From off-the-shelf SSDs to customized storage and memory components, ScaleFlux has you covered.
Engaging with ScaleFlux
At ScaleFlux, innovation in storage and memory technology is in our DNA. The efficient development of enterprise-class components and firmware is our underlying core capability. Making this technology easy for our customers and partners to deploy is our mantra! To that end, we strive to make deploying our products simple, while providing customers and partners with flexibility in how they engage with our technology.
ScaleFlux NVMe SSDs with Write Reduction Technology
Simply a better SSD for on-prem and co-located infrastructure
Better
ScaleFlux SSDs with write reduction technology are a breakthrough in enterprise and data center SSD capability. The integration of hardware data compression and decompression engines directly into the SSD is a gamechanger. This technology not only enhances drive-level performance, endurance, reliability, and efficiency, but also yields improvements at system, rack, and data center-level. Each generation of our SSDs builds upon the strengths of its predecessors, delivering improved speed, security, capacity density, manageability, reliability, and efficiency.
SSDs typically slow down with performance becoming more variable as they fill up. With our write reduction technology, ScaleFlux SSDs maintain more free space, enabling “fresh out of box” performance even as the file system fills. By using hardware state machines to compress and decompress data (instead of burdening general-purpose processors with interrupt-heavy software compression), ScaleFlux turns compression into an accelerator – increasing the effective bandwidth of the NAND reads & writes and decreasing the wear-and-tear on the NAND cells.
Simple
We understand that deploying new technology can be daunting. So, we’ve kept the deployment simple and standards-based. ScaleFlux SSDs with write reduction technology, are fully compliant with industry standards:
- NVMe drivers
- NVMe configuration and management commands
- Industry standard SSD form factors (U.2, U.3, E1.S, E3.S, etc)
- No custom software to install
- No application development required
ScaleFlux gives users the freedom to change certain settings (such as overprovisioning, read priority, and user capacity) to optimize the balance of storage space, performance, latency, and endurance for their application. No more having to buy one SKU for your most latency-sensitive application and a different SKU for your most cost-sensitive application. For those wanting to utilize the capacity multiplier feature to bring an element of storage array functionality into the compute node, ScaleFlux drives again use NVMe standards to enable higher Terabyte Effective (TBe) capacity. Users configure and manage the extra capacity with NVMe Thin Provisioned Namespaces commands.
CSD2000
Computational Storage
CSD3000
Datacenter & Enterprise NVMe with write reduction technology
CSD5000
Datacenter & Enterprise NVMe with write reduction technology
SSD Controller | Xilinx FPGA | ScaleFlux SFX3016 | ScaleFlux FX5016 |
Form Factors | U.2, HHHL PCIe AIC | U.2, U.3 | U.3, U.2, E3.S, E1.S, E3.L, E1.L |
Default Capacities (TB) | 3.84, 7.68 | 3.2, 3.84, 6.4, 7.68, 15.36 | 3.84, 7.68, 15.36, 30.72, 61.44, 122.88* |
Host Interface | PCIe Gen3 1×4 | PCIe Gen4 1×4 | PCIe Gen5 1×4, 2×2 dual-port |
Security | AES256 | AES256 TCG Opal 2.0 | AES256 TCG Opal 2.0 Key per IO |
NAND Supported | TLC | TLC | TLC & QLC |
Memory | DDR4 | DDR4 | LP DDR5 |
Flash Mapping | DRAM 4K page | DRAM 4K & 16K page | DRAM 4K & 16K page |
Device Drivers | ScaleFlux | NVMe | NVMe |
Power Loss Data Protection | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Write Reduction Technology | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Endurance Multiplier | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Capacity Multiplier** | Up to 16TBe | Up to 24TBe | Up to 256TBe |
Availability | EOL | Production | Production |
*not all capacities available at launch or in all form factors.
**Terabyte Effective (TBe) – maximum data storage capacity with the Capacity Multiplier feature using the built-in transparent compression engines and NVMe thin-provisioned namespaces.
A Portfolio of Storage and Memory SoC Controllers
Innovative components to streamline the data pipeline
ScaleFlux storage and memory controllers are designed for the rigors of the data center, AI, and enterprise infrastructure – from core data centers to edge computing solutions. ScaleFlux collaborates with key ecosystem partners, major customers, and industry standards bodies to ensure the controllers will deliver excellent value to users – from performance to security, manageability, sustainability and efficiency.
