New registered dual in-line memory module (RDIMM).

Supports demanding Ai and enterprise-server workloads.

The launch of Innodisk's new industrial-grade DDR5 8000 RDIMM has been announced. This expands its DDR5 portfolio for compute-intensive applications such as edge AI and enterprise servers. Delivering industry-leading data transfer speeds of 8000 MT/s, 11.1% higher than the previous generation, the module addresses growing memory bandwidth requirements while enhancing signal integrity and transmission reliability, enabling system developers to achieve higher performance and stability in next-generation designs.

Pairing high bandwidth with reliability for faster Ai computing.
As Ai models grow in scale and complexity, the efficient movement of massive datasets becomes increasingly critical to system performance. The DDR5 8000 RDIMM raises data transfer speeds to 8000 MT/s and offers capacities ranging from 16GB to 64GB, supporting applications such as large language models (LLMs), generative AI, digital twins, and telehealth. Additionally, it improves data throughput for demanding workloads, while its registered ECC architecture enhances signal quality and error correction for more reliable Ai processing.

Built for Harsh Industrial Environments and System Resilience Innodisk’s DDR5 8000 RDIMM is engineered with rigorous validation and built-in protection features to support continuous operation. Integrated Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) diodes and eFuse protection help mitigate the risk of system failure caused by voltage fluctuations and abnormal power conditions. Designed for prolonged industrial use, the modules also feature 30μ” gold fingers and anti-sulfuration protection, enhancing contact durability and corrosion resistance for extended service life.

Advancing memory performance for the Ai era.
“The rapid expansion of Ai workloads is reshaping system performance requirements, with the ability to efficiently handle vast data volumes becoming just as important as compute power,” said Samson Chang, GM of Embedded DRAM Division at Innodisk. “The DDR5 8000 series helps customers overcome memory bandwidth bottlenecks while offering a more flexible path to system upgrades through enhanced memory performance, serving as a keystone for edge AI applications.”

Innodisk will roll out additional DDR5 8000 modules in Q1 2027, including CUDIMM, CSODIMM, ECC CUDIMM, and ECC CSODIMM, offering broader options across diverse system designs.

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Memory & storage excellence recognised.

Taiwan Excellence Award for three major memory and storage solutions.

The 2025 Taiwan Excellence Award has ben achieved by Innodisk for three of its innovative products. The award recognizes the company's strengths in product innovation, R&D, and quality control.

The three award-winning products are the CXL Memory Module, DDR5 Air/Immersive Dual Cooling Memory, and E1.S 4TS2-P SSD. These products highlight Innodisk’s focus on providing stable and long-term solutions for the industrial market. They also show how the company designs its products to meet the needs of next-generation standards.

The CXL Memory Module delivers a single 64GB capacity and up to 32GB/s bandwidth. It is designed for flexible and cost-effective expansion in server systems. It enables "memory resource sharing" by using memory pooling technology. It also uses a PCIe interface to overcome the bandwidth limits of traditional memory channels.

The DDR5 Air/Immersive Dual Cooling Memory is designed to work in different cooling environments. It features a unique fin design that covers all heat-generating components with thermal materials. It supports both air and liquid cooling modes, which helps address the cooling challenges in modern AI servers. With a single memory capacity of 128GB and high-speed transmission of 5600 MT/s, it meets the high-efficiency computing needs of AI servers.

The other award-winning product, the E1.S 4TS2-P SSD, offers better performance, cooling, storage density, and maintenance convenience compared to traditional M.2 and U.2 SSDs. It is suited for edge server environments and includes wide-temperature technology that works between -40 and 85°C. It helps solve overheating problems in edge servers. It also contains hot-swappable functionality and multiple capacity options, making it a strong choice as a boot drive for data centers.

The enclosures of all three products are made of recyclable aluminium alloy, and all materials meet RoHS standards. This ensures the products align with environmental and safety requirements. Innodisk stays in step with global trends in product design, quality control, research and development, and manufacturing. It aims to bring fresh energy to the growth of industrial development.

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Significant emhancement for software source code analysis.

