ALISO VIEJO, Calif.,
Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading
provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power,
security, reliability and performance, today announced the
production release of its Flashtecâ„¢ NVM Express (NVMe) 2108
eight-channel controllers, enabling leading enterprises and data
centers worldwide to realize cost- and power-efficient high
capacity solid state drives (SSDs). The devices extend Microsemi's
leadership in the NVMe controller segment with robust mainstream
performance and support for capacities to 16GB and greater.
Customers will enjoy the architectural consistency of the Flashtec
NVMe Controller product line through high firmware reusability by
minimizing engineering expense. Delivered in a 17x17mm package, the
new line of controllers supports all popular form factors including
M.2, U.2 and half-height half-length (HHHL) add-in cards.
"The production release of our Flashtec NVMe2108 controllers
enables customers to take advantage of the same enterprise grade
features and mature enterprise architecture they have come to
expect from Microsemi, with lower power and cost structure to align
with the mainstream PCIe segment," said Derek Dicker, vice president and business unit
manager of performance storage at Microsemi. "We look forward to
capitalizing on the exciting market growth opportunities with these
devices, and we will continue leveraging Microsemi's deep expertise
to deliver PCIe NVMe SSD controller solutions for demanding storage
system, server and rack scale architecture data center
applications."
According to market research firm IDC's report titled,
"Worldwide Solid State Drive Forecast, 2017-2021," the industry
continues to transition rapidly toward PCIe-based SSDs, which are
estimated to be more than 50 percent of enterprise SSD revenue by
2021. A major driver of this growth stems from NVMe SSDs displacing
serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) SSDs as price points
of NVMe SSDs narrow toward comparable SATA SSDs.
"The announcement of Microsemi's new Flashtec devices
demonstrates how the company continues to accelerate adoption of
PCIe flash into the mainstream enterprise market," said
Eric Endebrock, vice president of
storage marketing at Micron. "The high capacity these
mainstream controllers support is well-aligned to take advantage of
Micron's rapidly ramping 64 layer 512Gb 3D TLC and future
technologies."
"Microsemi and Toshiba Memory Corporation have a longstanding
relationship to deliver best-in-class PCIe SSD solutions to the
market," said Hiroo Ohta, Technology
Executive, Toshiba Memory Corporation. "We believe Microsemi's new
controller with our BiCS FLASH TLC and upcoming innovative QLC
technology will stimulate new opportunities to expand the
enterprise and data center market."
The Flashtec NVMe2108 controllers offer a mature architecture
with optimized power and cost for mainstream applications, while
preserving enterprise features including dual-port, Separate
Reference Clock with Independent Spread (SRIS) and end-to-end data
protection. They also provide a programmable architecture enabling
SSD product differentiation through firmware customizations. Their
adaptive low-density parity-check code (LDPC) enables support for
current and future generations of Toggle and Open NAND Flash
Interface (ONFI), including multi-level cell (MLC) and (triple
level cell) TLC, as well as QLC in future product developments. The
NVMe2108HC and NVMe2108LC variants support different capacity
points to align with specific industry needs.
"We are very impressed with the technical capabilities of
Microsemi's NVMe2108 controllers," said Andy Hsu, CTO of Liteon Storage Group. "These
innovative devices allow us to meet the ever-increasing
performance, capacity and enterprise features being requested by
Liteon's data center customers."
"Microsemi's new mainstream SSD controllers are well-aligned
with NAND capacity and low-density parity check (LDPC) trends,
which will allow it to support multiple generations of our product
development efforts," said VP S.H. Choi, head of NAND product
planning office at SK Hynix. "SK Hynix's next-generation 72 layer
3D NAND and Microsemi's advanced LDPC technology will be a great
combination for SSDs."
Product Availability
Microsemi's Flashtec NVMe2108
controllers are available in volume production quantities now. For
more information, visit
http://www.microsemi.com/products/storage/flashtec-nvme-controllers/flashtec-nvme-controllers
or contact sales.support@microsemi.com.
Product Demonstrations in Booth #213 at Flash Memory Summit
Aug. 8-10
Microsemi will be
showcasing its Flashtec NVMe2108, along with a variety of other
innovative flash memory products and solutions, at the upcoming
Flash Memory Summit (FMS) Aug. 8-10,
2017, with product demonstrations offered in Microsemi's
booth, #213. In addition, Dicker will present a keynote titled,
"Accelerating NVMe Innovation for Emerging Applications" at the
show at 11 a.m. local time on
Thursday, Aug. 10.
About Microsemi's Product Portfolio for Data
Center
Microsemi is a premier supplier of innovative
semiconductor, board, system, software and services for enterprise
and hyperscale data centers, enabling high performance, secure, low
power and reliable infrastructure for scalable deployments.
Microsemi technologies drive innovation in applications including
storage systems, server storage, NVM solutions, Ethernet switching,
rack scale architecture, data center interconnect, network timing
and power subsystems. Building on a track record of technology
leadership, Microsemi's data center infrastructure portfolio is
transforming networks that connect, store and move big data, while
lowering the total cost of ownership of deploying next generation
services.
The portfolio includes high performance NVMe storage
controllers, NVRAM drives, SAS/SATA host bus adapters and RAID
controllers enabling high capacity storage architectures, high
density PCIe switching and firmware for rack scale architectures,
PCIe re-drivers, and Ethernet PHYs for intra-rack connectivity.
Microsemi's product portfolio also includes clock and power
management, IEEE1588 integrated circuits (ICs) and NTP servers for
synchronization across the data center, as well as field
programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and system-on-chip (SoC) FPGAs to
perform secure system management of servers and storage. For more
information, visit
http://www.microsemi.com/applications/data-center.
About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC)
offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system
solutions for aerospace & defense, communications, data center
and industrial markets. Products include high-performance and
radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs,
SoCs and ASICs; power management products; timing and
synchronization devices and precise time solutions, setting the
world's standard for time; voice processing devices; RF solutions;
discrete components; enterprise storage and communication
solutions, security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products;
Ethernet solutions; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well
as custom design capabilities and services. Microsemi is
headquartered in Aliso Viejo,
California, and has approximately 4,800 employees globally.
Learn more at www.microsemi.com.
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