Solidigm Extends AI SSD Portfolio with PCIe 5.0 D7 Product Line in E3.S and U.2 Form Factors

Solidigm launches D7-PS1010 and D7-PS1030 data center SSDs.

As the PCIe 5.0 SSDs ⁽¹⁾ shipping in volume, these drives are for the IO intensity found in modern mainstream, mixed, and write-centric workloads.

“The Solidigm D7-PS1010 and D7-PS1030 SSDs were meticulously engineered to meet the increasingly demanding IO requirements across a range of workloads such as general-purpose servers, OLTP, server-based storage, decision support systems and AI/ML,” said Greg Matson, SVP, strategic planning and marketing. “In a world where every watt counts, these drives are PCIe 5.0 done right, not only delivering industry-leading four-corner performance, ⁽²⁾ but also up to 70% better energy efficiency compared to similar drives by other manufacturers. ⁽³⁾”

Available in E3.S and U.2 form factors, these SSDs come in a range of capacities and endurance options and are a strong extension to the company’s portfolio of storage for AI.

D7-PS1010
A standard endurance (SE) drive, the D7-PS1010 is available in 1.92, 3.84, 7.68, and 15.36TB capacities. Over a 5-year period, the SE models provide 1.0 drive writes per day (DWPD) and boast substantial maximum lifetime program/erase cycles, with 28PB written (PBW) for the 15.36TB variant. In server-based storage solutions, the D7-PS1010 can accelerate sequential write throughput up to 37% faster than drives with similar specs.⁽⁴⁾ Offering a balance of performance and capacity, this drive is for a range of mainstream applications.

D7-PS1030
A mid-endurance  drive, the D7-PS1030 is available in 1.6, 3.2, 6.4, and 12.8TB capacities and offers a 70 PBW for the 12.8TB variant. When placed in an all-flash performance tier for AI workloads, it helps overcome HDD performance, endurance, and reliability limitations. With write performance more than double that of the previous-gen Solidigm drive, ⁽⁵⁾ it is for operations requiring write-intensive usages such as caching and checkpointing.

These drives are built to excel at every stage of the AI data pipeline and deliver up to 50% higher throughput in certain pipeline phases ⁽⁶⁾ compared to similar drives in their class. These SSDs can be deployed as GPU direct attach drives in GPU servers or as part of a high-performance all-flash tier supporting lower-performing HDDs in network attach storage configurations.

“As AI workloads continue to surge, storage performance becomes critical,” said Ace Stryker, director, market development. “The Solidigm D7-PS1010 and D7-PS1030 are a game-changer for AI-driven enterprises, capable of outperforming competitors at critical stages of the AI pipeline.”

With this launch, the company continues its commitment to delivering quality and reliability. By employing methodologies like testing to zero tolerance for data errors, ⁽⁷⁾ built-in redundancies, enhanced power loss management, and engineering for performance consistency over the life of the drive, ⁽⁸⁾ these SSDs far surpass required industry specs and common practices. Combined with new OCP-compliant thermal management capabilities, and new security capabilities such as secure boot and data at rest protection and attestation, the D7-PS1010 and D7-PS1030 drives are designed to be deployed with confidence in cloud and enterprise usages.

⁽¹⁾ Comparing product specs and measured real-life workload performance across widely shipping PCIe 5.0 data center SSDs at the industry’s highest volume capacity point of 3.84TB (using Solidigm 2023 and 2024 shipments as industry representative data).
⁽²⁾ Four-corner comparison data is based on publicly available information from Samsung, Kioxia, and Micron.
⁽³⁾ Comparing 7.68TB, Samsung PM1743 and Solidigm D7-PS1010. Power is measured using Quarch Technology. Solidigm D7-PS1010 (128KB SW QD128 IO/s/Watt 3,874), Samsung PM1743 (128KB SW QD128 IO/s/Watt 2,272).
⁽⁴⁾ Workload IO characteristics based on research of publicly available materials conducted by Solidigm. Comparing Solidigm D7-PS1010 3.84TB (128,000B sequential write QD128 8.2MB/s) vs Samsung PM1743 3.84TB (128,000B sequential write QD128 6.0MB/s).
⁽⁵⁾ As compared to previous-gen Solidigm D7-P5520 and D7-P5620.
⁽⁶⁾ Workload IO characteristics based on research of publicly available materials conducted by Solidigm. Solidigm D7-PS1010 7.68TB (32,000B SW QD32 9.03GB/s 113μs) vs Samsung PM1743 7.68TB (32,000 SW QD32 6.03GB/s 170μs).
⁽⁷⁾ Solidigm drives are tested to 1E-18 under full range of conditions and cycle counts throughout the life of the drive which is 100X higher than 1E-16 specified in JEDEC – Solid State Drive Requirements and Endurance Test Method (JESD218).
⁽⁸⁾ Refer to Solidigm D7-PS1010 product specs for IOs consistency. The company expects up to 5% variation in throughput between drive-to-drive runs. IO/s variability measured after adjusting SSD cycle limit to simulate end of life behavior. Results are estimated or simulated. Actual results may vary.