Samsung just gave Google and the AI gang the perfect reason to buy all-new storage — so don't expect SSD prices to drop anytime soon
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Moving SSD virtualization into hardware with TP4193 is another step toward AI-specific data center stacks — and a fresh upgrade cycle for storage. Infra teams should assume storage is no longer a commodity line item but a tuned part of the AI pipeline, with pricing to match.
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