Silicon Motion Introduces SM2703, a Cost-Effective SD 3.0 UHS-I Controller With Superior TLC NAND Flash Support
February 21 2013 - 7:00AM
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:SIMO) ("Silicon
Motion" or the "Company"), a global leader in designing and
marketing NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices,
today introduces SM2703, a new, cost-effective, single-channel, SD
3.0 UHS-I (Ultra High Speed Phase I) card controller with superior
support for the vast majority of NAND flash, including 2y-nm, 1x-nm
and 1y-nm TLC and MLC, including high-speed Toggle-Mode and ONFI
standard DDR NAND. Our high performance SM2703 UHS-I controller
delivers industry-leading data transfer rates of up to 95MB per
second. SM2703 enables full HD video recording capability by
digital cameras, smartphones and other mobile devices on both Class
4 and Class 6 SD flash memory cards using cost-effective TLC NAND
flash. Alternatively, OEMs can utilize higher performance MLC
NAND flash and SM2703 for UHS-I Speed Class 1, which is equivalent
to SD Class 10 memory cards, for higher SDHC/SDXC memory capacity
to deliver the best experience for faster data retrieval, flawless
full HD video recording and high-speed continuous image capture by
mobile devices.
"We have already had tremendous success in the UHS-I market
since we introduced our first UHS-I controller, SM2702, beginning
in 2011," said Wallace Kou, President and CEO of Silicon Motion.
"Our SM2702 was used by a majority of the leading flash card
brands, including most of the tier-one OEMs and module makers from
the US, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. Our solution was
widely adopted by customers because it was high performance,
cost-effective, and supported the vast majority of available NAND
components. By leveraging Silicon Motion's strong market share
in UHS-I controllers and designing our next generation SM2703 using
the same firmware algorithms as our SM2702, we can significantly
shorten our customers' required development time and qualification
cycle. To help accelerate market adoption of UHS-I memory cards,
our SM2703 controller has been designed to be a cost-effective,
55nm single-channel solution that also provides customers with
maximum flexibility in using MLC and TLC NAND flash of their choice
while our proprietary configurable ECC engine significantly
improves device endurance."
With strong electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection (passes
+/-6KV contact discharge) and extremely low standby and operating
power consumption (at 85°C threshold), SM2703 is ideal for OEM
customers seeking higher performance solutions for their devices.
SM2703 customer samples will be available beginning March 2013.
Summary of key SM2703 features:
- SD 3.0 UHS-I full compliance (SDR50/SDR104/DDR50)
- SDXC/SDHC Class 10 and UHS Speed Class 1 rating
- The most cost-effective UHS-I controller in the marketplace
with unparalleled TLC NAND flash support, offering read speed of up
to 95MB/s
- Superior full HD video recording performance in both Class 4
and Class 6 devices using only one TLC die or chip
- Enables consumers to have a better experience in utilizing more
advanced imaging capabilities, including high megapixel image
capture, as well as full HD video and 3D video recording and
playback on their mobile devices
- Powerful configurable ECC engine that can significantly improve
device endurance
- Strong ESD protection meeting the criteria of +/-6KV in contact
discharge measurement
- Ultra low standby and operating power consumption (as measure
at 85°C)
- Supports the vast majority of NAND flash, including 2y/1x/1y nm
MLC, TLC and high-speed Toggle-Mode and ONFI standard DDR NAND
About Silicon Motion:
We are a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops
and markets high performance, low-power semiconductor solutions for
the multimedia consumer electronics market. We have two major
product lines, mobile storage and mobile communications. Our mobile
storage business is composed of microcontrollers used in NAND flash
memory storage products such as flash memory cards, USB flash
drives, SSDs, and embedded flash applications. Our mobile
communications business is composed primarily of handset
transceivers and mobile TV IC solutions. Silicon Motion's flash
memory products trade under the name "SMI" and our mobile
communications products trade under the name "FCI". For further
information on Silicon Motion, visit www.siliconmotion.com.
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