Phison PS5008: PCIe Gen 3×2 NVMe Controller

Phison Electronics Corp. unveiled at CES 2017 a PCIe Gen 3×2 NVMe controller, the PS5008.

It provides performance, nearly three times that of SATA, but delivered at a competitive price point, highlighting firm’s endeavor to bring PCIe SSDs into mainstream adoption.

For enterprise applications, the company has partnered with Liqid Inc. to enable a fastest U.2 SSD, utilizing the speed PCIe Gen3x4 PS5007-E7, firm’s eight-channel NVMe controller. Additionally, the firm address the demand of cloud storage with its SATA S10DC enterprise solution (announced at Flash Memory Sumit 2016). Two other performing SATA controllers, the PS3110-S10 and PS3111-S11T, are also on display.

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This year for microSD and SD cards, the firm introduces the SD5.1 A1 compliant controller, the PS8131. With more than twice the write IO/s of the previous generation, the PS8131 MaxIO/s+ offers superiority, targeting high densities based on 3D TLC NAND flash. With 2,000/1,300 R/W IO/s, PS8131 exceeds the requirements of the SD5.1 A1 industry standard for R/W performance. Scheduled for MP in Q1 of 2017, the PS8131 readily meets the increasing storage and performance demands of the mobile market. Users can be confident in the compatibility and performance of their microSD in high-demand applications such as adoptable storage in Android OS.

Following company’s latest press announcement, the PS8311 UFS 2.1 controller was displayed on a suite’s show floor. The PS8311 is equipped with StrongECC technology and CoXProcessor architecture, providing low-power and SSD-like performance to mobile devices. As one of the first companies in the world to shift from eMMC into UFS, the firm drives the new era of mobile storage.

Finally, the company exhibited portable SSD, the SU31. With a live performance demo, attendees can view the superior speeds of the SU31 versus that of an internal SSD. Also on display the iDUO Lighting solutions, providing both storage and power to your devices. These solutions support USB 3.1 with a unique dual-connector that offers charging power to USB-C smartphones and tablets. Users can access their files while concurrently utilizing the port for power.