Monthly Memory & Flash Market Watch

Kioxia Technology Open Source Software Designed to Reduce DRAM Requirements in GenAI Systems

• The firm’s newly developed software AiSAQ contains a new ‘approximate nearest neighbor’ search (ANNS) algorithm, it delivers scalable performance for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) without placing index data in DRAM – and instead searching directly on SSDs.

• RAG is a critical phase of AI that refines large language models (LLMs) with data specific to the company or application.

• Sandisk to Host Inaugural Investor Day 2025 to launch as a standalone Flash and memory technology innovator.

SK hynix Partners With SK Telecom and Penguin Solutions

• The partnership is to pursue the development and delivery of comprehensive AI data center (AIDC) solutions and lays the foundation for building globally competitive AI data centers. By combing unique technologies of SK Group, such as semiconductors, energy, cooling and memory, the company aims to discover and develop a highly competitive AI infrastructure business model.