TrustInSoft has announced that their analyzer now includes memory mapping, in addition to its already highly accurate target hardware awareness.

Low-level software relies on mappings between program variables and chipset-specific memory regions. Memory mapping awareness is therefore of high importance when analyzing low-level code that accesses specific memory regions (like bootloaders or device drivers).

TrustInSoft Analyzer implements a unique feature that faithfully represents these memory mappings thanks to the new TIS Address variable attribute. Thanks to this accurate representation of physical memory access, TrustInSoft Analyzer can more precisely analyze the behavior of these programs.

Target architecture awareness enables TrustInSoft Analyzer to faithfully emulate hardware features such as endianness, integer and float sizes, and type alignment constraints of a targeted platform. TrustInSoft Analyzer supports 24 architectures for six processors including x86, PowerPC, ARM, SPARC, MIPS, and RISC-V, a range of out-of-the-box architectures and can be easily configured for others.

“TrustInSoft Analyzer’s unique feature set, which now includes TIS Address, differentiates it from any other testing software by allowing the user to accurately emulate architectures with total control over address and pointer formats.” said Fabrice Derepas, Founder and CEO of TrustInSoft. “What this means to C/C++ SW developers, embedded software developers, and product security experts is that TrustInSoft Analyzer enables them to verify low-level software like drivers, firmware, bootloaders, and operating systems that rely on specific hardware behaviors.”

TrustInSoft Analyzer is the most advanced industrial-scale sound code analyzer for proving absence of bugs and memory safety vulnerabilities in C/C++ code available on the market today. Thanks to its emulation abilities, TrustInSoft Analyzer offers several important benefits including:
• Testing effort optimization, by helping to test software against any target hardware early in the software module development cycle, reducing the number of test iterations on the final platform.
• Solving the constraints due to the unavailability of hardware platforms and enabling concurrent engineering
• Reducing the number of hardware platforms and emulators required for integration testing.

Derepas added, “The benefits of TrustInSoft Analyzer help to eliminate the bottleneck typically caused by limited access to a hardware platform and enables developers to clean their code much earlier in the process, resulting in significant cost reductions. Its unique target awareness capability enables software developers to accurately emulate and test their target, therefore eliminating the need to access and test the real targets.”

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Information officer for memory leader.

Neumonda has appointed Oliver Philippsen as its Chief Information Officer. In his role, Oliver will oversee the IT teams, technologies and processes within the Neumonda group, which consists of the specialist memory distributor Memphis Electronic, the manufacturer of industrial-grade memory products Intelligent Memory, as well as the memory IP powerhouse Neumonda Technology.

Oliver Philippsen

“Digital has become a core competency, especially in high-tech sectors like semiconductor,” said Marco Mezger, Executive Vice President & COO of Neumonda Holding. “With this new role in our holding, we will be able to provide the technology backbone for an excellent customer experience. This will enable Memphis Electronic, Intelligent Memory and Neumonda Technology to focus on their growth.”

Oliver is a seasoned IT expert with over 30 years of experience in various industries. He combines extensive knowledge of the latest technologies with in-depth experience in agile software development, automation, digital transformation and change management. In previous roles, he has built a track record of turning dependencies between technology and people into strengths by introducing modern development methods to traditional embedded environments, training product ownership and bringing e-commerce from on-premise to the cloud.

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Smart solid state drive.

Samsung Electronics has successfully developed a second generation of its pioneering SmartSSD*.

“Commercialization of the first-generation SmartSSD, in collaboration with AMD, established that the computational storage market has great potential,” said Jin-Hyeok Choi, Executive Vice President and Head of Memory Solution Product & Development at Samsung Electronics. “With the upgraded processing functionality of the second-generation SmartSSD, Samsung will be able to easily address increasing customer needs in the database and video transcoding sectors, as we expand the boundaries of the next-generation storage market.”

The new proprietary computational storage incorporates data processing functionality within a high-performance SSD. Unlike existing SSDs, this SmartSSD can process data directly, thereby minimizing data transfers between the CPU, GPU and RAM. This technology can avoid the bottlenecks that often occur when moving data between storage devices and CPUs, resulting in markedly improved system performance and much higher energy efficiency.

