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Microsemi: 2nd Gen Flashtec NVMe Controllers

With DDR4 DRAM, up to one million random read IO/s

Microsemi Corporation announced the production release of its Flashtec NVMe2032 and NVMe2016 controllers, enabling enterprises and data centers to realize the highest performance SSDs utilizing next-generation NAND technologies.

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Providing the highest capacity, performance and reliability to store critical data, the devices are first SSD controllers to integrate DDR4 DRAM, alleviating bottlenecks and maximizing throughput.
 
Microsemi is pleased to announce the production release of our second-generation Flashtec NVMe controllers, tuned for enterprise storage, server and data center workloads,” said Derek Dicker, VP and business unit manager, performance storage, Microsemi. “These controllers deliver world class performance, advanced low-density parity-check (LDPC) error correction suitable for managing next-generation 3D NAND, and a programmable architecture upon which SSD builders can develop custom firmware, providing developers the ultimate means of product differentiation.”
 
Microsemi’s second-generation Flashtec NVMe2032 and NVMe2016 controllers support the standard NVMe host interface and are optimized for high-performance 4KB random R/W operations, performing all flash management operations on-chip and consuming negligible host processing and memory resources. In addition, the controllers can achieve up to 1 million random read IO/s.
 
We congratulate Microsemi on the production release of its second-generation NVMe 2032/2016 enterprise NVMe controller with a high-performance, flexible low-density parity-check engine,” said Eric Endebrock, VP of storage marketing, Micron Technology, Inc.These types of enabling technologies align to Micron’s 3D NAND needs which are focused on mission-critical and high performance workloads.”
 
Hyperscale and enterprise data centers continue adopting NVMe due to the high speed and low latency connection between SSDs and host processors, providing significant performance advantages over SAS and SATA.

According to market research firm IDC’s report titled, Worldwide Solid State Drive Forecast, 2015-2019, the number of high-performance PCIe-based SSD units has an estimated CAGR of 44% from 2014 to 2019.

As part of Microsemi’s broad Flashtec controller family, the NVMe2032 and NVMe2016 controllers cater to this growing demand for NVMe-based solutions, with the devices optimized for power efficiency while providing customers high level of performance, data integrity and reliability.
 

Additional key features include:

  • Up to 20TB flash capacity using 256Gb flash
  • SLC, MLC, enterprise MLC and TLC flash with toggle and Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI)
  • PCIe Gen3 x8 or dual independent PCIe Gen3 x4 (active/active or active/standby) host interface
  • DDR4-2400
  • Option read-only memory allows NVMe Flash controller to be used as a boot device
  • Encryption (XTS-AES-256)
  • Power fault and abrupt shutdown without data loss or corruption
  • Flash channel RAID
  • End-to-end host to flash data protection

Flashtec NVMe2108 and NVMe2104 controllers are available in volume production quantities.
 
The firm will be showcasing its new devices at the upcoming Flash Memory Summit Aug. 9-11, 2016.

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