What Open Flash Platform does

Open Flash Platform (OFP) is an industry consortium, founded on July 15, 2025, that develops an open-standards storage architecture targeted at AI-era data infrastructure. OFP eliminates the traditional storage server by embedding NFS protocol logic directly onto low-power DPU/IPU chips integrated with flash media, connecting storage directly to standard Ethernet networks instead of relying on a controller-server-plus-storage-shelf two-tier NAS design. The platform is composed of OFP cartridges (containing DPU, networking, and NVMe flash), OFP trays, and OFP sleds, with Hammerspace's orchestration software providing the unified data layer. Key technical components include the Xsight Labs E1 800G DPU, pNFS running natively inside the DPU, and hardware built around QLC flash for density.

The initiative is led by Hammerspace with founding members Xsight Labs, SK Hynix, ScaleFlux, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Linux community; Phison joined in October 2025. The primary customer segments are AI infrastructure operators (AI factories, GPU clusters, gigawatt-scale AI token factories) and high-performance computing environments. OFP does not sell products directly; instead, member companies commercialise OFP-compatible DPUs, flash, and orchestration software through their own enterprise sales channels, and OFP functions as a specification body and reference architecture. Revenue mechanics for the OFP entity itself are not disclosed, and the consortium reports 1-10 employees.

The go-to-market approach is event-driven (OCP Global Summit, AI Infrastructure Field Day, OFC) and channel-partner-led, with member companies serving as commercial vehicles. Reported performance claims include greater than 10x storage density per rack, 90% less energy consumption, 50% lower TCO, 60% longer operational life (8 years vs. 5), and 800Gbps GPU-to-flash bandwidth. Early shipments of limited OFP-based systems were targeted for Q4 2025, with general production systems planned for early Q1 2026.

Name

Open Flash Platform

Legal name

Open Flash Platform

Website

https://openflashplatform.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Open Flash Platform is an industry consortium, founded in July 2025, that defines an open-standards storage architecture eliminating traditional storage servers by connecting flash directly to Ethernet via DPU-embedded NFS, targeting AI infrastructure and HPC buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Storage Architecture

NAICS

Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Computer Storage Devices (3572), Computer Communications Equipment (3576)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Storage Arrays (SAN/NAS/Object Storage) (HDACACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hyperscale/OEM & Open Compute (OCP) Server Platforms (HDACABAI), Hyperscale & OCP Server Designs (HDABADAB), Embedded & Managed NAND (eMMC/UFS/eMCP) (HDAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Open storage architecture
• Flash storage systems
• DPU-based storage
• AI data infrastructure
• NFS protocol storage

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Membership and Specification Licensing: Open Flash Platform is an industry-wide consortium initiative rather than a commercial entity with direct revenue. Individual member companies (Hammerspace, Xsight Labs, ScaleFlux, SK Hynix, Phison) generate revenue through product sales, DPU chip sales, flash media sales, and software licensing that incorporate OFP-compatible designs.

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Core offering

Open Flash Platform is an industry consortium initiative that develops an open-standards storage architecture eliminating the traditional storage server by connecting flash storage directly to Ethernet networks using DPU/IPU chips running the NFS protocol. The platform consists of OFP cartridges (containing DPU, networking, and NVMe flash), OFP trays (housing multiple cartridges), and the Hammerspace Data Platform for orchestration, delivering greater than 10x storage density, 90% less energy consumption, and 50% lower TCO versus legacy two-tiered NAS architectures.

Product overview

The Open Flash Platform (OFP) is a unified open architecture initiative for AI data storage that eliminates the traditional storage server model. The platform consists of interconnected hardware components including OFP Cartridges (containing DPUs, NVMe storage, and networking in a low-power form factor), OFP Trays (housing multiple cartridges with power distribution for data center racks), and OFP Sleds (modular units fitting into trays). The architecture leverages standard Linux and NFS protocols running on specialized DPU/IPU chips embedded in flash devices, enabling direct flash-to-network connectivity. This design delivers >10x storage density, 90% less energy consumption, and 50% lower Total Cost of Ownership compared to legacy two-tiered NAS architectures.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Open Flash Platform (OFP) Architecture An open, standards-based storage architecture initiative that eliminates traditional storage servers by connecting flash storage directly to Ethernet networks using DPUs and standard Linux/NFS protocols. Designed for AI-era storage with >10x density, 90% less energy consumption, and 50% lower TCO compared to legacy architectures.
• OFP Cartridge A cartridge containing all essential hardware (DPU, networking, and NVMe flash) to store and serve data in a form factor optimized for low power consumption and maximum flash density. Uses QLC flash for capacity optimization.
• OFP Tray A rack-mountable tray that holds multiple OFP cartridges and provides power distribution and fitment for various data center rack designs. The modular architecture enables rack-scale deployments with exabyte capacity per rack.
• OFP Sled A sled unit containing DPUs, networking, and NVMe storage that fits into OFP trays. Part of the modular architecture designed for rack-scale density.
• Open Flash Platform Flash Devices Flash storage devices designed around QLC flash for maximum density. Flash sourcing is flexible to enable customers to purchase NAND from various manufacturers, avoiding single-vendor lock-in.
• Xsight Labs E1 800G DPU (OFP-compatible) An 800G DPU chip with Arm core density that enables GPUs to access flash storage directly across the Ethernet network without traversing x86 server layers, selected by Hammerspace to enable the flattened OFP architecture with 800Gbps GPU-to-flash connectivity.
• Hammerspace Data Platform (OFP Orchestration) Orchestration software that enables every network element to function as a flat layer-zero storage node, with a global parallel file system unifying distributed data across sites and clouds over standard NFS protocols.

