Phison Showcases TLC and MLC SSDs Based on PS3110 Controller

Phison Electronics Corporation, in SSD controllers, showcases multiple solutions at CES 2015, based on the SATA III quad-core CPU controller PS3110.

The PS3110 equipped TLC SSD is in 2.5″ SSD form factor, delivers up to 550MB/s sequential read and 520MB/s sequential write performance, with random 4K IO/s up 90,000 read and 80,000 write on the 1TB SSD live demo.

With proprietary ECC algorithm SmartECC and other enhancement to extend the NAND endurance and reliability, PS3110 TLC SSD is a solution for cost-centric market as a HDD replacement, as well as the cold storage segment for hyperscale application where pricing of TLC is attractive.

The PS3110 TLC solution will be in customer sampling in Q1 of 2015, with mass production target at beginning of Q2, 2015.

On the MLC SSD solution, Phison has extended the capacity support up to 2TB on the 2.5″ SSD, maintaining high performance at 550MB/s and 540MB/s sequential read and write, with 100,000 and 90,000 random read and write. This is made possible from the quad-core PS3110 with enough drive strength to support up to 128 NAND dies in a single design. 2TB SSD will serve the high-capacity demanded market.

The third highlighted showcase is a power-fail protection SSD design that will completely protect valuable in-transit data during the event of power interruption. Along with the end-to-end data path protection feature built-in to the controller, PS3110 is in the driver seat to be a contender to enable enterprise customers.

“PS3110, since its debut at Flash Memory Summit four months ago, has drawn significant interests from industry-wide customers,” said KS Pua, CEO, Phison. “PS3110 has been qualified by retail gaming customers, PC OEMs, and enterprise partners. We expect to see significant volume in the first half of 2015.“

PS3110 also features an in-house designed data recovery software, where the whole drive recovery is made possible with an utility tool even when the drive has entered the debug mode. This is a useful add-on feature for the end consumer, providing the last line of defense for data corruption.

Key highlights for PS3110 solution include:

Up to 2TB support
1Ynm and 1Znm SLC, MLC, and TLC support
High MLC performance, up to: sequential read up to 550MB/s; sequential write up to 540MB/s; 4K random read up to 100,000 IO/s; 4K random write up to 90,000 IO/s
High TLC performance, up to: sequential read up to 550MB/s; sequential write up to 520MB/s; 4K random read up to 90,000 IO/s; 4K random write up to 80,000 IO/s
Support both commercial and industrial grade requirements
AES-256, TCG OPAL 2.0 compliant (A10 derivative)
S.M.A.R.T support with Phison SSD ToolBox

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