TAIPEI and
MILPITAS, Calif., March 30, 2021
/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 announced that its flagship SM2708 SD Express
controller solution now supports the latest SD 8.0 specification
and backward compatibility to SD 7.1 specification. With PCIe Gen 3
x2 interface and NVMe 1.3, the SM2708 SD Express controller
solution is targeted at the advancement of applications with
demanding performance levels across a variety of industries enabled
by Ultra-High Performance SD Express cards. The SM2708 turnkey
solution supports the latest 3D NAND and features Silicon Motion's
proprietary NANDXtend® ECC technology, internal data path
protection, and programmable firmware to maximize reliability and
endurance.
"Many of the latest high-end cameras & mobile phones are
capable of recording video in 8K and
require a faster transfer rate," said Nelson Duann, Silicon Motion's Senior Vice
President of Marketing and R&D. "With the SM2708 controller now
supporting the SD 8.0 specification which nearly triples
throughput, applications such as 8K
video capture, RAW photography, multi-channel IOT devices,
multi-processing automotive storage and other applications
requiring ultra-high data speeds are possible."
"As SD cards are already widely used by consumer electronics
devices, the adoption of SD Express cards will be a seamless
experience for most," said Jordan
Zhong, Vice President at Lexar. "Silicon Motion's SM2708
boasts very impressive read/write speeds, and will lead SD storage
media into a new era of higher speed and capacity."
"With the rise of user-generated HD content, consumers seek
high-performance and high-capacity removable storage to meet their
needs," said Ibsen Chen, Product Marketing Director at ADATA.
"The SM2708 with its PCIe Gen 3 x2 interface will offer consumers a
new storage option for portable devices that is essentially similar
to a mini SSD."
TheSM2708 design kit is available now and its firmware drives
ultra-high random performance with industry-leading capabilities,
including:
- High performance PCIe Gen3 x2 lanes, NVMe 1.3 compliance
- Supports 2 Flash channels with 8CE
- Supports the latest 3D NAND
- Supports ONFI 4.1/3.0, Toggle 3.0/2.0, Frequencies up to
1200 MT/s
- NANDXtend® ECC technology: high-performance LDPC error
correction code (ECC) engine with RAID
- Lowest power consumption under 1.5mW
About Silicon Motion:
We are the global leader in supplying NAND flash controllers for
solid state storage devices. We supply more SSD controllers than
any other company in the world—for servers, PCs and other client
devices—and are the merchant market leader in controllers for
eMMC/UFS mobile embedded storage used in smartphones, IoT and other
applications. We also supply customized high-performance hyperscale
data center and specialized industrial and automotive 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
Director of Marketing Communication
Tel: +886 2 2219 6688
x3010
E-mail: minnie.lin@siliconmotion.com
Investor Contact:
Chris
Chaney
Director, Investor Relations & Strategy
Tel: +1 (561) 866-9173
E-mail: cchaney@siliconmotion.com
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