The SmartSSD is playing an increasingly important role, especially with the growth of next-generation technologies such as AI, machine learning and 5G/6G, which require large amounts of data processing.

Leveraging software and intellectual property (IP) developed by customers, along with in-built Arm cores, Samsung’s second-generation SmartSSD enables much more efficient data processing. Compared to conventional data center solid-state drives, processing time for scan-heavy database queries can be slashed by over 50%, energy consumption by up to 70% and CPU utilization by up to 97%.

Since its development in 2020 through the joint efforts of Samsung and AMD, the first-generation SmartSSD is being supplied to global IT companies including video communications platform providers. The first-generation SmartSSD was recognized as an Innovation Awards Honoree at CES 2021 for its outstanding performance and energy efficiency.

“Powered by Xilinx Versal™ Adaptive SoCs from AMD, second-generation Samsung SmartSSDs enable improved CPU efficiency and greatly reduced energy consumption by efficiently integrating the computing and storage functions in data centers,” said Sina Soltani, Corporate Vice President of Sales, AECG, Data Center and Communication Group at AMD. “As data-intensive applications continue to grow, second-generation Samsung SmartSSDs will deliver the superior performance and efficiency required for this expanding market.”

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* Samsung Electronics is leading efforts to standardize SmartSSD technology through close collaboration with the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and with NVM Express, while seeking to expand the boundaries of SmartSSD devices through technological validation for a wide variety of applications.

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Partnership for industrial memory and storage.

Transcend and Impulse Embedded have announced their partnership for distribution of memory and storage components in the Industrial Sector.

The distribution partnership will see Impulse offering a full line of standard and proprietary internal SSDs (PCIe M.2/SATA III 2.5,” M.2, mSATA, and half-slim type), different generations of DRAM memory modules, SD/microSD cards, eMMc memory, and flash solutions.

Transcend products are widely used in various industries, from transportation and healthcare to 5G communication, AIoT and embedded applications. With the ever-increasing amount of data transfer within the industrial space, these products are a vital component to any embedded system.

When deploying computers in harsh environments, it is essential to choose components that match the hardened characteristics of the host system. Transcend product offerings not only share these characteristics, but offer additional features covering data security, resilience to shock, vibration and temperature extremes and protection from unscheduled power loss, ensuring reliability, stability, and longevity in the field.

“We are delighted to be working with a powerhouse in the industrial storage solutions and flash sector. Their name speaks for itself, and their excellent stock levels, support and internal capacity made the decision to collaborate an easy one. We look forward to building a long-lasting relationship with Transcend,” said Robert Plant, Impulse Embedded Sales Director 

Nicholas Small, Account Manager from Transcend added: “Transcend is excited to work with one of the UK's leading industrial PC and embedded solutions providers and we look forward to supporting them on some VERY exciting projects for many years to come!”

Transcend and Impulse have over 60 years of combined experience and knowledge in the industry, both of which are highly customer-orientated and respond quickly to the ever-changing marketplace and have a passion for delivering forward-looking solutions that can transform operational success for customers across an extensive range of industries and applications. 

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Workstation memory enhancement.

Innodisk has announced the debut of their new industrial-grade DDR5 memory in workstations, which are powerful computers intended for specialized technical and scientific use cases. This new technology gives early adopters the chance to demonstrate the real-world speed, and performance gains that were promised during the hype surrounding the announcement of DDR5 in 2021.

Now, as Innodisk begins mass production, the new technologies that DDR5 introduced, such as double bank groups, same bank refresh, on-die ECC, and dual subchannels are being utilized in workstations that push the limits of speed, capacity, and reliability in professional environments.

Innodisk is already leading the industry in the implementation of DDR5 memory in workstation computers. One of their clients, who has already put DDR5 to the test in a meaningful way, is a global company that designs and manufactures workstations for engineering, product design, architecture, data science, and VFX. They decided to use Innodisk’s 4800MT/s 32GB DDR5 UDIMM for their workstation computers. These workstations provide the ideal match for early DDR5 adoption as they offer server-grade performance, with high-end processors, and lots of memory, in a standard PC form factor for CPU and RAM-intensive applications like graphics, 3D design, and video editing.

