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DigiTimes Asia: Up and coming miniLED: Production opportunities and challenges

Up and coming miniLED: Production opportunities and challenges

KLA/Orbotech's Michal Itzik looks at the benefits of miniLED, why white is the preferred solder mask, and the resulting manufacturing challenges.

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KLA Advance Blog: KLA’s Frontline Cloud Services Sharply Reduces DFM Analysis Time

KLA Advance Blog: KLA’s Frontline Cloud Services Sharply Reduces DFM Analysis Time

Frontline Cloud Services improves the DFM process with the cloud delivering almost infinite computational power on demand, which helps companies analyze more DFM checklists both serially and in parallel.

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Storage Newsletter: Lightbits Labs Hits High Gear With New Features, Expanded Intel Support, Customer Success

Lightbits Labs Hits High Gear With New Features, Expanded Intel Support, Customer Success

Article looks at recent news from Lightbits, including the recent announcement with Intel.

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TechRegister: New Intel Ice Lake processors boost performance, security

New Intel Ice Lake processors boost performance, security

Discusses how Intel invested in and collaborated with Lightbits Labs last September to optimize the startup’s composable software-defined storage for its Xeon Scalable processors, second-generation Optane dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs), QLC-based 3D NAND SSDs, Ethernet 800 Series network adapters and field programmable gate arrays.

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Tech Target/Search Data Center: New Intel Ice Lake processors boost performance, security

New Intel Ice Lake processors boost performance, security

Discusses Intel's Ice Lake and how Intel partner Lightbits Labs has shown Ice Lake-equipped servers could meet a customer's requirements for 9 M IOPS and 2 PB of capacity with five storage servers compared to eight nodes with the prior Cascade Lake processors. Lightbits' LightOS software-defined storage lets customers pool fast NVMe-based PCIe flash drives in a cluster of Ethernet-networked x86 servers.

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The Register: Lightbits Adds Snapshots and Clones

Lightbits Adds Snapshots and Clones

WarpUV launches AirFort ultraviolet "disinfection firewall" for biosecurity at airports with a focus on luggage disinfection

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Blocks & Files: Your occasional storage digest with Dell EMC, AWS Outposts, a PCIe 5.0 switch and more

Your occasional storage digest with Dell EMC, AWS Outposts, a PCIe 5.0 switch and more

Roundup coverage of top storage news highlights Lightbits' momentum

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DataCenter Knowledge: Top 10 Data Center Stories of the Month - January 2021

Top 10 Data Center Stories of the Month: January 2021

List of top stories from the world of storage, including Lightbits Labs.

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Storage Newsletter: Lightbits Labs LightOS 2.1 expanding scale out disaggregated storage capabilities for private hybrid and edge deployments

Lightbits Labs LightOS 2.1 expanding scale out disaggregated storage capabilities for private hybrid and edge deployments

Lightbits Labs announced advancements to its cloud-native storage solution, enabling customers to confidently scale their private, hybrid, and edge cloud deployments.

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AIthority: Lightbits Expand Scale Out Disaggregated Storage Capabilities for Private, Hybrid, and Edge Deployments

Lightbits Expand Scale Out Disaggregated Storage Capabilities for Private, Hybrid, and Edge Deployments

Lightbits Labs announced advancements to its cloud-native storage solution, enabling customers to confidently scale their private, hybrid, and edge cloud deployments. Lightbits, recently backed by Intel Capital, has extended its solution’s capabilities with the delivery of LightOS™ 2.1.

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ProductionHUB: ExpeDat Makes Moving Data Fast A Reality

ExpeDat Makes Moving Data Fast A Reality

When production house Endemol Shine Australia needed to replace a sneakernet and move massive media files quickly, the engineering team counted on ExpeDat for accelerated data transfer.

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SearchStorage: NVMe over Fabrics startup Lightbits Labs adds clustering

NVMe over Fabrics startup Lightbits Labs adds clustering

Lightbits Labs added high availability to its software-defined block storage in version 2.0, giving it a "real enterprise" NVMe flash product with no single point of failure.

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TheNextPlatform: TheNextPlatform TV Interview with Lightbits Labs

TheNextPlatform TV Interview with Lightbits Labs

Interview with Lightbits Labs VP of Product Marketing Josh Goldenhar. Begins at 11:16. 

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GeekWire: Lightbits Labs LightOS 2.0: Reliable disaggregated storage that performs like local flash

Lightbits Labs LightOS 2.0: Reliable disaggregated storage that performs like local flash

Lightbits Labs launched LightOS 2.0.

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StorageReview: Lightbits Labs LightOS 2.0 Launched

Lightbits Labs LightOS 2.0 Launched

Lightbits Labs is rolling out the newest version of its OS, Lightbits Labs LightOS 2.0.

