CES 2026: AIC Expands Nvidia BlueField-Accelerated Storage Portfolio

AIC, Inc. announced the expansion of its Nvidia BlueField accelerated storage portfolio with the introduction of the F2032-G6 2U JBOF storage system, optimized for accelerating AI inference by storing KV cache context.Featuring a High Availability (HA), dual-active node architecture that provides full resiliency for mission-critical workloads, the platforms deliver next-generation performance, capacity, and availability for flash-based storage deployments.

The F2032-G6 JBOF integrates 2 or 4 Nvidia BlueField-4 DPUs, each with 800Gb/s throughput, and can also support Nvidia ConnectX-9 SuperNICs. It supports Nvidia DOCA microservices to deliver breakthrough acceleration for the Nvidia Inference Context Memory Storage Platform. A dual-port design enables link redundancy and continuous operation for high-throughput storage services in scalable, distributed environments.

Designed for extremely efficient flash configurations, the platform supports up to 32 E3.S/L NVMe drives, enabling up to 8PB of storage in a single 2U chassis using 15, 30, 60, 122 or 256TB SSDs. This compact system architecture provides enterprises and cloud operators a scalable building block for high-performance, power-efficient flash tiers.

“As data demands continue to grow at unprecedented rates, AIC is fully committed to BlueField-4 the Nvidia BlueField platform as a storage controller,” said Michael Liang, president and CEO, AIC. “The F2032-G6 delivers resilient, high-performance, and scalable flash storage that empowers critical workloads with unmatched speed, reliability, and efficiency.“

“The increasing complexity of AI inference and reasoning workloads requires a fundamental architectural shift to unify compute, network, and storage for unprecedented efficiency and scale,” said Yael Shenhav, VP, networking, Nvidia. “Nvidia is collaborating with AIC to bring accelerated, AI-native data storage platforms, powered by the BlueField-4 DPU, to scaleAI inference in the agentic era.”

These new systems are for modern workloads, including:

• KV cache context storage for AI inference
• Parallel and scale-out file systems
• Large-scale object storage
• Mission-critical enterprise flash tiers

AIC continues to strengthen its collaboration and product alignment with NVIDIA and remains committed to full support of the BlueField-4 ecosystem across future platforms.