Etron Unveiling USB 3.0 Flash Drive Controller IC

Etron Technology, Inc. unveils its USB 3.0 flash drive controller IC, EV26699, at Computex Taipei 2013.

It can deliver fast read and write speeds of 320 and 280MB per second.

At this year’s SuperSpeed USB Community at Computex Taipei, Etron will be demonstrating the range of its USB 3.0 controller series, from USB 3.0 hosts to USB 3.0 flash drivers.

EV26699 employs a dual-channel design and 72-bit ECC functionality for all NAND flash memories made of 2x nm or 1x nm advanced CMOS technologies from various flash memory manufacturers.

The sustained performances of EV26699 for read and write operations with SLC flash are 320MB/s and 280MB/s, respectively. With MLC flash, the read and write speeds are up to 300MB/s and 280MB/s. EV26699 supports 16CE (Channel Enable) or 8CE modes and is available in QFN 88-pin or QFN 64-pin packages.

Etron offers a line of dual-channel USB 3.0 flash disk controller series, including: the Optimal Cost-Performance EV266 series, the Super-Speed EV2669 Accelerator series, and the Ultra-Super-Speed EV26699 series. EV266 has been well received by customers and EV2669 has been adopted by leading USB flash drive suppliers.