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SK Hynix designs custom cores to boost SSD controller efficiency

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SK Hynix is developing custom, low-power CPU cores called Hynix Transaction Processing Units (H-TPUs) to offload repetitive tasks from traditional Arm CPUs in their SSD controllers. These H-TPUs are designed to handle routine I/O, command processing, and metadata management, consuming significantly less power and area than general-purpose cores. This approach aims to address the limitations of current SSD controller CPUs as drive speeds increase, with plans to integrate H-TPUs across SK Hynix's NAND product portfolio. AI

IMPACT This development could lead to more efficient and powerful SSDs, potentially impacting data processing speeds in AI workloads.

RANK_REASON Company announces new custom hardware design for its products. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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SK Hynix designs custom cores to boost SSD controller efficiency

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Shane Downing ·

    SK hynix to place custom tiny CPU cores in its SSD controllers to ease Arm load as drive speeds rocket

    SK hynix detailed H-TPU, tiny in-house cores that offload routine I/O from the Arm CPUs in its next enterprise SSD controllers.

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