Quantifiable outcome

• Greater than 10x storage capacity density per rack compared to traditional NAS architectures
• +4 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Has API

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core/flagship and key/emerging.

• Hammerspace and Xsight Labs Partnershipcore/flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 October 2025Hammerspace selected Xsight Labs' E1 800G DPU to advance the OFP vision. This collaboration enables a flattened, open-network architecture for AI data storage that eliminates legacy storage servers, allowing GPUs to access flash memory directly at 800Gbps bandwidth. Early access deployments are already underway with strategic partners.
• Phisonkey/emergingTechnology or Integration · 9 October 2025Phison joined as the newest OFP member in October 2025, bringing expertise in blending multi-domain knowledge (storage, AI, compute, and networking) to optimize flash storage for the data center. CTO Sebastien Jean leads Phison's participation in the initiative.
• Hammerspacecore/flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 July 2025Hammerspace is the initiative leader and primary driver of the Open Flash Platform. Hammerspace contributes its orchestration software and leads the overall OFP initiative, fostering collaboration among industry players including DPU and SSD partners, and exploring adoption by organizations like the Open Compute Project (OCP).
• Linux Community (Linux Foundation)core/flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 July 2025The Linux community provides kernel-level capabilities leveraged by OFP, including enhancements to NFSv4.2 and pNFS. The Linux Foundation hosts webinars with kernel maintainers (Trond Myklebust) to detail the integration of OFP with standard Linux capabilities.
• Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)core/flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 July 2025Los Alamos National Laboratory is an inaugural member contributing expertise in HPC data management. Gary Grider, Director of HPC at LANL, provides industry perspectives supporting OFP's vision for open, standards-based storage for extreme-scale computing environments.
• ScaleFluxcore/flagshipTechnology or Integration · 15 July 2025ScaleFlux is an inaugural member contributing compute storage technology. CEO Hao Zhong advocates for OFP's radical power efficiency improvements and leads efforts to optimize flash storage for AI-era data center requirements.
• SK Hynixcore/flagshipTechnology or Integration · 15 July 2025SK Hynix is an inaugural member contributing flash memory expertise. Hoshik Kim, SVP Head of Memory Systems Research, advocates for open and standards-based architectures like OFP to maximize the potential of flash-based storage systems.
• Xsight Labscore/flagshipTechnology or Integration · 15 July 2025Xsight Labs is an inaugural member providing DPU technology. The company developed the E1 800G DPU, the first and only 800G DPU on the market, selected by Hammerspace to enable the flattened OFP architecture with 800Gbps GPU-to-flash connectivity.

Scale indicators7 records

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Direct peers

• Pure Storage: Pure Storage is a leading all-flash array vendor competing directly in the AI data storage market. Both companies target high-performance, low-latency storage for enterprise and AI workloads, though Pure Storage uses proprietary controller architecture versus OFP's open DPU-based approach.
• DDN (Data Direct Networks): DDN provides high-performance storage for AI and HPC, directly competing with OFP in the exabyte-scale AI infrastructure market. Both target large-scale GPU clusters and research computing environments.
• NetApp: NetApp is a major enterprise storage vendor with ONTAP and NFS-based solutions. Both leverage NFS protocols for enterprise file storage, though NetApp uses traditional NAS architecture versus OFP's DPU-embedded flattened design.
• VAST Data: VAST Data provides AI-scale data platform combining storage, database, and compute services. Both target AI training and inference workloads with high-throughput, low-latency architectures, though VAST uses proprietary scale-out design versus OFP's open DPU-embedded approach.
• WEKA: WEKA offers a parallel file system optimized for AI and HPC workloads, directly competing with OFP's pNFS-based flattened architecture. Both target GPU clusters and AI training facilities requiring high-bandwidth, low-latency storage access.
• Hammerspace: Hammerspace is both an OFP member and a peer providing global parallel file system orchestration. While Hammerspace leads the OFP initiative, it also competes in the AI data orchestration market with its own commercial platform independent of OFP.

Emerging players

• Lightbits Labs: Lightbits Labs provides NVMe-oF-based disaggregated storage solutions using DPU technology. Both target high-performance, low-latency storage for cloud and AI workloads, though Lightbits focuses on block storage versus OFP's file storage approach.
• MinIO: MinIO provides high-performance, Kubernetes-native object storage for AI workloads. Both target AI infrastructure with open-source, commodity hardware approaches, though MinIO focuses on object storage versus OFP's file storage via NFS.

Others

• Solidigm: Solidigm is a NAND flash manufacturer (spun off from Intel) supplying QLC NAND for storage systems. As a component supplier, Solidigm is adjacent to OFP's ecosystem, providing flash media that could power OFP-compatible cartridges.

Broad incumbents

• Dell Technologies: Dell Technologies offers broad enterprise storage solutions including PowerScale (formerly Isilon) for AI and HPC. Both target large-scale data storage for AI workloads, though Dell uses traditional NAS architecture versus OFP's open DPU-based design.

Market position

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Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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