Monthly Memory & Flash Market Watch

Sandisk forms Technical Advisory Board to guide development and strategy for high-bandwidth flash memory technology

• High-bandwidth flash (HBF) is set to revolutionize edge AI by equipping devices with memory capacity and bandwidth capabilities that will support sophisticated models running locally in real time, this advancement will unlock a new era of intelligent edge applications, fundamentally changing how and where AI inference is performed.

Kioxia unveils LC9 series up to 245.76TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe 2.5-Inch and EDSFF E3.L form factor SSD

• This new capacity and form factor option is purpose-built for the performance and efficiency demands of GenAI environments. GenAI places unique demands on storage, including the need to store vast datasets for training large language models (LLMs), and to create embeddings and vector databases that support inference through retrieval augmented generation (RAG). These workloads require storage solutions with exceptional capacity, speed, and efficiency.

SK Hynix reports a 68% record jump in profit as demand for AI chips soars

• As a key supplier to AI giant Nvidia, the company is on track to double HBM chip sales for the full year, and new model launches by customers would drive high-end AI chip demand growth.