The client, whose end customers cover multiple industries including science and medical, film, mission critical applications, as well as manufacturing and design, was able to benefit from DDR5’s increased bandwidth, better power efficiency, and higher memory efficiency, while also future proofing the workstations they built with the latest and greatest standard in DRAM technology. The aforementioned improvements over DDR4 will allow customers to work faster, and more efficiently, while not having to worry about data loss, due to the extra layer of protection through IC level checking that DDR5’s on-die ECC provides.

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Flash memory for mission critical applications.

Cypress Semper NOR flash memory products are now available from RS in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.

RS Components (RS) is now offering Cypress Semiconductor’s award-winning Semper NOR flash memory products. This is now in production and is designed to support automotive, communication, and industrial applications. Semper achieves the ISO 26262 automotive functional safety standard for electronics in vehicles, and is compliant with IEC 61508 for industrial applications. Semper is the industry's first NOR flash memory to be Automotive Safety Integrity Level ASIL-B compliant and ASIL-D ready.

Next-generation 5G wireless communications, offering more than 20 times the bandwidth of current networks, will enable new “always connected” applications in industrial IoT, connected and autonomous vehicles, and portable medical devices. To deliver high reliability, bandwidth and functionality, the SoCs and FPGAs powering 5G radios and base stations will require increasingly vast amounts of configuration and boot code data to be stored and accessed quickly. Semper NOR flash addresses these needs by offering densities up to 4Gbit and JEDEC xSPI compatible interfaces, extending the bandwidth up to 400MBps.

Semper NOR flash offers densities from 256Mbit up to 4Gbit, with reliability, performance and 10-year longevity required for mission critical applications. Semper NOR devices are compatible with multiple SoCs and FPGAs.

Semper devices offer a range of low-pin-count serial interface options, including legacy SPI, DDR Quad SPI with data rates up to 102MBps, and JEDEC xSPI compatible HyperBus and Octal interfaces with up to 400MBps data rates. Using XIP (eXecute In Place), programs can execute directly from flash memory, allowing high-data-rate Quad SPI transactions to exceed the performance of parallel or asynchronous NOR devices.

Cypress’s EnduraFlex architecture allows system designers to customise Semper devices to suit specific applications, defining partitions to provide high memory endurance of up to 2.5 million cycles or long data retention of up to 25 years.

Semper supports SafeBoot, to detect device initialisation failures and configuration corruption. ECC (single error correction and double error detection) is supported on the memory array, with CRC protection for both interface and data.

Semper NOR flash memories are AEC-Q100 qualified, and proven at extreme temperatures from –40°C to +125°C. Operating voltage is 3.0V or 1.8V. Packaging options include 24-contact BGA, 8-contact WSON and 16-pin SOIC.

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Bidirectional data memory module.

A compact memory module with IP 67 protection is just 34 x 16 x 8 mm in size is available from Balluff.  It can be used as a memory storage device on interchangeable units such as milling heads on gantry type machining centers.

This means the assemblies can carry their actual operating data along with them. With the following advantage: When a machine is changed, all the data such as the number of use cycles, shock and vibration values or lubrication and oil change intervals are directly loaded.

The work required to install and parameterize the module is minimal. Only a single standard cable is required for stable, fault-free, bidirectional data transmission between the milling head and controller. The cable is connected to the milling head interface in the system ring. Data transmission is noise-immune as well as resistant to EMC effects. The module can hold a total of 14 segments of 64 bytes each.

Machine operators will profit from the fact that when a milling head is switched from one machine to another, all the identifying and usage data will be automatically copied and loaded from the milling head memory into the NC controller through a cable. When maintenance or repair work is needed, the service personnel can read out all the data from the memory chip on a PC or laptop and update it as needed. This gives the plant operator continual and transparent information about the current status of the milling head.

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