Next-gen 128TB SSDs set to squeeze data on the fly thanks to a new smart chip — Longsys WM8500 promises a compression ratio of up to 2:1, creating a virtual 256TB SSD at a much lower price

A slide detailing the features of the Longsys WM8500 SPU.

• Longsys WM8500 offers as much as a 2:1 in-Memory lossless compression
• The 5nm chip currently supports up to 128TB in single-drive capacity versus mainstream consumer SSDs that are capped at 8TB
• This is made possible by using the DRAM-less SPU as an active player in the storage stack, leveraging both its High Level Cache (HLC) and intelligent Storage Agent (iSA) to deliver a compression ratio that is industry-leading

Longsys, the world's second-largest independent memory firm and the force behind one of the most well-known consumer brands in the West, Lexar, as well as one of the most important B2B storage players, FORESEE, may have a solution to rising SSD and DRAM costs: A chip that compresses data on the fly extraordinarily well.