SK Hynix has started mass production of new enterprise SSD products with high performance and low power competitiveness, and has both SATA and PCIe form factors among its enterprise SSD products.

SK Hynix announced on the 15th that it has started mass production of 'PE8110 E1.S', an enterprise SSD product used in data centers.

The company completed internal certification of the product in late March and plans to provide it to major customers in May.

Previously, SK Hynix successfully developed the world's first 128-layer 4D NAND in June 2019. Since then, the company has developed and mass-produced three 128-layer NAND-based enterprise SSD products (SATA SE5110, PCIe Gen3 PE8111 E1.L, PE8110 M.2).

With the mass production of the PE8110 E1.S, the company has now established a ‘complete lineup’ of products in this field.

A complete lineup means that among the enterprise SSD products based on 128-layer 4D NAND, there are all form factors (form factors, product appearance or size, physical arrangement) of SATA and PCIe (E1.L, M.2, E1.S).

The PE8110 E1.S has a read speed that is up to 88% faster and a write speed that is up to 83% faster than the previous generation 96-layer NAND-based product, the PE6110. This is equivalent to storing a 4GB (gigabyte) full HD movie in just one second.

Additionally, the highest capacity product, PE8110 8TB (terabyte), can store 2,000 movies on a single SSD.

SK Hynix has significantly improved the performance of its products while maintaining the same level of power consumption as the previous generation, thereby increasing energy efficiency. It has achieved industry-leading performance, capacity, and low-power competitiveness.

In particular, SK Hynix emphasized that this product has the following advantages: △ the server can immediately recognize the system even if it is replaced while leaving it as is; △ the design has been improved to reduce heat generation; and △ the warranty period has been extended from 3 years to 5 years, which can reduce data center operating costs for customers.

Additionally, this product has been recognized as meeting the Open Compute Project (OCP) standards. OCP is an international consultative body where major data center companies from around the world participate to discuss standards for hardware, software, and enterprise SSDs for building ultra-high-efficiency data centers.

SK hynix Vice President Lee Jae-sung (Solution Product Development) said, “Through this mass production, we have established a complete product lineup, expanding the range of choices for customers to replace HDDs (hard disk drives) with SSDs.” He added, “SSDs, which have the advantage of low power consumption, can reduce carbon dioxide by more than 94% compared to HDDs, contributing to solving environmental problems and also helping to strengthen the company’s ESG management.”

Meanwhile, according to market research firm IDC (International Data Corporation), the enterprise SSD market is expected to grow by an average of 21.5% annually since last year and reach a size of KRW 28 trillion by 2024.