OCZ Debuts HSDL Interface, IBIS SSD

From DailyTech: OCZ has many product offerings that appeal to computer users, enthusiasts, and gamers. The company produces computer memory, SSDs, and power supplies among other things. OCZ has announced a new interface technology that promises to remove the bottleneck that slows many current generation SSDs.

The new interface OCZ has unveiled is called the High-Speed Data Link or HSDL. OCZ is using the interface to enhance high performance computing and is sensitive infrastructures for its clients. OCZ claims that the interface is capable of 20Gbps of data bandwidth per channel. To put that in perspective SATA has 3Gbps or 6Gbps data rates with SAS interfaces having the same bandwidth.

"Solid State Drive throughput speeds are increasing at a rate in excess of what current storage buses can support, and as a result, storage protocols are quickly becoming the bottleneck to storage subsystem performance," said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. "Designed for both high-performance computing and enterprise storage applications, our new High Speed Data Link interface addresses this issue and revolutionizes data storage by significantly outperforming other current interfaces delivering performance at levels that saturate most CPU busses."

The new interface will be first seeing an upcoming SSD called the OCZ IBIS. The IBIS will be a 3.5-inch SSD and the first solution for the new interface. The HSDL interface is an open standard so other companies can use the interface and create an ecosystem of support and products.

Since the interface is new, OCZ will be shipping single port PCIe interface cards with every SSD sold that supports the interface. A quad port card will also be available to those needing to connect multiple HSDL drives to a single computer. OCZ also states that it is working with platform partners to get the interface integrated into systems directly.

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