Memory Labs

Memory Solutions Lab

Transforming Memory Performance

Develops innovative, open system architectures and marketable solutions that transform the performance of memory in SSDs, mobile devices and data centers.

Focus

The Memory Solutions Lab (MSL) mission is to develop innovative open system architectures and solutions that transform the performance of semiconductor memory in SSDs, mobile devices and data centers. MSL delivered the industry first PoC devices for KV-SSD, CXL SSD and CXL DRAM.

Teams

MSL is comprised of four groups:

CTO office

Memory solutions team’s CTO office drives MSL’s vision and technology strategy to identify business opportunities. By working closely with customers, partners, universities and the technology communities, MSL builds and leads the industry ecosystem and completes market solutions.

System Technology Group

System Technology Group (STG) is developing new SSD architectures for DC applications, innovating the latest storage architectures, and the most advanced memory technology.

Datacenter Device Solutions team

Datacenter Device Solutions (DCDS) team develops computational, multi-function future devices helping shape the landscape of enterprise and cloud storage, delivering many “world’s first” flash memory products and features to major OEMs and CSPs.

Data Fabric Solutions team

Data Fabric Solutions (DFS) team innovates and develops end-to-end solutions enhancing data flow efficiency & performance for client applications using world-leading Samsung SSDs, for various data fabric deployments.

Technology Enabling & Development Lab

Developing the next-generation of enterprise
solid-state flash technologies

Focus

Our core development focus is the host interface firmware layer that sits in the intersection of system software and flash management firmware. This key host interface firmware technology drives Samsung’s breakthrough V-NAND technology and enables our customers to power performance-oriented, demanding, enterprise-class applications ranging from hyper-scale data centers, to big data processing, to software defined virtualized storage arrays and infrastructures. In addition to host interface firmware, TED is also has responsibility to develop high level controller architecture and architecture models for early evaluation of next generation architecture concepts and emerging customer requirements.

Teams

TED has four teams that work closely to support enterprise and data center SSD end-to-end development and qualification support for US customers. Each team has their own R&R:

Controller Architecture Team

Engages in N+2 generation Enterprise/DC SSD controller architecture together with architectural evaluation of emerging and futuristic requirements from customers and specs/standards.

Firmware Staging Team

Engages in architecture and development of Enterprise SSD HIL Firmware for N+1/N Generation.

Product Firmware Team

Owns Customer Firmware and Customer Design-In Support for the lifecycle of the products — from new qualifications to sustaining.

Customer Qualification and Test Team

Owns SSD evaluation frameworks, test cases, continuous integration testing, and joint qualification of new and sustaining enterprise and datacenter SSD products.

Datacenter
Technology and
Cloud Solutions Lab

Building datacenter software technologies to drive Samsung memory innovations for use in public and private clouds

Developing software and solutions for the private, public and hybrid cloud that leverage the innovations in Samsung memory technologies.

Focus

The lab is focused on developing software and solutions for the private, public and hybrid clouds, including applications and workloads that run on modern digital enterprises, by leveraging Samsung memory innovations.

Teams

The Team comprises of three groups.

Samsung Data Platform Team

Created in 2016, the Samsung Data Platform Team designs and implements a data platform built to handle high-performance workloads operating on unstructured data and not adequately handled by traditional storage solutions—examples include rendering video and graphics, vivarium photo and video data analysis, and industrial IOT applications, including machine learning. Interested parties may email dtc-sdpeval@ssi.samsung.com to schedule an evaluation of the platform.

Datacenter Technology Taskforce

The Datacenter Technology Taskforce focuses on building expertise in datacenter technologies, including cloud operating systems like OpenStack, by subjecting our memory products to realistic workloads. The results are used to drive innovations and improvements in our memory products.

Global Open Source Team

The Global Open Source Team (GOST) focuses on open source contributions in IO subsystems, enabling optimal use of memory products in the ecosystem.

Advanced Controller
Development Lab

Transforming memory/storage architecture
for post Von-Neumann era

Developing future memory/storage controllers to support more efficiently next-gen computation requirements such as machine learning, deep learning, ADAS applications, and clouds computing.

Focus

Our current focus is to develop an advanced SSD controller integrated with computational accelerators for ML/DL workloads and data analytics via CXL and Ethernet interfaces.

Teams

We have three teams working on the following projects.

Controller team I

Controller for recommendation inference acceleration and enabling persistent memory for data center performance improvement via CXL interface.

Controller team II

Controller for SmartSSD that helps in accelerating database-oriented workloads.

Pathfinding team

Leading and exploring Chiplet technology, advanced PHY and mixed-signal IPs, HW-accelerator architecture, and industry standards.