In Rancho Cordova near its headquarters, Solidigm, a leading storage technology company, has unveiled the AI Central Lab, which is touted as the most advanced facility for testing storage in artificial intelligence workloads. This lab combines high-performance GPUs and solid-state storage systems to analyze the demands of AI model training, inference, and emerging workload architectures.
The AI Central Lab goes beyond traditional component-level testing by evaluating storage at the server, rack, and cluster level to mimic large-scale data center conditions. With a focus on common reference architectures, customers and partners can now test solutions using Solidigm solid-state drives in environments that closely resemble production deployments. Avi Shetty, Senior Director of AI Ecosystems and Partnerships at Solidigm, emphasizes that the lab addresses a growing industry need by providing powerful GPUs and leading storage infrastructure for testing and joint innovation.
The lab’s hardware profile showcases two groundbreaking test clusters: a high-performance storage test cluster anchored by the Solidigm D7-PS1010 SSD, and a dense storage test cluster equipped with 192 Solidigm D5-P5336 SSDs. These clusters set new records for throughput and capacity, demonstrating Solidigm’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of storage technology. In addition to performance testing, the lab also enables engineers to benchmark system architectures for power consumption and efficiency, crucial factors as AI infrastructure scales globally. Solidigm is collaborating with ecosystem partners to optimize AI-specific workloads and refine performance strategies for AI infrastructure, positioning storage as a central enabler of the next generation of AI systems.
