Silicon Motion introduces the First Single Chip Controller for Cost Effective USB Portable SSDs
May 28 2019 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) ("Silicon
Motion"), a global leader in NAND Flash controllers and solid-state
storage devices, today launched an external Solid State Drive (SSD)
controller solution with an on-chip USB 3.2 interface, offering
high performance and low power consumption for the next generation
of cost-effective portable and external SSDs.
Current portable and external SSD designs typically employ a
stand-alone SSD with an USB to SATA or PCIe bridge chip for
interface between the SSD and the host. The new SM3282 with on-chip
USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface provides a complete single-chip hardware
and software solution supporting the USB Attached SCSI Protocol
(UASP) and 2 NAND channels with 4 CE (Chip Enables) per channel,
enabling up to two terabytes of storage with the latest generation
of 96-layer QLC NAND. The SM3282 also enables battery powered small
form factor portable SSDs while significantly reducing Bill of
Materials (BOM) cost.
“Professional users often rely on high-speed portable storage to
get access to their data on-the-go. Portable SSDs have been
inhibited by high pricing and limited capacity compared to portable
HDDs,” said Wallace Kou, President and CEO at Silicon Motion. “Our
new SM3282 controller solution with its USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface
enables the introduction of a new category of cost-effective
portable SSDs as higher performance alternatives to portable
HDDs.”
The key features of the SM3282 include:
- Peak sequential read and write transfer
speeds of over 400MB/sec
- Supports USB type A and type C
- Compatible with Windows 10, Mac OS 10.x
and Linux kernel v2.4
- Crystal-less design for
bill-of-materials cost savings
- Built-in 3.3V/2.5V/1.8V/1.2V voltage
regulators
- Supports LED for indicating access
status
- 68-pin QFN package
Silicon Motion is showcasing SM3282 in the company’s Computex
2019 private suite and will be sampling to customers in June 2019.
For more information or to request samples, please contact your
Silicon Motion Sales representatives or go to
www.siliconmotion.com.
About Silicon Motion:We are the global leader in
supplying NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices
and the merchant leader in supplying SSD controllers. We have the
broadest portfolio of controller technologies and our controllers
are widely used in embedded storage products such as SSDs and
eMMC+UFS devices, which are found in smartphones, PCs and
commercial and industrial applications. We have shipped over six
billion NAND controllers in the last ten years, more than any other
company in the world. We also supply customized high-performance
hyperscale data center and industrial SSD solutions. Our customers
include most of the NAND flash vendors, storage device module
makers and leading OEMs. For further information on Silicon Motion,
visit us at www.siliconmotion.com.
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Corporate Media Contact:Minnie LinDirector of Marketing
Communication DepartmentTel: +886 2 2219 6688 x3010E-mail:
minnie.lin@siliconmotion.com
Sales & Marketing Communications Contact:Robert FanPresident
of SMI USATel: +1 408 519 7219E-mail: rfan@siliconmotion.com
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