Flash Memory Summit: Field Programmable Gate Array – Based SSD Development Platform From Mobiveil

Mobiveil, Inc. announced availability of its Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)- based SSD development platform targeting the latest 3D NAND devices.

Additionally, the company announced its NVM Express Controller (UNEX) is compliant with NVMe version 1.3 and its PCIe Controller (GPEX) supports the Gen4 specification. Both silicon-proven controllers offer a flexible and configurable design for enterprise-, cloud- and client-class solutions used in PCIe-based SSDs.

The firm’s FPGA platform and IP will be demonstrated during the Flash Memory Summit August 8-10 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.

“These offerings address the challenges of Flash storage through greater speed and configurability,” says Ravi Thummarukudy, CEO, Mobiveil. “As a key IP supplier enabling the industry’s transition to NVM Express-based Flash storage solutions, Mobiveil is fully committed to supporting the latest technology specifications targeting the latest NAND flash devices. By offering early availability, we can accelerate a designer’s product development and enhance its capabilities.“

The company’s FPGA-based NVMe SSD platform is a verified flash storage subsystem with PCIe, DDR and ONFI/Toggle interfaces. It enables rapid development of NVMe storage for performance and low-power SSD solutions, allowing users to prototype their storage solutions quickly and cost effectively. Error correction is performed using ether BCH or LDPC. It includes the basic Flash Translation Layer (FTL) firmware targeting the latest 3D devices.

By supporting NVMe 1.3, the NVMe controller capabilities have been extended to handle directive types that include streams. The streams directive enables the host to indicate to the controller that the specified logical blocks in a write command are part of one group of associated data. This information can be used by an implementation to store related data in associated locations or for other performance enhancements.

The NVMe controller supports a multi-port configuration for efficient I/O virtualization and multi-path I/O and namespace sharing.

The company’s silicon-proven PCIe solution has added Gen4 support for up to 16 lanes at 16G line rate with availability of 512 bit Data path user interface. The PCIe controller offers AXI4 interface and DMA capabilities for integration into an ARM Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA)-based SoC implementation.

Pricing for both is available upon request.

Company’s silicon-proven IP solutions are used by semiconductor companies worldwide to differentiate their enterprise-, cloud- and client-class storage products.