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Is there an NVMe manufacturer that sells their product as just naked flash? The first rule of hardware is that hardware providers don't know how to write softwa
by pedrocr 3y ago
Is there an NVMe manufacturer that sells their product as just naked flash? The first rule of hardware is that hardware providers don't know how to write software. It would be nice if we could get rid of the proprietary and buggy embedded operating systems running our storage as an opaque abstraction layer. Things like lying about flush that was recently on HN would stop being a problem.
- acquacow 3y agoWell, by definition, naked flash wouldn't be NVMe... so no.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoIt would just be flash
- cesarb 3y agoWhile not going as far as you want, one movement in that direction is NVMe Zoned Namespaces (https://www.anandtech.com/show/15959/nvme-zoned-namespaces-explained https://www.anandtech.com/show/15959/nvme-zoned-namespaces-e...).
- loeg 3y agoFlexible Data Placement is another interesting development in the NVMe space.
- BitBanging 3y agoThe NAND flash manufacturers usually have no software involvement unless they are in the business of also selling SSD controller SoCs. They will typically sell FDKs/SDKs that are heaping piles of garbage written overseas for their SoCs that provide minimum functionality for interfacing with all of the components. I wouldn't really expect controller-less NAND flash to ever meaningfully compete with what we have now. There is a lot more specialized hardware in a typical SoC than just a microprocessor and NAND flash chips
- hlandau 3y agoThese are called "open-channel SSDs", which seem to currently mainly be consigned to research purposes AFAICT. But some do exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-Channel_SSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-Channel_SSD