New FerriSSD offers higher performance and
data protection for mission critical applications
NUREMBERG, Germany,
Feb. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon
Motion Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: SIMO) ("Silicon Motion"), a
global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers and
solid-state storage devices, today introduced its new FerriSSD®
single-chip SSDs that features PCIe Gen 3 NVMe 1.3 interface for
high-performance mission critical applications. The SM689 supports
PCIe Gen 3x4 interface while SM681 supports PCI Gen 3x2 interface -
exhibiting sequential read speed of up to 1.45GB/s and sequential
write speed of up to 650MB/s. Both products can support
multiple capacity configurations ranging from 16GB to 256GB and
include enterprise-grade advanced data integrity and reliability
capabilities using Silicon Motion's proprietary end-to-end data
protection, ECC and data caching technologies.
The SM689* and SM681* are the newest members of the FerriSSD
family which includes the PATA (SM601) and SATA (SM619) solutions
targeted at embedded computing applications in industrial,
commercial, enterprise and automotive end-markets. FerriSSD
single-chip SSDs are customizable via firmware and offer enhanced
reliability and robust data integrity features that are essential
for the extreme operating environments of these applications.
"The FerriSSD storage solutions are popular with automotive and
industrial designers, allowing them to replace a hard disk drive
with reliable solid-state alternatives," said Nelson Duann, Senior Vice President of Marketing
and OEM Business at Silicon Motion. "The addition of PCIe NVMe
interface will enable significantly better performance for
applications such as AI and autonomous driving."
Silicon Motion's SM689 and SM681 FerriSSDs supports enhanced
reliability and data integrity features for use in demanding
automotive, commercial, enterprise and industrial applications. Its
set of features includes:
- End-to-end data path protection, which applies error correction
code (ECC) to the SSD's SRAM and DRAM buffers as well as to the
primary NAND Flash memory array
- DRAM data cache to ensure data programming and enable data
redundancy, without delaying host processor operations
- Hybrid Zone which enables a single disk to be partitioned into
single-level cell (SLC) and multi-level cell/three-level cell
(MLC/TLC) zones, enabling faster access speeds and data retention
- Intelligent Scan/DataRefresh protects against the higher data
loss from operating at high temperatures
- NANDXtend™ technology incorporating Silicon Motion's
proprietary 4th generation high-performance LDPC ECC
engine with RAID, ensuring better data integrity even in extreme
physical environments
- 16mm x 20mm (SM689) and 11.5mm x 13mm (SM681) single-chip
package
- Supports industrial temperatures from -40 to 85 degrees
Celsius
- Densities ranging from 16GB to 256GB at launch
The latest PCIe NVMe FerriSSD family is currently in production
and products will be on display at the Silicon Motion booth 1.119
at the Embedded World exhibition (Nuremberg, Germany, 27 February – 1 March 2018).
* SM689 is embedded DRAM, SM681 is DRAMless
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 solutions and ship over 750 million NAND
controllers annually, more than any other company in the world. Our
controllers are widely used in embedded storage products such as
SSDs and eMMCs which are found in smartphones, PCs and industrial
and commercial applications. We also supply specialized
high-performance enterprise 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.
Corporate Media Contact:
Minnie Lin
Senior Manager
Tel: +886 2 2219 6688 x3010
E-mail: minnie.lin@siliconmotion.com
Sales & Marketing Communications Contact:
Robert Fan
President of SMI USA
Tel: +1 408 519 7219
E-mail: rfan@siliconmotion.com
Investor Contact:
Jason
Tsai
Senior Director of IR and Strategy
Tel: +1 408 519 7258
E-mail: jtsai@siliconmotion.com