Gokewei joins Yangtze Memory Xtacking Ecological Alliance

On August 20, Yangtze Memory Technologies held the "Integration and Innovation, the Way to Longevity" Xtacking Partner Ecosystem Conference in Wuhan, officially announcing the establishment of the Xtacking Ecosystem Alliance. Mr. Zhao Weiguo, Chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup and Chairman of Yangtze Memory Technologies, Mr. Diao Shijing, Executive Chairman of Yangtze Memory Technologies, Mr. Yang Shining, CEO of Yangtze Memory Technologies, and Ms. Gong Yi, Senior Vice President of Yangtze Memory Technologies, attended the conference and delivered speeches.

As the proposer and promoter of the concept of "Solid State Drive·China Design", Gokewei Chairman Mr. Xiang Ping and Storage Business Group President Mr. Kang Yi were invited to attend the meeting. Gokewei announced that it has joined the Yangtze Memory Xtacking Ecological Alliance and was awarded the first batch of "Diamond Ecological Partners". This marks that the cooperative relationship between the two parties continues to strengthen. Gokewei will work with Yangtze Memory and upstream and downstream partners in the industry chain to promote the development and growth of China's storage industry.

Mr. Diao Shijing (left), Executive Chairman of Yangtze Memory Technologies, awarded the "Diamond Ecosystem Partner" certificate to Mr. Xiang Ping, Chairman of Gokewei Microelectronics

There will be a time to ride the wind and waves. Yangtze Memory's Xtacking architecture has entered the 2.0 era. At the same time, domestic excellent chip and solution companies represented by Goke Micro have launched solid-state hard disk products with performance comparable to the international leading level. China's storage industry is ushering in the "next golden decade". The Xtacking Ecological Alliance aims to establish a storage product and technology alliance based on partners, marked by the Xtacking brand, and Yangtze Memory NAND as a carrier, to jointly build a golden pattern for China's storage industry.

Gong Yi stated at the conference that through the Xtacking Ecological Alliance, Yangtze Memory will work with its ecological partners to promote a wide variety of storage products and solutions to the market; looking to the future, the Xtacking Ecological Alliance's products will be further expanded to mobile terminals, personal computers, the Internet, and the server industries, gaining full recognition from industry customers, channel customers, and even individual consumers.

Group photo of guests at the "The Way to Eternal Life Integrates Innovation" event

Gokewei will play a very critical role in the Xtacking ecological alliance. On the one hand, based on SSD products equipped with "own chips", it will conduct in-depth technical and innovation exchanges with SSD companies to expand the market influence of "SSD·China Design"; on the other hand, it will actively carry out compatibility and adaptation work with domestic mainstream software and hardware platforms, strengthen cooperation with whole machine companies, and allow more Chinese-designed SSDs to serve the development of China's digital economy.

At the same time, Gokewei's joining the Xtacking Ecological Alliance reflects the further deepening of its cooperation with Yangtze Memory. Gokewei and Yangtze Memory have a long history of cooperation. As early as 2015, Gokewei and Wuhan Xinxin started 3D NAND technology cooperation; Yangtze Memory was established in 2016, and the 32-layer 3D NAND was first taped out in 2017. The two sides strengthened cooperation and started particle adaptation; in 2018, Yangtze Memory's 64-layer 3D NAND was first taped out, and Gokewei carried out large-scale joint debugging and adaptation testing for its 32-layer and 64-layer particles. In January 2020, Gokewei won the "Annual Market Potential Award" from Yangtze Memory, and the cooperation between the two parties was further deepened; in April 2020, Gokewei and Yangtze Memory held a "cloud signing" ceremony to purchase Yangtze Memory's 64-layer flash memory particles in batches, and the annual procurement amount is expected to exceed 100 million yuan; in May 2020, Gokewei and Yangtze Memory officially signed a long-term supply agreement.

At this conference, Gokewei brought many of its solid-state drive products equipped with Yangtze Memory's 3D NAND flash memory particles to fully demonstrate to the participating customers. The forms include 2.5'', M.2 and mSATA, with a maximum capacity of 1024GB. The continuous read and write performance is excellent, meeting the differentiated needs of different customers.

Kang Yi said that the development of China's storage industry requires the integration of industrial potential. Gokewei and Yangtze Memory are important partners in the storage ecological industry chain, and have carried out all-round exchanges and cooperation in the fields of technology, R&D, innovation, and market. In the future, Gokewei will actively play a role in the Xtacking ecological alliance and build China's storage with its core strength.