Seagate and Phison Broaden Partnership

Seagate Technology Holdings plc and Phison Electronics Corp. announced plans to expand their SSD portfolio of high-density enterprise NVMe SSDs.

The SSDs will help enterprises lower TCO through increased storage density, lower power consumption, and higher performance. The companies also announced that they have entered a long-term partnership that will strengthen the development cycle and distribution of enterprise-class SSDs.

The 2 partners have collaborated on Seagate’s mainstream SATA SSD products since 2017. That close cooperation has continued through the company line of FireCuda consumer gaming NVMe PCIe Gen4x4 SSDs and the purpose-built NAS NVMe SSDs.

The partnership will focus on meeting the evolving global enterprise demand for higher density, faster, and smarter storage infrastructure needs that complement HDD storage to enable enterprise applications such as hyperscale data center, HPC and AI.

“We integrated Seagate’s 40-plus years of market-leading enterprise storage expertise with Phison’s nimble ability to create highly customized SSDs to meet the ever-evolving needs of the enterprise storage market,” said Jeff Fochtman, senior VP of business and marketing, Seagate. “Seagate is excited to work with Phison on developing advanced SSD technology.  Our selective focus allows us to serve the broad performance-driven enterprise SSD market while continuing our leadership in the specialized premium gaming segment.“

“Phison is proud to partner with Seagate to expand our enterprise SSD product line,” said Sebastien Jean, CTO, Phison. “Our leading in-house ASIC technology, coupled with engineering excellence, complements Seagate’s deep industry knowledge. In a show of commitment to this partnership, in 2020 we opened a development center in Broomfield, CO. Together, we will deliver winning solutions for a wide range of applications including AI, cloud storage and 5G edge computing.“

The 2 companies will work together to strengthen the industry’s enterprise-class SSD product offerings focusing on performance, cost savings, and efficiency. Optimized for specific workloads, environments, and use cases, each new product will be engineered and customized to address a customer’s technical needs.

Detailed product announcements from this partnership will be shared in the summer of 2022.