Silicon Motion Introduces FerriSSD

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, in NAND flash controllers, introduces its FerriSSD product line.

FerriSSD is a small single-chip Solid State Drive with standard SATA or PATA interface in BGA form factor that allows for integration of embedded storage into industrial and commercial devices and applications.

With both commercial-grade (0℃ to 70℃) and industrial-grade (-40℃ to 85℃) temperature support, as well as reliability and security combined with performance and low power consumption, FerriSSD is an embedded storage solution for industrial PCs, tablets, navigation devices, point-of-sale terminals, medical devices, test instruments, and other specialty devices.

"We are very excited about the introduction of our FerriSSD product line," said Wallace Kou, President and CEO of Silicon Motion. "FerriSSD is a plug and play storage solution designed for easy integration and manufacturing, which allows for faster time-to-market of industrial and commercial devices than other competing solutions. Utilizing Silicon Motion’s advanced controller technologies enable FerriSSD to provide the best data integrity, endurance and reliability in the market. We are pleased to announce that FerriSSD has already received multiple design-wins for industrial PCs, POS terminals, automotive navigation systems and testing equipment from manufacturers in the US, Europe, Japan and Taiwan."

FerriSSD offers an integrated SATA or PATA interface in a single BGA package measures 16mm X 20mm and scale in storage densities to up to 32GB using SLC memory and 64GB using MLC memory.

Using Silicon Motion’s controller technology, FerriSSD incorporates ECC engine, wear leveling and robust data protection. Unique to FerriSSDs is our SSD status monitoring application which integrates proprietary S.M.A.R.T. and SSD LifeGuard technologies which provide real-time SSD monitoring and warning capabilities. FerriSSD is RoHS compliant and also halogen and lead free.