Iridia looks to DNA for archival storage solutions
Startup Iridia is combining semiconductor, enzymology, and microfluidic biochemical techniques with the aim of producing a read-write DNA microchip with archival storage capacity.
The company reckons that DNA storage is...
Cerabyte demos ceramic-coated glass storage system
Startup Cerabyte, which specializes in ceramic-coated glass storage, has built a demo workflow system and is looking for funding and partners to take the concept further.
The German company has...
SK hynix talks up AI demand as memory market recovers
SK hynix revenues for the third 2023 quarter ended September 30 were $6.9 billion, down 16.4 percent annually, with a net loss of $1.66 billion as the memory market...
Cloudian does a fast object storage speedrun with AMD CPUs and Micron flash
Object storage supplier Cloudian has managed to wring 17.7GBps writes and 25GBps reads from a six node all-flash cluster in a recent benchmark.Cloudian said these are real-world results, generated...
Storage news ticker – 29 Sep 2023
Backblaze, which uses SSDs as boot drives for its disk-based storage servers, has produced its latest SSD annualized failure rate (AFR) report. Restricting its stats to drives with more...
Storage news ticker – September 27
CDN supplier Akamai has confirmed six new core compute regions across Europe, Asia, North America and Latin America. The new locations in Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Jakarta, Osaka, Japan, and São Paulo expand Akamai’s cloud computing network todata-intensive connection points that will ultimately allow enterprise customers to provide improved connectivity and experience to end...
NetApp names new chief commercial officer
Maxwell Long is the new chief commercial officer at NetApp, replacing Rick Scurfield who is departing two years after taking on the post.
Since joining NetApp in March 2021, Long...
MemVerge, SK hynix say memory is endless now
DRAM virtualizer MemVerge has teamed up with SK hynix on what they're calling Project Endless Memory to run applications needing more memory than is actually attached to the server...
Micron bumps along bottom of the memory trough
Micron’s DRAM and NAND down cycle continues, with revenues falling in Q2 of its fiscal '23 ended March 2, a massive loss posted, and a large inventory writedown recorded...
Taking a look at the ReRAM state of play
Analysis: Resistive RAM (reRAM) startup Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies has just raised $9.73 million in funding and grants to expand its engineering team and bring its product to market. Competitors...
Former Sage CEO Stephen Kelly slams WANdisco over board governance
WANdisco investor and former boss of software giants Sage and Micro Focus Stephen Kelly has gone public with a statement that Board-level changes may be needed to help the...
A tale of two realities: women in hi-tech balancing progress and backlash
As we celebrate International Women's Day, it's important to reflect on the progress women have made in the hi-tech industry, while also acknowledging the challenges that still exist. As...