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SK hynix to place custom tiny CPU cores in its SSD controllers to ease Arm load as drive speeds rocket

Proprietary H-TPU cores designed to relieve Arm processors in high-speed enterprise drives

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SK hynix to place custom tiny CPU cores in its SSD controllers to ease Arm load as drive speeds rocket

SK hynix has revealed proprietary micro-cores designated as H-TPU for deployment inside its next-generation enterprise solid-state drive controllers. These specialised units are designed to handle routine input-output workloads, reducing processing strain on the primary Arm cores as drive bandwidth escalates.

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This summary was written by the GPU Data Hub desk from reporting published by Tom's Hardware on 14 Oct 2026, 14:00. Read the full article at the original publisher.

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