Samsung Electronics, a provider of advanced memory technology, and Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, announced a broad collaboration on software technologies for next-generation memory solutions. The partnership will focus on developing and validating open source software for existing and emerging memory and storage products.
This will include NVMe SSDs, CXL memory, computational memory/storage (HBM-PIM, intelligent SSDs), and fabrics to build an expansive ecosystem for closely integrated memory hardware and software.
Exponential data growth driven by AI, AR, and the rapidly approaching metaverse is bringing disruptive changes to memory designs, requiring more sophisticated software technologies that better connect with the latest hardware advancements.
“Samsung and Red Hat will make a joint effort to define and standardize memory software solutions that embrace evolving servers and memory hardware, while building a more robust memory ecosystem,” said Yongcheol Bae, vice-president. executive chairman and head of Samsung's memory applications engineering team. Electronics. “We will invite partners from across the IT industry to join us in expanding the hardware-software memory ecosystem to create greater customer value.”
The new partnership marks the first time Samsung has joined forces with an open source software company to advance engagements across the IT market. As an extension of this strategic collaboration, Samsung will launch the Samsung Memory Research Cloud (SMRC), where the two companies will develop and verify software solutions across diverse server environments.
“In the coming data-centric era, the integration of memory-centric hardware and software architectures will become increasingly essential, and for this purpose, Red Hat is pleased to participate in the joint venture with Samsung,” added Marjet Andriesse , senior vice president and head of Red Hat Asia Pacific.
Serving as an open collaboration hub, the SMRC will enable customers and partners to evaluate new software products in configuring optimal combinations with memory hardware.
Companies will also participate in open source communities such as the Linux Foundation to ensure their software technology is fully supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and other open source software stacks. Samsung plans to open its SMRC platform in the second half of this year and expects it to act as an ongoing catalyst for innovation in future IT systems.