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Red Herring: 2020 Red Herring Top 100 Europe Winners

2020 Red Herring Top 100 Europe Winners

Lightbits Labs was named one of Red Herring's Top 100 companies in Europe.

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CRN: The 40 Coolest Software-Defined Storage Vendors: The 2020 Storage 100

The 40 Coolest Software-Defined Storage Vendors: The 2020 Storage 100

Lightbits Labs named a one of the 40 coolest software-defined storage vendors of the Storage 100 bring software capabilities, services and cloud connectivity to storage technology.

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SearchStorage: Containers, clouds, NVMe drive 2020 data storage innovation

Containers, clouds, NVMe drive 2020 data storage innovation

Key investment areas include performance-based object storage, cloud and new storage media. Recent investments include startups NVMe over Fabrics company Lightbits Labs, chipmaker Nuvia and all-flash specialist Vast Data.

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Bio-IT World: Data Storage and Transport: Headaches and Possible Remedies

Data Storage and Transport: Headaches and Possible Remedies

Nearly every research institution in the healthcare and life sciences space faces the need to distribute large and frequently changing data sets, explained Seth Noble, founder and CEO of Data Expedition, which provides software solutions for network performance and reliability.

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Forbes Technology Council: The Tipping Point for Storage

The Tipping Point for Storage

Lightbits Labs Chief Strategy Officer Kam Eshghi pens an article in Forbes about storage trends.

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SearchStorage: Investments in data storage vendors topped $2B in 2019

Investments in data storage vendors topped $2B in 2019

The Israel-based startup created the SuperSSD array for NVMe flash. The Lightbits software stack converts generic in-the-box TCP/IP into a switched Ethernet fabric, presenting all storage as a single giant SSD. Dell EMC led Lightbits' funding, with contributions from Cisco and Micron Technology.

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SearchStorage: 5 data storage trends to watch in 2020

5 data storage trends to watch in 2020

Startup Lightbits Labs is among the storage vendors touting in-the-box TCP/IP as a natural fit for Ethernet-based NVMe fabric.

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Forbes: When Combining Competing Storage Architectures Drives True Digital Transformation

When Combining Competing Storage Architectures Drives True Digital Transformation

For the past decade, “digital transformation” has been a key business goal for many -- applying technology for improved efficiency, increased revenue and enhanced customer experiences. This goal is not easily achieved. Digital transformation requires rethinking storage infrastructure to manage and access all the additional data it brings.

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VMblog: DEI 2020 Predictions: Data, Workflows, and AI

DEI 2020 Predictions: Data, Workflows, and AI

Last year, I made predictions about gigabit WAN connectivity and non-public data distribution workflows. In 2020, enterprises should consider workflow diversification and AI practicalities.

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DataCenter Knowledge: Lightbits Brings Clustered Storage to On-Premises Data Centers

Lightbits Brings Clustered Storage to On-Premises Data Centers

Lightbits Labs, a relatively new company focused on storage for cloud-scale data centers, has introduced what it says is the first NVMe/TCP clustered storage solution.

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SearchStorage: 6 data storage startups to watch in 2020

6 data storage startups to watch in 2020

Venture capitalists showed less interest in funding storage hardware startups in 2019 than previous years. But while most of the investments for data storage startups in 2019 went to mature data protection vendors, a few newcomers picked up enough funding to get on the map. 

Lightbits Labs enables native Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) to serve as a switched fabric for shared NVMe flash across server racks.

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DM Radio: Move it! The Great Migration Heats Up

Move it! The Great Migration Heats Up

You can thank Microsoft and Satya Nadella’s vision for the fact that cloud computing is now top-of-mind for business leaders everywhere these days. Their focus on Azure pushed the whole market past its tipping point. Now, the question is: How to manage this multi-cloud reality? That’s no small task, but lots of companies are finding creative ways. Check out this episode of DM Radio to learn more!

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Storage Review: VMWorld 2019 News Bits

VMWorld 2019 News Bits

This week VMworld 2019 took place in San Francisco, California. While we covered the major announcements from the VMware and Dell Technologies, there were several other smaller announcements. These announcements come from vendors such as Apstra, Lightbits Labs, Cohesity, Rackspace, Supermicro, and Check Point.

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Blocks & Files: Enterprise storage suppliers bring their toys to VMWorld

Enterprise storage suppliers bring their toys to VMWorld

Suppliers of ancillary products are integrating themselves deeper into the VMware environment as it becomes a dominant platform for enterprise server computing. Let’s look at some of the products on show at VMworld in San Francisco this week.

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Forbes: Getting Solid at FMS

Getting Solid at FMS

One last blog on the 2019 Flash Memory Summit. This one covers some of the SSD keynotes announcements as well as software defined NVMe applications and end with a ReRAM Neural Network technology.

