Samsung and Western Digital Come Together For Next-Generation Storage Technologies

Synopsis – According to the confirmation, it is said that the company has already started working on the Zoned Storage devices including SMR HHDs and SSDs. Both the companies have high-level frameworks and models and it will be very interesting to see them work together and their future inventions.

Samsung Electronics and Western Digital have confirmed that both companies have signed a memorandum of understanding for a unique collaboration. The companies have announced that they have come together for standardizing and driving broad adoption of next-gen storage technologies, including data placement, processing, and fabrics (D2PF). Samsung Electronics is a huge company with a large number of products across various categories and its collaboration with Western Digital will result in the manufacturing of excellent SSD technology along with a vigorous ecosystem for Zoned Storage solutions. 

Thus, by taking such a step the companies will be focusing on various applications that will be useful for the users and create great value for the customers. 

Regarding the collaboration, Samsung also tweeted, 

This is the first time that Western Digital and Samsung Electronics have come together to spread awareness about the importance of storage technologies. Completely focusing on cloud applications and enterprises, this collaboration will give confidence to the end-users as these upcoming storage technologies will help them to provide support from multiple device vendors along with vertically integrated software and hardware companies. 

EVP and GM, Flash Business Unit at Western Digital Rob Soderbery, said, 

Storage is the essential foundation for how people and businesses consume and use data. To enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas, we must innovate, collaborate and keep pace as an industry in bringing new standards and architectures to life.

He further added, 

In order for a technology ecosystem to be successful, overall frameworks and general solution models must come together so they do not suffer from fragmentation, which delays adoption and adds unnecessary complexity for software stack developers.

According to the confirmation, it is said that the company has already started working on the Zoned Storage devices including SMR HHDs and SSDs. Both the companies have high-level frameworks and models and it will be very interesting to see them work together and their future inventions. On the same Corporate EVP, Head of Memory Sales & Marketing at Samsung Electronics, Jinman Han, said, 

This collaboration is a testament to our relentless effort to exceed customers’ needs now and in the future, and holds special meaning in how we anticipate it will actively grow into a larger basis of engagement for Zoned Storage standardization.

In addition to this, the companies are also thinking of expanding zone-based (e.g. ZNS, SMR) device interfaces, along with high-capacity storage devices in accordance with processing technologies and enhanced data placement.