OCZ With Indilinx Arowana Flash Translation Layer for SSD Suppliers

OCZ Technology Group, Inc. unveiled the Arowana Flash Translation Layer (FTL) from Indilinx Co., Ltd, recently acquired by OCZ.

Supporting both existing and upcoming Indilinx controllers, this firmware subset improves performance and enterprise capabilities and enables SSD suppliers to deploy cost-effective 2xnm NAND flash memory.

“We are always driving to add more value for our clients, and the exciting new Arowana Flash Translation Layer delivers both major performance and feature-set enhancements,” commented Daryl Lang, VP of Product Management at OCZ Technology Group. “Arowana not only boosts IOPS performance by up to 500%, but does so with the support of the industry’s latest 2xnm flash technology, making Indilinx solutions now more competitive than ever.“

The new Arowana FTL enhances performance of Indilinx controllers with HyperQueuing, which increases sequential write speeds and random IOPS over the previous generation FTL. In addition, Arowana’s support of 2xnm flash provides SSD suppliers with the ability to offer end users a more attractive product with lower cost NAND components. The new Arowana FTL also maximizes the life of low endurance flash with INXtend Technology.

Arowana will continue to offer Indilinx’s proprietary Ndurance Technology to extend the lifespan of flash devices with wear-leveling algorithms, reduced write amplification, and over provisioning. Furthermore, the new FTL supports TRIM along with idle time garbage collection that requires no operating system interfacing as well as the Indilinx Wiper tool for non-TRIM systems.

Arowana will be made available in new firmware updates to current Indilinx SSD controller customers as an upgrade package, and will be deployed in future Indilinx products.