Samsung just gave Google and the AI gang the perfect reason to buy all-new storage — so don't expect SSD…

• Samsung helps move SSD virtualization from software workarounds into hardware design
• New NVMe standard could transform storage management inside AI data centers
• AI infrastructure demands are driving a major shift in SSD architecture

Samsung Semiconductor has confirmed its role in ratifying TP4193, a new NVMe technical standard called PCIe Exported NVM Subsystem Migration.

The company developed this specification alongside Google and other major infrastructure players within the NVM Express organization.

It fundamentally changes how NVMe solid state drives handle virtualization inside large, AI-driven data centers.

A shift from software tricks to hardware-native design

Storage virtualization has traditionally lived above the SSD itself, managed by hypervisor software running on the host server.

That software had to intercept every command from a virtual machine, disguise the drive's true identity, and pass modified instructions along, a method known as trap-and-emulate.

This approach worked reliably but consumed significant processing cycles and introduced latency...

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