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SK hynix disaggregating SSD controller cores

What happened

On October 15, 2026, SK hynix is disaggregating SSD controller cores, developing H‑TPUs (Hynix‑Tensor Processing Units) to offload low‑level read/write command processing, metadata management, and buffer control from the main controller CPU, and plans to deploy H‑TPUs in its next‑generation enterprise SSDs and Storage Next SSD controllers.

Impact and signal

Low impactImpact score: 0/100

Affected components and suppliers

SSD controller cores

SK hynix

SSDcontrollerH-TPU

Source and time

Source: Blocks & Files · 10/15/2026 · View original source

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SK hynix disaggregating SSD controller cores

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