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• SK Hynix plans to distribute more than 100 processors across SSD controllers
• H-TPUs reportedly consume just 2.5% of conventional CPU core power
• Each H-TPU occupies only 4% of a general-purpose processor core's area

SK Hynix is developing solid-state drive controllers with more than 100 compact processors to manage increasingly demanding data transfers.

The South Korean memory manufacturer says its Hynix Transaction Processing Unit (H-TPU) architecture reduces processor power requirements and chip area.

The technology is designed for enterprise storage products and future memory systems serving demanding artificial intelligence workloads.

Small processors take over repetitive SSD operations

Speaking at the recent International SoC Design Conference, SK Hynix vice president Koo In-je described limitations affecting conventional SSD controller designs.

"Currently, general-purpose CPUs inside SSD controllers are at their limits in terms of power consumption and area," he said.

"Instead, SK Hynix has developed an H-TPU that can efficiently handle common input/output (I/O)...

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