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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello TPC leaders,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I work for an SSD manufacturer interested in benchmarking our drives’ capabilities relative to AI workloads. We are interested in exploring the use of your TPC-DI benchmark for performance analysis. However, I have a few quick questions
after scanning your website.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">In your view, would this tool be useful for capturing the contribution of a storage device to overall ETL/DI performance?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Is this tool actually obsolete, as indicated
<a href="https://www.tpc.org/information/benchmarks5.asp">here</a>? If so, is there a replacement that is currently supported?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Why does your site state that there are no published TPC-DI results yet, when the benchmark was released in 2013?<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would love to set up a quick call with someone on your team to discuss. Please let me know if that’s possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#52514F">Ace Stryker</span><span style="color:#52514F"><br>
Director of Market Development<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span><a href="mailto:ace.stryker@solidigm.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">ace.stryker@solidigm.com</span></a><span style="color:#52514F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#52514F">direct: +1 279-895-9655<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#52514F">mobile: +1 607-339-7244<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#52514F">solidigm.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#52514F"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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