Super Talent SSD With Novachips 6Gb SATA Controller

Super Talent Technology Corporation and South Korean fabless semiconductor company NOVACHIPS Inc. announce a development project to make the dedicated automotive SSD based on Novachips SATA 6Gbps SSD controller, NVS3600.

Super Talent is a manufacturer and provider of automotive SSD that currently delivers the SATA 3 6Gbps-based automotive SSD as the main storage device of the AVN system mounted on a luxury car. It is the world’s first SSD mounted on the AVN system for regular cars.

The automotive SSD market demand is expected to continue to grow, much as the SSD market has grown in last three years. This growth can be explained by the high IOPS of SSDs, which can guarantee the performance into the different paradigm of multimedia for automobiles. Physical reliability is also key factor of automotive SSDs. Super Talent has chosen this industry to build product for an annual market size for automotive SSD expected to reach 25 million units by year 2017.

"Automotive SSDs are an integral part of the consumer experience when they are using their car, so we want to produce the best possible device. We are excited to partner with Novachips because their controller helps us provide an excellent automotive SSD that is extremely reliable and delivers exceptional performance," said Shimon, VP engineering, Super Talent.

Storage devices for cars must be designed to tolerate vibrations and shocks that constantly occur during the car’s movement. Since the SSD has no moving parts, it is the optimal storage device for automotive AVN system. Super Talent’s automotive SSD also has reliable SPOR (Sudden Power Off Recovery) which backups data in the event of sudden power loss to the system. One of the major reasons that Super Talent chose Novachips as the partner for their automotive SSD is the reliability on SPOR test.

"We are very pleased to join hands with Super Talent in Automotive SSD Project. Automotive SSD is going to change the environment for Automotive AV System. NVS3600 series of Novachips are optimal solution not just for consumer SSD market but also for industrial sector as well," said Daniel Kim, CEO at Novachips.