FADU unveils world's 1st file-semantic SSD to power AI workloads
Korean data center chipmaker FADU has unveiled what it calls the world’s first file-semantic solid-state drive (SSD), a storage technology designed to help artificial intelligence (AI) systems access data faster while reducing computing overhead and power consumption. The company introduced its file-semantic SSD, or FS-SSD, at the 2026 Open Compute Project Global Summit in San Jose, California,…
Korean data center chipmaker FADU has revealed a groundbreaking innovation at the 2026 Open Compute Project Global Summit in San Jose, California. The company has introduced what it claims to be the world's first file-semantic solid-state drive (SSD), or FS-SSD, tailored for artificial intelligence (AI) systems. This new SSD technology stands out from traditional models that operate based on block addresses.
Instead, FADU's FS-SSD directly recognizes and manages files, moving responsibilities typically handled by a server's central processing unit and operating system to the storage device itself. The FS-SSD achieves this through FADU's sixth-generation SSD controller, which comes with firmware capable of handling file searches, access permissions, and file-to-address translation within the drive.
By embedding file requests within standard Non-Volatile Memory Express commands, the FS-SSD enables accelerators such as graphics processing units and data processing units to access data more swiftly, thereby reducing computing overhead and power consumption.
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