MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Motion
Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) ("Silicon Motion"), a
global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for
solid-state storage devices, today introduced the SM2704, the
world's fastest single-channel UHS-II SD card controller
solution. The SM2704 supports the highest-level SD card
standards: UHS-II bus interface & UHS Speed Class 3 (U3)
featuring a maximum data read speed of up to 280MB/s along with a
maximum data write speed of up to 260MB/s. By supporting the
new U3 Speed Class, the SM2704 delivers ample performance to handle
the needs of professional photography, high-definition video
recording and compressed 4K video capture and playback.
"Silicon Motion is the number one merchant supplier of UHS-I/II
card controllers, which are the majority of our overall SD card
controller sales. The SM2704 extends the company's leadership
with the highest performance UHS-II controller while utilizing a
cost-effective, single-channel design," said Wallace Kou, President and CEO of Silicon
Motion. "We are pleased to partner with Micron in enabling
the world's fastest UHS-II SD cards in the market today."
"UHS-II technology raises the performance levels for
professional photographers, videographers and enthusiasts," said
Wes Brewer, Vice President of Micron
Consumer Products Group. "The SM2704, with Micron's
proprietary high-performance NAND flash and card reader
combination, enables us to deliver the highest performance
solutions at an affordable price in our new UHS-II Professional
SDHC and SDXC cards."
Silicon Motion's SM2704 is a complete hardware/firmware solution
that supports all types of NAND Flash, including 1x/1y/1z nm SLC
and MLC NAND. This product is first available today in the
Lexar PRO 2000x as well as the PRO 1000x SDHC/SDXC cards. The
product is being showcased in the SD Association booth number C043,
hall 2.1 at the Photokina show, September
16-21 in Cologne,
Germany.
For more information on Silicon Motion, please go to
http://www.siliconmotion.com.
About Silicon Motion:
We are a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops
and markets high performance, low-power semiconductor solutions to
OEMs and other customers in the mobile storage and mobile
communications markets. For the mobile storage market, our
key products are microcontrollers used in solid state storage
devices such as SSDs, eMMCs and other embedded flash applications,
as well as removable storage products. For the mobile
communications market, our key products are LTE transceivers and
mobile TV IC solutions. Our products are widely used in
smartphones, tablets, and industrial and commercial
applications. For further information on Silicon Motion,
visit www.siliconmotion.com.
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