Storage Class Memory Industry Overview
The market for storage-class memory is consolidated due to the presence of major players like Samsung and Panasonic, who dominate the market with their offerings. Also, as the manufacturing cost is high for SCM, the entry for new entrants and gaining market share is challenging. Hence, the trend is expected to continue in the forecast period.
- August 2022 - Kioxia announced a number of developments, including a new software-defined interface for the Linux Foundation's Software-Enabled Flash technology. The open source project departs from legacy HDD protocols by introducing customizable flash storage that uses the technology better. Kioxia also introduced a new PCIe Gen 5 SSD family and an update to its FL6 storage class memory (SCM).
- March 2022 - Micron Technology, Inc. announced the release of the first 176-layer NAND SSD for data centers to be vertically integrated. The Micron 7450 SSD with NVMeTM satisfies the requirements of the most demanding data center workloads with a quality-of-service (QoS) latency of fewer than two milliseconds (ms), a wide capacity range, and the most form factors. Other storage-class memory (SCM), including 3D Xpoint.
Storage Class Memory Market Leaders
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Everspin Technologies Inc.
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Crossbar Inc.
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Micron Technology Inc.
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd
- *Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order