<s>
IBM	O
FlashCore	O
Modules	O
(	O
FCM	O
)	O
are	O
solid	B-Device
state	I-Device
technology	O
computer	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
modules	O
using	O
PCI	O
Express	O
attachment	O
and	O
the	O
NVMe	B-Application
command	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
raw	O
storage	B-General_Concept
capacities	I-General_Concept
are	O
4.8	O
TB	O
,	O
9.6	O
TB	O
,	O
19.2	O
TB	O
and	O
38.4	O
TB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FlashCore	O
modules	O
support	O
hardware	O
self-encryption	O
and	O
real-time	O
inline	O
hardware	O
data	B-General_Concept
compression	I-General_Concept
without	O
performance	O
impact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
selected	O
arrays	O
from	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
FlashSystem	I-Device
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Texas	O
Memory	O
Systems	O
(	O
TMS	O
)	O
announced	O
the	O
RamSan-500	O
,	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
enterprise-class	O
flash-based	O
solid	B-Device
state	I-Device
disk	I-Device
(	O
SSD	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Flash	O
Modules	O
were	O
designed	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
by	O
Texas	O
Memory	O
Systems	O
using	O
proprietary	O
form-factors	O
,	O
physical	O
connectivity	O
,	O
hard-decision	O
ECC	O
algorithm	O
,	O
and	O
flash	O
translation	O
layer	O
(	O
FTL	O
)	O
contained	O
completely	O
inside	O
the	O
SSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
flash	O
controllers	O
were	O
offered	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
configurations	O
and	O
form	O
factors	O
that	O
included	O
embedded	O
PowerPC	O
processors	O
,	O
FPGAs	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
daughter	O
cards	O
with	O
additional	O
flash	O
nodes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
16	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
IBM	O
announced	O
the	O
FlashSystem	B-Device
840	O
product	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
FlashSystem	B-Device
designed	O
entirely	O
by	O
IBM	O
post-acquisition	O
of	O
TMS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
19	O
,	O
2015	O
IBM	O
announced	O
the	O
FlashSystem	B-Device
900	O
and	O
V9000	O
products	O
and	O
re-branded	O
the	O
flash	O
controller	O
technology	O
as	O
IBM	O
FlashCore	O
technology	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
suite	O
of	O
innovations	O
and	O
capabilities	O
that	O
can	O
enable	O
FlashSystem	B-Device
to	O
help	O
deliver	O
better	O
performance	O
than	O
enterprise	O
disk	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
FlashSystem	B-Device
9100	O
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
FlashCore	O
technology	O
was	O
re-implemented	O
into	O
a	O
standard	O
2	O
1/2	O
inch	O
U.2	O
NVMe	B-Application
SSD	B-Device
form	O
factor	O
and	O
rebranded	O
as	O
FlashCore	O
Modules	O
(	O
FCM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
marks	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
that	O
the	O
original	O
technology	O
developed	O
by	O
TMS	O
was	O
packaged	O
in	O
such	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
conformed	O
to	O
an	O
industry	O
specification	O
and	O
was	O
interchangeable	O
with	O
industry-standard	O
SSDs	B-Device
used	O
inside	O
of	O
an	O
AFA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
FlashCore	O
Modules	O
utilize	O
an	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
and	O
NAND	O
flash	O
memory	O
chips	O
from	O
off-the-shelf	O
vendors	O
to	O
implement	O
the	O
entire	O
data	O
path	O
in	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
FCM	O
contains	O
a	O
single	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
with	O
an	O
NVMe	B-Application
gateway	O
and	O
multi-core	O
ARM	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Introduction	O
of	O
FCM2	O
was	O
the	O
industry	O
's	O
largest	O
capacity	O
enterprise	O
SSD	B-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
enterprise	O
SSD	B-Device
to	O
offer	O
exclusively	O
QLC	O
NAND	O
Flash	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
FCM	O
is	O
a	O
performance	O
and	O
infrastructure	O
optimized	O
enterprise	O
QLC	O
SSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
latest	O
cutting	O
edge	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
technology	O
,	O
the	O
larger	O
capacities	O
pick	O
up	O
gen	O
4	O
PCIe	O
and	O
a	O
speed	O
bump	O
for	O
the	O
ARM	O
cores	O
.	O
</s>