Data Center & Enterprise SSD Controllers
SFX3016
Write reduction technology
FX5016
Write reduction technology
FC5116
Advanced security – 1st NVMe Controller to integrate Caliptra security
FC5104
Boot Drive optimized – 1st NVMe controller to support both DRAM and DRAM-less drives
Host Interface | PCIe Gen4 1×4 | PCIe Gen5 1×4, 2×2 dual port | PCIe Gen5 1×4, 2×2 dual port | PCIe Gen5 1×4 |
Form Factors Enabled | U.2, U.3 | U.3, U.2, E3.S, E1.S, E3.L, E1.L | U.3, U.2, E3.S, E1.S, E3.L, E1.L | M.2 2240 and larger E1.S U.2 |
NAND Capacities Supported (TB) | Minimum: 4 Maximum: 16 | Minimum: 4 Maximum: 128 | Minimum: 4 Maximum: 128 | Minimum: 0.24 Maximum: 8 |
Security | AES256 TCG Opal 2.0 | AES256 TCG Opal 2.0 Key per IO | AES256 TCG Opal 2.0 Key per IO Caliptra | AES256 TCG Opal 2.0 Key per IO |
NAND Supported | TLC | TLC & QLC | TLC & QLC | TLC & QLC |
Memory | DDR4 | LP DDR5 | DDR5 | DDR5 |
Flash Mapping | DRAM 4K & 16K page | DRAM 4K & 16K page | DRAM 4K & 16K page | DRAM and DRAM-less (map in NAND) support |
Device Drivers | NVMe | NVMe | NVMe | NVMe |
Power Loss Data Protection | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Write Reduction Technology | ✔️ | ✔️ | – | – |
Endurance Multiplier | ✔️ | ✔️ | – | – |
Capacity Multiplier* | Up to 24TBe | Up to 256TBe | – | – |
Availability | Production | Production | 2025 | 2025 |
Drives available | ScaleFlux CSD3000 | ScaleFlux CSD5000 & Partner Drives | Partner Drives | Partner Drives |
CXL Memory Controllers
MC500
1st CXL controller with ScaleFlux enhanced ECC technology
Host Interface | PCIe Gen5 1×4, 1×8, 2×4, 2×8 |
Form Factors Enabled | E3.S 1T/2T PCIe Add-in Card (FHHL, HHHL) |
CXL Controller Type | Type 3 |
CXL spec revision | 3.1 |
CXL use cases supported | Memory Expansion |
DRAM Supported | DDR4 and DDR5 |
DRAM Capacities Supported | DDR4: Up to 512GB DDR5: Up to 1024GB |
ECC | ScaleFlux RS ECC |
Poison / Metadata | Up to 3bits per 64B cache line from CPU |
Security | Aligned with Caliptra, S.A.F.E., and JEDEC SPDM 1.2 Hardware root of Trust |
Controller Availability | Samples 4Q24 |
Module Availability | Partner modules 2025 |
A Menu of Engagement Models
Looking for more control and optimization of the module design and firmware? Customize your engagement with ScaleFlux to fine-tune the balance between using your internal capabilities and leveraging our services to fill the gaps or augment your resources and skills.
Private Label
Have ScaleFlux ship you private label SSDs powered by ScaleFlux SoCs.
Utilize our validated drive designs and firmware to build and test your drives through one of our manufacturing partners.
- Fastest time-to-market
- Limited Firmware Modifications
- Standard BOM
- No R&D investment
- No supply chain management needed
Turnkey Solution
Take control of the manufacturing yourself.
Use the pre-validated drive designs, bill-of-materials, SoC and firmware from ScaleFlux to build your own drives.
- Rapid time-to-market
- Limited Firmware Modifications
- Limited BOM modifications
- Minimal R&D investment
- Control your own supply chain
Custom Design
Further customize the solution for your unique needs.
Collaborate with ScaleFlux to optimize the solution for your needs, leveraging our Firmware Development Kit, Open Reference Designs, and technical support to accelerate your time-to-market.
- Standard time-to-market
- Full control of firmware
- Full control of BOM
- Use your in-house FW & HW development teams
- Full control & management of your supply chain
ScaleFlux Custom SoC Service
When standard components just won’t do
Designing, validating, testing, and verifying complex System-on-Chip processors that integrate high-speed interfaces, efficient processors, security features, specialized processing engines, data integrity and error correction capabilities on an advanced lithography is a daunting undertaking, requiring significant OpEx and CapEx commitments, intimate knowledge of customer and market requirements, and highly efficient execution to deliver a fully functional SoC on time. Coding, testing, and debugging the firmware to make those SoCs sing adds another layer of complexity that can consume tens of engineers, months (or years) of time and millions of dollars.
ScaleFlux has built up the teams and processes to tackle the SoC and firmware development challenge. Connect with us to solve your storage and memory SoC challenges
Key benefits of working with ScaleFlux
Innovative technology for the Enterprise, Data Center, and AI infrastructure
Portfolio of Storage and Memory Products
Flexible Engagement Model