Petaio

PetaIO, Inc. is a semiconductor company founded in 2016 by Tim Ding, a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in NAND-based storage solutions. The company specializes in developing enterprise-class Solid-State Drive (SSD) storage products and controller chips for data center applications. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, PetaIO also maintains a significant presence in China with a headquarters in Nanjing and R&D centers in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Wuhan, as well as teams in Seoul and Taipei to align with international technology trends.

PetaIO's business model focuses on providing full-stack solutions, from firmware and hardware design to complete SSD products for enterprise clients. The company's core technology is centered on its independently developed master drive control chips, such as the Titanium-DC, which are designed for high performance, low power consumption, and high reliability. Their product lineup includes various enterprise SSDs like the Peta8118 series (U.2, M.2, E1.S) and the Titanium DC, which leverage PCIe Gen4 technology to deliver fast data transfer speeds and low latency for response-time sensitive applications. The company targets its products at enterprise markets, including finance, brokerage firms, and rail transportation, offering solutions that support large-scale data services.

The founding team consists of engineers and veterans from top international semiconductor companies, with an average of over 20 years of experience. Tim Ding's background includes leadership roles at HoneycombData, TiDAL Systems (acquired by Micron), and LSI Corp (now Broadcom). PetaIO has secured funding from investors including V-Capital, CTC Capital, and Zhongke Chuangxing, and received a Paycheck Protection Program loan in 2020. The company has achieved milestones such as the mass production of its PCIe 4.0 master chip in 2021 and the development of its PCIe 5.0 master control, positioning itself to support future technologies like AI and memory semantic converged storage.

Keywords: enterprise SSD, data center storage, SSD controller chips, semiconductor, PCIe Gen4, NVMe SSD, storage solutions, flash storage, application specific semiconductors, NAND storage, low latency storage, high performance computing, data storage technology, firmware design, Titanium-DC, Peta8118, memory expansion, storage hardware, data security, low power consumption