SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
March 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in infrastructure
semiconductor solutions, today announced that its hard disk
drive (HDD) controller and preamplifier are shipping in Toshiba
Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation's 16TB Enterprise
Capacity HDD family of products.
Toshiba's 16TB HDD product offering, unveiled in January of
this year, is the industry's first 16TB capacity conventional
magnetic recording (CMR) HDD adapted for both cloud and traditional
data center applications. The Toshiba® 16TB HDD
product delivers unrivaled CMR data storage capacity by utilizing
advanced two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) technology and
advanced signal processing enabled by Marvell. Addressing the
exacting demands of modern data center and cloud storage
infrastructure deployments, these HDDs offer the flexibility to
cope with a diverse array of different workloads while meeting the
TCO objectives required by cloud-scale data center customers.
The Marvell® HDD controller offers best-in-class Read Channel
technology, leading error correction code IP and enhanced power
efficiency while the preamplifier enables advanced TDMR recording
head technology and supports Toshiba's industry-leading 9-disk
architecture. By closely coupling the HDD controller and
preamplifier designs, Marvell is able to develop a comprehensive
chipset solution that delivers HDD capacity leadership.
"Marvell's cutting-edge HDD controller and preamplifier devices
have proved pivotal in bringing our 16TB HDD to market. This
well-matched combination provides the elevated performance and
expansive feature sets needed to develop the world's largest
enterprise capacity HDD using conventional magnetic recording,"
said Kyle Yamamoto, vice president
of HDD Operations and Marketing Americas for Toshiba America
Electronic Components, Inc. "The Marvell engineering team
helped us achieve best-in-class capacity while meeting our
performance, reliability, power consumption and signal integrity
requirements."
"With compelling HDD controller and preamplifier products
supporting the growing data center segment, Marvell is well
positioned to support the increasing exabyte demand that our HDD
customers require," said Matt Kim,
senior director, HDD Product Marketing at Marvell Semiconductor,
Inc. "This design achievement with Toshiba is a major
endorsement of Marvell's leading HDD IP capabilities, highlighting
the value of our engineering expertise and trusted
partnership. Marvell is committed to continuing to invest in
HDD technology in order to extend our market leadership."
Marvell's HDD solutions will be on display at the OCP U.S.
Summit 2019 in San Jose, Calif.
(booth A5) from March 14-15.
About Marvell
Marvell first revolutionized the digital storage industry by
moving information at speeds never thought possible. Today,
that same breakthrough innovation remains at the heart of the
company's storage, processing, networking, security and
connectivity solutions. With leading intellectual property
and deep system-level knowledge, Marvell's semiconductor solutions
continue to transform the enterprise, cloud, automotive, industrial
and consumer markets. To learn more, visit:
https://www.marvell.com
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