Business Wire·Mar 16, 2026, 4:30 PM ET

Silicon Motion Showcases Differentiated Enterprise SSD Controllers and PCIe NVMe Boot Drive Solutions Aligned with NVIDIA AI Ecosystem at GTC

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Silicon Motion will showcase enterprise SSD controllers & PCIe NVMe BGA boot SSDs at NVIDIA GTC 2026 in Booth #3015 to support the evolving AI ecosystem.
AI inference architectures now extend into high-performance NAND storage tiers via NVIDIA's ICMS initiative, requiring deterministic latency & quality-of-service differentiation.
The company offers vertically integrated solutions including advanced SSD controller design, full firmware development, & compact Reference Design Kits aligned with E1.S, E1.L, E3.S, E3.L, & U.2 form factors.
Wallace Kou, CEO of Silicon Motion, stated that NAND storage is a strategic layer requiring high capacity, sustained bandwidth, & predictable quality-of-service to unlock AI memory hierarchy potential.
Avery Pham of VAST Data emphasized that flexible SSD controller technologies are crucial for enabling performance consistency & scalability for massive AI datasets across tiers.
MonTitan™ SM8466 & SM8366 controllers support NVIDIA ICMS for KV Cache Extension by leveraging PerformaShape™ technology to optimize workload behavior & ensure tight tail-latency control.
Near-GPU high-performance storage solutions utilize MonTitan™ controllers to deliver low latency & strong parallelism for inference processing, data staging, & model updates.
Compute-optimized storage using SM8466, SM8366, & SM8308 controllers enhances I/O scheduling, reduces data movement, & maintains balanced power-performance under sustained mixed workloads.
Nearline SSD & warm data storage solutions employ SM8366 & SM8388 controllers with TLC & QLC NAND support to provide high density, cost efficiency, & robust error management for large-scale AI deployments.
Enterprise PCIe NVMe BGA boot SSDs powered by the SM8008 controller provide trusted foundation, strong endurance, & long-term stability for AI server system availability.