Volatile SSD markets? Get used to it, analysts say
Supply and demand mismatches could become the norm in the SSD market as suppliers grapple with an increasingly volatile market, analysts at TrendForce have predicted.
The Asia-Pac focused research firm...
US clamps down on Samsung, SK hynix fabs in China
The US will block Samsung and SK hynix from using American technology to upgrade or expand their DRAM and 3D NAND production in China, reversing its earlier stance on...
Storage news ticker – 29 August 2025
We came across Cy4Data Labs whose Cy4Secure software protects data in use, with no access performance loss and database-level encryption down to a single field or word. It offers:
Vendor-neutral...
Dell’s AI-accelerated revenues explode upwards
Dell’s quarterly revenues showed a 19 percent jump to a record $29.8 billion in its second fiscal 2026 quarter, as server and networking revenues, fueled by AI demand, rose...
Pure Storage hammers revenue guidance as Meta deal boosts bottom line, outlook
Pure Storage knocked its revenue ball out of the quarterly results park, beating its guidance and upping its full year expectation.
Revenues in its second fy2026 quarter, ended August 3,...
NetApp’s poor growth but better outlook
NetApp eked out one percent growth in its first fy2026 quarter but it won the number one all-flash array market share position for calendar Q1 2025.
Revenues in the quarter...
A tale of three storage suppliers: NetApp, Nutanix and Pure
NetApp, Nutanix and Pure have each announced quarterly results and their revenue histories present a revealing picture of their individual status, with the gap between flattish NetApp and growing...
Novodisq unveils 11.5 PB blade server with built-in AI
New Zealand startup Novodisq demonstrated ultra high-capacity SSD storage at the FMS 2025 summit, showing an 11.5 PB 2RU blade server with onboard AI processing.
The hyperconverged, cluster-in-a-box Novoblade server...
Quantum loses CFO after just four months in post
Lewis Moorehead has resigned as beleaguered Quantum’s Chief Financial Officer only four months after being appointed to replace the departed prior CFO, Ken Gianella.
Quantum is in the midst of...
Huawei preps AI SSD to ease GPU memory bottlenecks
Huawei is reportedly about to launch an AI SSD that will work with its Unified Cache Manager (UCM) software to offload key-value (KV) cache data from a GPU’s high...
Sk hynix plants flag in ultra-high-cap SSD area
SK hynix says it’s going to produce ultra-high-capacity, high-performance SSDs for AI servers by using its 321-layer 3D NAND in QLC format.
SK hynix is beginning mass production of a...
Storage News Ticker – 22 August
Distributed, NoSQL database supplier Aerospike introduced new expression indexes to speed up machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI workloads while reducing memory use and operational costs. It says...