# KAIST SwarmIO models 100-million-IOPS SSDs before they exist — and the numbers are staggering

- slug: kaist-swarmio-models-100-million-iops-ssds-before-they-exist-and-the-numbers-are-staggering
- date: 2026-04-11
- category: Space & Aerospace

KAIST built an SSD emulator 303x faster than anything else — because the drives it models do not exist yet

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