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CRN: 10 Coolest Flash Storage and SSD Technologies of 2019 So Far

10 Coolest Flash Storage and SSD Technologies of 2019 So Far

Lightbits Labs in April introduced SuperSSD, calling it the industry’s first scalable, Ethernet-attached SSD offering targeting the storage performance, capacity and reliability requirements for artificial intelligence and machine-learning training systems. SuperSSD was purpose-built for fast and massive parallel access to data. The technology virtualizes and manages a large pool of NVMe SSDs with a global flash translation layer (GFTL) for efficient storage utilization and wire-speed access to very large data sets across existing network and compute infrastructures.

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Forbes: Network Growth And Enterprise Storage

Network Growth And Enterprise Storage

This blog presents survey results indicating telco perceptions of the growth and use of 5G networks and particularly the growth of edge computing. We also talk about some recently announced solutions for enterprise storage, including the Seagate Exos platform and its integration with Cloudian Software. We also talk about Lightbits and NVMe over TCP and new SSDs from Toshiba that have been certified with Excelero’s NVMesh software defined block storage.

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Computer Weekly: Lightbits Super SSD brings NVMe on vanilla Ethernet

Lightbits SuperSSD brings NVMe on vanilla Ethernet

Israeli startup LightBits offers super-fast NVMe flash storage over plain Ethernet networks in a move that some think will bring “iSCSI for the NVMe generation.”

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SearchStorage: Lightbits Labs soups up NVMe fabric with all-flash SuperSSD

Lightbits Labs soups up NVMe fabric with all-flash SuperSSD

One month after launching its disaggregated NVMe storage software, Lightbits Labs is jumping into the hardware game. The startup this week introduced SuperSSD, an NVMe-oF all-flash array targeted at AI and cloud applications. The 2U form factor hosts the Lightbits LightOS operating system and 24 NVMe SSDs.

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VentureBeat: Lightbits Labs raises $50 million for software-defined 'disaggregated' server technology

Lightbits Labs raises $50 million for software-defined 'disaggregated' server technology

Datacenters with servers directly attached to solid-state drives (SSDs) often suffer from an imbalance of storage and compute: Either there’s not enough processing power to go around, or physical storage limits get in the way of daily data transfer operations. Four-year-old startup Lightbits Labs claims it has the solution to the perennial underutilization problem, and it’s raising money to prove out its approach. The company today announced that it has raised $50 million in funding led by strategic partners Dell EMC, Cisco, Micron, SquarePeg Capital.

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TheNextPlatform: NVM-Express Storage Goes Mainstream Over Ethernet Fabrics

NVM-Express Storage Goes Mainstream Over Ethernet Fabrics

Among the emerging themes for 2019 in the datacenter, one of them is that NVM-Express is finding its place in the storage hierarchy. NVM-Express started out as an important interconnect inside of storage systems, but its extension across network fabrics is very likely going to have a more transformative effect on datacenters as it allows for storage to be disaggregated from compute, enabling the kind of disaggregation and composability that, thus far, only the biggest cloud builders and hyperscalers could afford to create for yourself.

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The Register: Let there be Lightbits: Hardware-software tag team touts block-level storage at SSD latencies

Let there be Lightbits: Hardware-software tag team touts block-level storage at SSD latencies

Israeli startup Lightbits Labs has launched storage software to run NVMe over TCP with optional hardware acceleration. The system is said to support scale-out shared external block access storage at latencies similar to direct-attached SSDs.

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Search Storage: Lightbits Labs launches TCP-based NVMe-over-fabrics storage

Lightbits Labs launches TCP-based NVMe-over-fabrics storage

Lightbits Labs capped more than three years of product development with introductory offerings that turn the mature Transmission Control Protocol into a switched fabric for shared NVMe flash storage. The startup launched three products for NVMe over fabrics: LightOS disaggregated storage software, the LightBox NVMe all-flash array and an optional LightField accelerator card to offload data services.

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Globes: Data center co Lightbits Labs raises $50m

Data center co Lightbits Labs raises $50m

Israeli data storage center company Lightbits Labs has raised $50 million in funding led by DellEMC and with the participation of Cisco, Micron, Square Peg Capital and Walden International. this is the company's third financing round after a seed round of several million dollars in 2016 and more than $10 million in 2017.

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Calcalist: Lightbits Emerges From Stealth with $50 Million in Funding

Lightbits Emerges From Stealth with $50 Million in Funding

Co-founded by celebrated Israeli entrepreneur Avigdor Willenz, the datacenter software company counts heavyweights Cisco, Dell, and Micron as backers. 

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New-TechEurope: Device Protection, Management and Secured OTA

Device Protection, Management and Secured OTA

From embedded to cloud¸ NanoLock Security provides the industry’s only lightweight¸ unbreakable¸ low-cost security and management solution for connected edge devices. Using virtually zero computing and power resources¸ NanoLock Security protects firmware and sensitive information stored on connected IoT devices¸ preventing attacks ranging from ransomware to malicious manipulation of stored code.