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Microsemi Extends Flashtec Product Line with NVMe Controllers

4 or 8 channels

Microsemi Corporation, provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced the availability of its mainstream Flashtec NVMe 2108 eight channel and NVMe2104 four channel controllers, enabling enterprises and data centers worldwide to realize cost and power effective high capacity SSDs.

Our new Flashtec NVMe2108 and NVMe2104 controllers are the latest offerings demonstrating Microsemi’s multi-generational expertise in delivering PCIe NVMe SSD controller products for enterprise, server and data center markets,” said Derek Dicker, VP and business unit manager, performance storage, Microsemi. “These new controllers provide the balance of the same enterprise grade features and a mature enterprise architecture customers have come to expect from us, with lower power and cost structure aligned with the mainstream PCIe segment’s U.2 and M.2 needs.”  

According to market research firm IDC’s report titled, Worldwide Solid State Drive Forecast, 2015-2019, the industry is transitioning toward PCIe-based SSDs, with PCIe-based SSDs estimated to be more than 40% of enterprise SSD revenue by 2019.

Microsemi’s portfolio of second generation PCIe controllers cater to this growing demand. The company’s two new devices offer eight and four channel PCIe NVMe controllers capable of supporting capacities of greater than 7TB, a DDR4 interface capable of supporting 8GB and higher, dual-port, SRIS, end-end data protection and M.2 form factor support using the four channel product.

In addition, the new devices enable reuse of firmware with existing Microsemi NVMe controller customers, expanding support and making design cycles shorter.

The Flashtec NVMe2108 and NVMe2104 controllers are optimized for mainstream R/W performance. Since the controller performs all flash management operations on-chip and consumes negligible host processing and memory resources, it can also be used by customers for host based Flash Translation Layer (FTL) implementations.

Key features include:

  • Extending the current controller architecture to mainstream eight and four channel PCIe Flash
  • controllers for enterprise and data center markets
  • Support for greater than 8GB of DDR4 using standard components
  • Eight channel optimized for U.2 and half-height half-length (HHHL), while the four channel can also support M.2 form factors
  • Architecture with optimized power and cost for mainstream, while preserving enterprise features like dual-port, SRIS and end-end data protection
  • ECC enables support of current and future generations of Toggle and ONFI NAND
    Programmable architecture enables SSD product differentiation through firmware customizations

The announcement of Microsemi’s new Flashtec devices demonstrates how the company continues to accelerate adoption of PCIe flash into the mainstream enterprise segment,” said Eric Endebrock, VP of storage marketing, Micron Technology, Inc.The high capacity these mainstream controllers support are well aligned to take advantage of Micron’s rapidly ramping 384Gb 3D TLC and 256Gb MLC NAND.”

With our 3D flash memory products called BiCS FLASH, we are pleased to work closely with Microsemi,” said Hiroo Ohta, technology executive, storage and electronic devices solutions company, Toshiba Corporation. “We believe our collaboration brings high performance, high reliability and the high density solution for expanding enterprises and data centers segments.”

Data center and hyperscale markets continue to ramp their use of PCIe SSDs, and Microsemi’s new mainstream SSD controllers will help accelerate that trend,” said VP S.H. Choir, head of NAND product planning office, SK Hynix, Inc.SK Hynix’s next-generation 3D NAND and Microsemi’s advanced LDPC technology will usher in a new era of mainstream high-endurance enterprise SSDs.”

Flashtec NVMe2108 and NVMe2104 controllers are sampling.

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