283\/revisions\/17285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}