SEOUL (ANN/THE KOREA HERALD) – SK hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chip manufacturer by revenue, announced on Friday the successful development of the industry’s highest performance solid-state drive (SSD) chip designed to significantly enhance processing speed in on-device artificial intelligence applications.
Named PCB01, this new product boasts sequential read and write speeds of 14 gigabytes and 12GB per second, respectively, elevating SSD performance to unprecedented levels, according to SK hynix.
These speeds enable the execution of large language models for AI training and inference in just a second.
Additionally, the PCB01 improves power efficiency by over 30 percent compared to the previous generation, enhancing the stability of large-scale AI computing tasks.
“We aim to strengthen our position as the leading global AI memory provider in the NAND solution space by successfully completing customer validation and mass production of PCB01, which is poised to garner significant attention,” said Ahn Hyun, head of the N-S Committee at SK hynix.
Ahn mentioned that numerous global CPU providers for on-device AI PCs are seeking collaboration for compatibility validation.
Currently, the validation process with a global PC customer is ongoing, and SK hynix plans to begin mass production and shipping to both corporate and general customers within this year.
To achieve innovation in performance and data processing speed, SK hynix has implemented the fifth generation of the eight-channel Peripheral Component Interconnect Express technology for the first time in the industry.
The PCB01 also includes advanced security features to protect personal data. SK hynix engineers have integrated a root of trust, a security solution, into the SSD to prevent external cyber attacks, information tampering, and to safeguard user passwords.
SK hynix plans to release the PCB01 in three capacities: 512GB, 1 terabyte, and 2TB.
