Solidigm Extends Agreement with Broadcom on High-Capacity SSD Controllers for AI

Solidigm announced a multi-year extension of its agreement with Broadcom Inc. on the use of high-capacity SSD controllers to support AI and data-intensive workloads.

Solidigm is a provider of high-capacity storage for AI, and Broadcom’s custom controllers have served as a critical component of Solidigm SSDs for more than a decade. With more than 120 million units of the firm’s SSDs shipped featuring Broadcom controllers, the partnership between the 2 companies has continued through key industry SSD milestones including SATA, SAS and NVMe.

The agreement also includes collaboration on Solidigm’s recently announced 122TB D5-P5336 data center SSD, a high capacity PCIe SSD that delivers storage efficiency from the core data center to the edge.

“With our new 122TB SSD, Solidigm further extends our high-capacity QLC (quad-level cell) leadership from 8 to 122TB drives that all share the same controller from Broadcom, making our drives easier for customers to qualify,” said Kevin Noh, co-CEO, Solidigm . “Our relationship with Broadcom is pivotal to Solidigm as we collectively work to help our customers achieve efficiency benefits in the buildout of AI infrastructure.”

“Our multi-generational collaboration with Solidigm continues to deliver connectivity and storage innovation for AI infrastructure at scale,” said Charlie Kawwas, Ph.D., president, semiconductor solutions group, Broadcom. “We are excited about extending this partnership to deliver next-generation solutions for AI data centers with Solidigm.”