High Bandwidth Flash to Compete with High Bandwidth Memory as Sandisk Mulls Optane-Like Storage Class
High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) is a super-charged HBM replacement for AI workloads. SanDisk unveils High Bandwidth Flash (HBF), a NAND-based alternative to HBM, matching HBM bandwidth while providing 8–16x capacity at a lower cost. The company's key objectives with HBF seem to be to match HBM bandwidth while providing 8–16 times the capacity at a similar cost.
- This move could signal a significant shift in the storage landscape for AI workloads, where high-density and low-power consumption are increasingly critical.
- How will Sandisk's High Bandwidth Flash technology impact the future of memory hierarchy design in datacenter applications?