Samsung announced that it has brought the latest software innovations to the company’s PCIe Gen4 solid state drive (SSD) series, opening up a new paradigm in SSD performance. “We are combining breakthrough speeds and capacities with revolutionary software solutions as we accelerate expansion in the premium SSD market,“ said Kye Hyun Kyung, executive vice president of Memory Solution Product & Development at Samsung. “We plan to introduce additional innovation led by our most advanced (sixth-generation) V-NAND in helping to trigger a lot more growth in the global IT market.“
The three software innovations include: 1) ‘fail-in-place (FIP) technology’ that ensures a ‘never-die’ SSD, 2) ‘virtualization technology’ that provides independent virtual workspaces for multiple users, and 3) ‘V-NAND machine learning technology’ that utilizes big data to accurately verify data validity even when operating at ultra-high speeds.
FIP technology marks a new milestone in the 60-year history of storage by ensuring that SSDs maintain normal operation even when errors occur at the chip level, enabling a never-dying SSD for the first time in the industry. SSDs integrated with Samsung’s FIP software can detect a faulty chip, scan for any damage in data, then relocate the data into working chips.
SSD virtualization technology allows a single SSD to be subdivided into a maximum of 64 smaller SSDs, providing independent, virtual workspaces for multiple users. Leveraging this software, cloud storage providers can extend their services to a greater number of users with the same amount of resources for optimized product competitiveness. The virtualization technology also enables SSDs to take on some of the virtualized tasks typically carried out by the server CPUs.
The company’s V-NAND machine learning technology helps to accurately predict and verify cell characteristics, as well as detect any variation among circuit patterns through big data analytics. This ensures superior data reliability as increasing SSD speeds pose a challenge in reading and verifying data through the extremely rapid voltage pulses.
Erste Group, together with the Austrian deeptech company zerothird and A1, has achieved a milestone in securing digital financial flows. In a pilot project in Vienna, a commercial quantum security solution was successfully integrated into the bank’s existing fiber-optic infrastructure for the first time.
Micro LED display revenue is projected to grow 100% year-over-year, increasing from $52.4 million in 2025 to $105.4 million in 2026, according to Omdia. While Micro LED displays for public display, ultra-large TVs, smart watches, and smart glasses remain limited, rapidly maturing manufacturing capabilities and new product adoption are expected to drive significant shipment and revenue growth in the near term.
At Mobile World Congress 2026, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM, and Vodafone will announce the successful live demonstration of the European Edge Continuum, the first federated edge cloud connecting the networks of Europe’s five largest operators.
