FMS: Liqid Unveils Element Gen 4.0 PCIe NVMe SSDs Storage Solution

Liqid, Inc. demonstrated a PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD at Flash Memory Summit 2018.

The company demonstrated multiple configurations of its Gen 4 PCIe Element SSDs, including the industry’s first Gen4 x16 NVMe storage solution with dual ported capability. By leveraging the newly available Gen4 PCIe interface, the firm’s Element solution delivers data throughput and IO/s performance for AI, machine learning, and other emerging, high-value applications.

Gen 4 PCIe Element SSD

“Transforming milliseconds into microseconds, Gen 4.0 PCIe solid-state solutions from Liqid provide consistent data performance and efficiency to handle the workloads associated with the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” said Sumit Puri, CEO and cofounder, Liqid. “We are honored to be working with a wide array of industry-leading partners and customers to bring our expertise in PCIe fabrics to deliver supercharged solid-state performance and answer emerging challenges in the data center. Liqid is proud to build on our legacy of delivering award-winning PCIe-deployed infrastructure solutions to market.“

PCIe 4.0 NVMe solutions from the company deliver strong benefits across industry verticals, anywhere data performance is a prerequisite for success. Deployment of the long-awaited Gen 4 PCIe specifications will accelerate applications across multiple industry verticals, improving performance in today’s cloud-centric and big data compute environments. Gen4 NVMe will also drive emerging applications in machine learning and AI, 8K digital media processing, virtual and augmented reality, and more.

Element Gen 4 NVMe solid state solutions feature:

• High performance NVMe SSD with PCIe 4.0 x16 interface

• Supports up to ~25GB and up to ~3.5 million IO/s (4KB)

• Supports up to 8x M.2 modules per card – up to 32TB maximum capacity

• Enterprise features including Power Loss Protection

• Muti-Port capability for multi-host access enabling advanced use cases

• Liqid Command Center provides management software that dynamically composes and orchestrates bare metal storage elements from the storage pool to individual servers

“Liqid continues to lead in PCIe innovation across the data center. Their ability to deploy and manage elements connected to PCIe fabrics gives users an outsize advantage when deploying next generation platforms,” said Jas Tremblay, VP and GM, data center solutions group, Broadcom Inc. “As the new Broadcom PEX88000 PCIe Gen4 Switches start to gain a footprint in the marketplace, Liqid has become an industry leader with solutions that leverage these new PCIe solutions. We’re pleased to work with Liqid to bring PEX88000 Gen4 PCIe solutions to the market that dramatically accelerate the data pipeline for existing and emerging workloads.“

At Flash Memory Summit, Liqid PCIe solutions was demonstrated at partner booths: Phison, One Stop Systems, Marvell, Toshiba, Hagiwara Solutions, and Broadcom.