- SanDisk plans 256TB and 512TB SSDs using New Stargate Controller
- Stargate debuts in Enterprise -Drev launched by the end of 2025
- Business income down after the WD split but the timetable remains very ambitious
Sandisk, now operating independently as an SSD and NAND flash producer after its division from Western Digital last year, has teased a new SSD controller called “Stargate”, designed to support extreme high capacity business drives.
Stargate, who confuses his name with Openai’s Stargate project, but obviously has nothing to do with it is part of SanDisk’s “Ultra QLC” platform aimed at scaling SSD capabilities in the coming years.
Under its earnings call, SanDisk CEO David Goeckler said: “We have a new architecture that comes out in the next few quarters, which we call Stargate, New Asic, clean record design and then with BICS 8 QLC … We just think it will be a dynamite project.”
1PB SSD inbound
Goeckler did not share additional technical details, but Stargate is expected to debut in Enterprise drives like the DC SN670 series.
This line is scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2025 with 64 TB and 128TB capabilities, BICS8 QLC (2Tbit/256 GB per DIE) and PCIE 5.0 Support.
Future versions may include PCIE 6.0 as the capacity targets rise. Sandisk’s roadmap shows 256TB for 2026, followed by 512TB in 2027, with a 1PB goal further out. Stargate is likely to play a key role in enabling these jumps.
The third quarter of SanDisk’s fiscal year in 2025 was also the first as an independent company. It reported $ 1,695 billion in revenue, a 10 percent decrease from the previous quarter and a net loss of $ 1.88 billion. Dollars, largely due to a write -down of $ 1.83 billion.
Sandisk’s strongest segment was client SSDs, which brought in $ 927 million, followed by $ 571 million from consumer products and $ 197 million from the Cloud Division.
Source: ComputerBase.de
